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DESCRIPTION:
Tendonitis is the most common injury to the knee, although not the most well known one. In general, it refers to an inflammation, irritation or tear of a tendon, the thick fibrous cords that attach muscles to bone. One of the most frequent types of tendonitis of the knee is pes anserinus tendonitis, which involves the pes anserinus tendons that lie on the inside and just below the knee joint and prevents the lower leg from twisting outward while running. Two other types of knee tendonitis are popliteus tendonitis and semimembranous tendonitis. Middle-aged adult runners are most susceptible to the development of pes anserinus tendonitis, the most common form.
How does knee tendonitis develop?
Tendonitis is caused by overuse, injury or aging. The pain is usually the result of a small tear in or inflammation of the tendon. Tendonitis can also be associated with inflammatory diseases that occur throughout the body, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Popliteus tendonitis is caused by excessive inward rolling of the feet, called pronation, as well as running downhill, which tends to put excessive stress on this tendon and can cause it to tear or become inflamed. Pes anserine tendonitis, on the other hand, is characterized by inflammation of the medial knee, and often coexists with other knee disorders. Semimembranous tendonitis is characterized by swelling over the posteromedial aspect of the knee and tenderness with resisted flexion or outward-turned strain.
What are the symptoms of knee tendonitis?
Tendonitis in general produces pain, tenderness and stiffness near a joint and is aggravated by movement. The inflamed tendons in the knee are usually painful when moved or touched, and the tendon sheaths may be visibly swollen from the accumulation of fluid and inflammation. Moving the joints near the tendon even slightly may also cause severe pain. The pain may be worse when ascending or descending stairs, when getting up from a seated position, and at night.
Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of knee tendonitis, but they do not address the root of the problem. By strengthening structural weaknesses in the body, as natural medicine treatments like Prolotherapy do, knee tendonitis may be alleviated permanently.
Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the best way to treat knee tendonitis.
Click here to read Prolotherapy research by Dr. Ross Hauser and his team on Prolotherapy injections for knee pain and degeneration.
Click here to read a patient’s story of Prolotherapy injection treatment saving him from bilateral knee replacements. This story was published in the Journal of Prolotherapy.
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