Tendinitis is inflammation or irritation of a tendon, commonly due to overuse or injury during sports. Tendons are the thick, fibrous tissues that attach bones to muscle. The condition causes pain and tenderness just outside a joint, usually preventing full mobility in that joint. While tendinitis can occur in any of a patient’s tendons, it’s most common around the shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees and heels.

Disorders such as tendinitis may also be managed better with physiotherapy. Physiotherapy is usually understood as treatments that help to rehabilitate tendons and joints to restore and maintain a patient’s mobility. Tendinitis treatment may include first-line treatments such as ice, rest, Radio-frequency treatment or medication to reduce the inflammation, as well as physiotherapy to ensure better mobility and decreased pain.