Tendinitis

Inflammatory process in fabrics by means of which muscles join a bone is called a tendinitis. Most often the disease arises on site contacts of a sinew and a bone, but in certain cases the tendinitis develops on the sinew course. Before this disease all are equal, irrespective of a sex, age and a profession. But nevertheless there is a category of persons who get sick with a tendinitis a little more often than the others. People treat them 40 years owing to age changes in sinews and those who play sports or physical work because of frequent loads of the same zone are more senior.

Inflammatory process can develop practically in any place where there is a sinew. Quite often a thumb basis tendinitis hands, a shoulder, elbow, knee and femoral joints, and also heelstring meet. The tendinitis of a knee joint most often occurs at children and teenagers.

Tendinitis reasons

Are the most common causes of development of a tendinitis:

- a considerable exercise stress on a joint during a long period. The tendinitis of a shoulder joint quite often arises at tennis players, throwers of a kernel or hammer, painters, gardeners and gardeners;

- injuries;

- the infections caused by bacteria, for example, gonorrhea;

- existence of diseases of rheumatic character (gout or arthritis);

- allergic reaction of an organism to medicines;

- anatomic features of a structure of a body. Different length of extremities promotes development of a tendinitis of a knee joint;

- the weakened sinews or their wrong development;

- non-compliance with a correct posture.

Tendinitis symptoms

The most expressed symptoms of a tendinitis are pain and restriction of mobility. Pain in the place of an inflammation and nearby sites persistent it is long not passing. Pain can suddenly develop, but sometimes morbidity increases as the inflammation amplifies. Hypersensitivity at palpation of the affected sinew is noted.

Also among symptoms of a tendinitis the squeaking sound heard at distance which is formed during the movement by a sore extremity is noted. Over a sinew reddening and a hyperthermia can be noted. Disease becomes complicated at deposits of calcium in joints which promotes weakening of a joint bag and a sinew.

At a tendinitis of a shoulder joint mobility of a shoulder decreases and amplitude of movements decreases. In a passive state pain is absent. One of alarming symptoms at a tendinitis are the painful feelings increasing by the night which can serve as the reason of frustration of a dream not only because of expressiveness, but also forced position of a body.

Difficulties during the walking, run, to rise or descent on a ladder are experienced by patients with a tendinitis of a knee joint. Problems with deduction of objects in hands and performance of various actions arise at an inflammation of sinews in a forearm.

Treatment of a tendinitis

First of all at a tendinitis it is necessary to provide absolute rest. For these purposes crutches or a cane at damage of the lower extremities resemble, and bandaging, the tire or steak are necessary at a tendinitis of a shoulder joint. Also anti-inflammatory drugs and the anesthetizing drugs are appointed, it is possible to use locally ointments with similar action.

In treatment of a tendinitis injections of corticosteroids directly in the defeat center give good effect. With their help painful feelings quickly are eliminated, and there is an attenuation of inflammatory process. As addition to the main treatment physiotherapeutic treatment is successfully used.

At inefficiency or strong inflammatory process antibiotics are appointed. In the most extreme cases an operative measure is necessary.

It is necessary to remember that treatment of a tendinitis will bring desirable effect only if the patient observes recommendations concerning rest of the affected extremity. Preservation of a former rhythm of work will provoke a further course of a disease.

Prevention of a tendinitis

It is much simpler to prevent emergence of a tendinitis, than afterwards to treat him. Irrespective of the fact which sorts are coming exercise stresses, before their beginning it is necessary to do warm-up.

At physical activity rate of loading should be increased gradually, it is not recommended to work at a limit of the forces. At emergence of the slightest symptoms of pain it is necessary to replace occupation or to arrange rest. If pain when performing any actions continues to appear, better not to be returned to them further.

For prevention of a tendinitis of a shoulder joint it is desirable to avoid works which are performed by the hands raised up. If the profession obliges it to do, but it is necessary to give good rest to upper extremities periodically.

In most cases it is possible to avoid a tendinitis, abstaining from performance of uniform movements by the same joint for a long time.