What is Tendinitis in the knee?

Question

is massage ok?

Answer 1

Tendons tightening... my mom had it in her wrists and needed surgery on both of them. They cut the tendon a little to release pressure, or something. I'm pretty positive I have it, too. My right arm hurts so badly whenever I do repetative work, and at night when I'm sleeping.

Answer 2

Tendinitis is the painful inflammation of a tendon and its ligaments, which attach it to the bone. It often results from the stress of repetitive movements. Acute tendinitis may become chronic if it is not treated. The areas most commonly affected by tendinitis are the shoulder (rotator cuff tendinitis or impingement syndrome), elbow (tennis elbow or golfer's elbow), wrist and thumb (de Quervain's disease), knee (jumper's knee), and ankle (Achilles tendinitis). Calcific tendinitis, which occurs when calcium deposits build up in a joint, often appears in people with a chronic disease, such as diabetes.

Answer 3

A tendon is a connective thing that holds the muscles to the bone and to each other. The suffix -itis means inflammation. So tendonitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue.

Or, in simpler terms, a sore knee.

Answer 4

generally occurs from an overexersion or rapidly elvevated (above normal) frequency or intensity during leg training. The tendons in the knee, usually on the latteral aspects , are affected, swell slightly, and feel dry and tight. This can be fixed with an upped intake of fluids, ibuprofen, usually 800mg po 3id, and icing.

Answer 5

It literally means "inflammation of the tendon" in the knee.
Tendons are what attach our muscles to our bone.
They are usually very tough and hard to damage. But they can get inflamed due to injury, or strain due to excessive exercises without warming up properly.

Hope you feel better soon

Answer 6

inflammation in the tendon.
Tendon means = A nondistensible fibrous cord or band of variable length that is the part of the muscle that connects the fleshy (contractile) part of muscle with its bony attachment or other structure; it may unite with the fleshy part of the muscle at its extremity or may run along the side or in the center of the fleshy part for a longer or shorter distance, receiving the muscular fibers along its border; when determining the length of a muscle, the tendon length is included as well as the fleshy part; it consists of fascicles of very densely arranged, almost parallel collagenous fibers, rows of elongated fibrocytes, and a minimum of ground substance.

Answer 7

its a swelling of the tendon of which there are many in the body. its from over using that tendon and not giving it a rest to heal itself. or from repeated injury to that particular tendon such as wearing high heels all day everyday will cause the tendons behind the knee to shrink and when you try to walk barefooted it stretches the tendon out to fast. maybe causing a tear in the tendon.

Answer 8

the suffix itis means inflammation so it is inflammation of tendons of the knee, feel free to add an ice regimen to reduce any swelling and avoid excessive use of the knees until the symptoms disappear.

Answer 9

When you hear "itis" at the end of the ailment, it's an infection. Thus, it's an infection in the knee tendon.

Answer 10

It's an inflamation of the tendons.