Knee Tendonitis
July 10, 2007
Another common injury of the tendons is known as Knee Tendonitis. It is tendonitis of the knee. It can be very painful for the casualty and cause the patient to rest without walking for a few days.
Your muscles are very influential in helping the movement of your joints. This is because the muscles are attached to your joints through issues in your body called the tendons. The tendons in your body use the force of your muscle and it crosses the joint and this is what causes the joint to move. This tendon is another of the tendons that can become damaged fairly easily. It can become inflamed if it is injured or overused. Common injuries to the tendon are if you take a hit to the thigh or if it is overused when doing exercises like running long distance or biking up steep hills.
If the tendon becomes inflamed then doctors will diagnose you with the condition called tendonitis. As you might have seen an ‘it is’ is added to the ending of the word ‘tendon’. If, in a rare circumstance your tendon tears in half, then you will be diagnosed with having a tendon rupture. A common sign of a tendon rupture is if you cannot straighten up your knee because there is severe pain over or around the tendon area. If this is the case then seek medical treatment straight away. If you do not get medical treatment straight away then it could be a very strong problem for your health. This is why we, as well as any doctor would recommend that you go to the hospital as soon as you get the chance, so that you can get your problem worked out. The pain that is caused from tendonitis is often an ache that is razor sharp from moving from a chair or from squatting down.
You can get rid of the pain by resting but it might only improve the pain and not heal it completely. If this is the case and the pain does not heal 100% it is a good idea, to get to a doctor’s office as soon as you possibly could. So that you do not get a worse injury, by not taking care of this small injury that you could be dangerously serious. The most well known tendon that is involved when having knee tendonitis is called the patellar tendon. It is also known as patellar tendonitis or jumper’s knee. The pain that is caused by having this injury is so bad that even having a bed sheet over the tendon can cause irritation and pain to you.