Tendonitis Exercises You Can Perform Easily

As you may well already know, tendons are strong fibrous tissues which connect the muscles to the bones of the body. In many cases, when the muscles and tendons are overworked it results in the tendons becoming inflamed. For example, a tennis player who uses his or her arm to perform repetitive movements may end up experiencing severe shoulder pain due to the tendons in the shoulder becoming injured. Fortunately, there are certain tendonitis exercises which one can do in order to prevent tendon injuries.

If you feel a sharp or really achy pain, some tenderness and swelling, or find that you are restricted from your usual form of movement; particularly in the shoulder, neck, elbow, and around the knee area. Then you have the symptoms of tendonitis. However, these are not all the area’s that you can experience pain; they are the most common places. Even with taking precautions such as doing some Tendonitis Exercises before you begin working out or doing anything that may overwork your tendons.

There are twenty-four area’s on a person’s body that have tendons, and each one can be prone to tendonitis. One of the area’s that can be affected is the rotator cuff, located in the shoulder. The humerus top refers to the bone that composes the upper part of the arms. It acts as a stabilizer and allows a person to make a complete circular motion with their arms. A good Tendonitis Exercise for the arms and shoulder is done while standing up straight and both arms are at your side. Begin the exercise by slowly raising your right arm as high as you can, or at least until it reaches a 45 degree angle, still keeping your arm straight, then lower your arm the same way. You should continue with the same arm until it gets tired, and then do the same with your left arm, while your right arm is resting. You can do this exercise as long as you want, but 10 minutes should be sufficient. After the exercises are finished, put ice on your shoulders for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.

Most people have at some point heard of a condition known as tennis elbow, which is in fact a form of tendonitis. As you can probably imagine, this form of tendonitis got its common name due to the number of tennis players suffering from the condition. However, one should not be misled by the name because it is not only tennis players who end up with tennis elbow, but instead, a range of other sports can also be to blame, in addition to several different occupations such as carpentry for example. Furthermore, the pain and tenderness is not necessarily confined to the elbow, but instead, it can migrate down to the wrists and fingers as well. Whether or not you opt to use an elbow brace, it is still advisable to do tendonitis exercises.

The good news is that tennis elbow can more often than not be treated at home, but if after doing tendonitis exercises, the pain persists then you should consider making an appointment to see a doctor. Bear in mind however that irrespective of how severe your tendonitis may be, X-rays will be unable to show any signs of damage. One last word of caution with regards to tendonitis exercises is that unless you feel comfortable doing them, you should avoid them just in case you end up causing further harm.

Tom Nicholson has spent years helping carpal tunnel sufferers. Please click here to find out more about having asore wrist.

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