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Tendon Injury (Tendinopathy) - Treatment Overview

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If these steps do not help to relieve pain, other treatment may be considered. Your doctor may:

Prescribe physical therapy.
Use a corticosteroid injection to relieve pain and swelling. But corticosteroid treatments usually are not repeated because of the potential for tendon damage.
Prescribe a brace, splint, sling, or crutches for a brief period to allow tendons to rest and heal.
Recommend a cast to rest and heal a badly damaged tendon. Casting or surgery is typically used to treat a ruptured tendon.

Medical researchers continue to study new ways to treat tendon injuries. In separate small clinical trials, nitric oxide and glyceryl trinitrate, applied topically (to the skin), showed promise at relieving pain caused by tendon injury.^1,² In another study, the pain caused by calcific tendinitis (calcium built up in the tendons) was relieved by directing ultrasonic, or shock, waves at the injured tendon (shock wave therapy).³ For more information, see the topic Calcium Deposits and Tendinitis (Calcific Tendinitis).

Open or arthroscopic surgery is sometimes used to treat calcific tendinitis that has not responded to nonsurgical treatment and is causing pain.⁴

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Last Updated: August 22, 2011

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