What is tendonitis?
Tendons are connective tissue structures that connect our muscles to bone. When we strain the muscles, the tendons transmit the impulses to the bones and thus enable movement. Tendons run through our entire body and wherever there is a lot of friction and pressure, they are surrounded by special protective coverings. When tendons pass through joints, for example, they are surrounded by tendon sheaths that reduce pressure on the tendons and prevent irritation from contact with bone and other tissues.
If the protective tendon sheath becomes inflamed, doctors speak of tendonitis. It is especially common on the fingers and wrists. Excessive exertion often plays a significant role in the development of painful, motion-limiting tendonitis.
4 things you should know about tendonitis
1. Causes of Tendonitis
Inflammation of the tendon sheath usually occurs as a result of persistent overload or poor posture. If the wrist remains in one position for hours while working on a computer, the tendon sheath passing through the joint is damaged. Regular overloading during sports can also irritate the tendon sheath. Overloading and incorrect loading often occur when creating music. Certain individuals are more prone to tendonitis. Anyone suffering from arthritis or Bechteru’s disease is regularly affected by inflammation of the tendon sheath.
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2. Symptoms of Tendonitis
Tendonitis is always associated with movement pain, which begins when the tendon runs through the tendon sheath and irritates the inflamed vaginal tissue. In addition to pain, patients may also experience redness and swelling of the affected area. There are also specifics:
- morning stiffness of the joint
- crunching noise while walking
- a feeling of tension in the joint and tendon
3. Treatment Options for Tendonitis
Although tendonitis is painful, it usually gets better within a few weeks. A prerequisite for rapid healing, however, is rest and immobilization of the affected joint. You should find out the cause of the swelling and avoid wrong posture or overload because of it. Finger or wrist splints are usually used to immobilize the joint for some time. If your joints are swollen and red, you can cool them with an ice pack. If you suffer from tendonitis on a regular basis, we recommend stretching exercises to keep the joints and tendons supple and able to better cope with the overload.
4. Common Types of Tendonitis
Although tendonitis is common in the wrist, individual fingers or thumbs are particularly often affected by localized tendonitis. on the so called snap fingers One of the flexor tendons of a finger is swollen and can no longer slide smoothly through the tendon compartment. Movement disorder and pain occurs. The most obvious symptom of finger twitching: The affected finger is bent in the palm of the hand and can hardly be bent again. If one of the tendons in the area of the extensor tendon compartment in the wrist becomes inflamed, the thumb can no longer be moved or can only be moved with pain. This type of tendonitis will be de Quervain’s tendovaginitis Called. It is named after the Swiss doctor who first described the disease in 1895.
