title: Treating tendinopathy: perspective on anti-inflammatory intervention and therapeutic exercise.
abstract: Tendinopathy is a common and complex disorder. Once viewed as an inflammatory condition labeled tendinitis, it is now viewed along a continuum that can lead to tissue necrosis and risk of tendon rupture. Anti-inflammatory medications can alter symptoms but may also promote tissue degeneration. Loading of the tendon through exercise, especially exercise involving eccentric muscle contraction, has been shown to promote symptom resolution and functional recovery in many patients. This article reviews the pathoetiology of tendinopathy and the role anti-inflammatory interventions and therapeutic exercise in treatment of active patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, 2095 Hillside Road, U-1110, Storrs, CT 06269-1110, USA.
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, 2095 Hillside Road, U-1110, Storrs, CT 06269-1110, USA. Electronic address: craig.denegar@uconn.edu.
authors.forename: Craig R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Denegar
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D055070:Resistance Training; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents
keywords: Anti-inflammatory; Eccentric loading; Tendinopathy; Therapeutic exercise