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Tendinitis
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Tendinitis is severe inflammation of a tendon. A tendon is a flexible band of tissue that connects a muscle to a bone, and it is the piece that lets the bone move when the muscle contracts. A tendon is the rope that pulls on the bone, and repeating the same pull irritates it.
That, in fact, is how it usually begins. Tendinitis usually comes after repeated injury to an area, such as the wrist or the ankle, and what it produces is pain and tenderness around a joint.
Because the repeated motion is the key, several forms of tendinitis ended up named for the sport that raises their risk: tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, swimmer's shoulder and jumper's knee.
In brief
Tendinitis is severe inflammation of a tendon, the flexible band that connects a muscle to a bone.
It usually follows repeated injury to an area such as the wrist or the ankle, and it causes pain and tenderness around a joint.
A tendon is the rope that pulls on the bone, and repeating the same pull irritates it.
Several forms are named for the sport that raises their risk: tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, swimmer's shoulder and jumper's knee.
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- MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of MedicineTendinitis, MedlinePlusPublished
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