how do I get rid of my tendonitis?

Question

I'm due to start at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (where the princes went) in January yet I have tendonitis in my hip. How do I get over it in time yet not loose all my fitness?!!

Answer 1

Physio at sports clinic,weight train and use cv equipment avoid any exercise that's going to cause any discomfort to injury.

Answer 2

lipsticklobotomy has certainly given you all the info there, and some that I didn't realise.
Personally I swear by cortisone injections. I am interested to see that lipstick mentions recurrence of injury, which I have found to be sadly only too true. My doctor limits my jabs to a max of 4 in a year as there is a risk of heightened blood pressure.
There is a lot of talk about them being bad in the long term etc, but they definitely give your body a boost to repairing awkward things like tendons and ligaments and as we all know, tendon, ligament etc damage is absolutely the most painful occurrence going.
Speak to your doctor, ask about jabs and ask about referral to physio.

Answer 3

Due to their highly specialised ultrastructure, low level of vascularization and slow collagen turnover, tendons and ligaments are very slow to heal if injured, and rarely regain their original strength. Partial tears heal by the rapid production of disorganized type-III collagen, which is weaker than normal tendon. Recurrence of injury in the damaged region of tendon is common.

Standard treatment of tendon injuries is largely palliative. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs combined with rest and gradual return to exercise is a common therapy, but there is evidence to suggest that tendonitis is not an inflammatory disorder and that anti-inflammatory drugs are not effective.[1] Perhaps the most promising avenue of therapy is indicated in a line of research finding dramatic rates of recovery including complete remodeling of chronically damaged tendon tissue with eccentric loading.[