06: Tendons and Tendinopathies

<p>Til and Whitney discuss considerations for hands-on work with tendinopathies and tendon issues. </p> <p>In this episode, </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">What is a tendinopathy? Examples? </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Tendinitis vs.tendinosis; tenosynovitis; </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What are typical signs? </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What is known about causes? </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Inflammation or degeneration? </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Collagen, paretenon, fascicles, etc; </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Nerval arborization/sprouting; </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">What’s manual therapy’s role? </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Approaches, debates, consensus; </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">And much more...  </li> </ul> <p>Get the full transcript at <a href='https://advanced-trainings.com/thinking-practitioner-podcast/'>Til</a> or<a href='https://www.academyofclinicalmassage.com/the-thinking-practitioner-episode-05/'> Whitney's</a> sites! </p> <p>Resources discussed in this episode: </p> <ol><li>Chen PC, Wu KT, Chou WY, et al. Comparative Effectiveness of Different Nonsurgical Treatments for Patellar Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Arthrosc - J Arthrosc Relat Surg. 2019;35(11):3117-3131.e2. doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2019.06.017  </li> <li>Cook JL, Purdam C. Is compressive load a factor in the development of tendinopathy? Br J Sports Med. 2012;46(3):163-168. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2011-090414,   </li> <li>Lederman E. The Science and Practice of Manual Therapy. 2n3 ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier; 2005.  </li> <li>Murtaugh B, Ihm JM. Eccentric training for the treatment of tendinopathies. Curr Sports Med Rep. 1987;12(3):175-182. doi:10.1249/JSR.0b013e3182933761,  </li> <li>Lipman K, Wang C, Ting K, Soo C, Zheng Z. Tendinopathy: Injury, repair, and current exploration. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2018;12:591-603. doi:10.2147/DDDT.S154660,  </li> <li>Witvrouw E, Mahieu N, Roosen P, McNair P. The role of stretching in tendon inju