Patellar tendonitis is a common injury or inflammation of the tendon that connects your kneecap (patella) to your shinbone (tibia). Your pain may be mild or severe. Anyone can get patellar tendonitis.

Calcific tendonitis (or tendinitis) occurs when calcium deposits build up in your muscles or tendons. Although this can happen anywhere in the body, it usually occurs in the rotator cuff. The rotator ...

Patellar tendonitis — also called jumper’s knee — is a type of knee tendon pain. It happens when the tendons connecting the kneecap to the shinbone become inflamed from overuse. Repetitive motions, ...

Tendonitis is pain in or around a tendon, which is a band of strong tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Tendons bend, stretch, and twist to help joints and muscles move. They can become inflamed ...

I used the word Tendonitis in the title, but in many cases, you may have a Tendinopathy instead. A tendon is a fibrous tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone. Tendonitis is inflammation of the tendon ...

Though categorically not bad for your knees, running can be the cause of certain knee pain or injuries. One of the more common ones is patellar tendinopathy, which presents as pain just below the knee ...

If YOU'RE FEELING pain just under your kneecap, you might be dealing with a bout of patellar tendonitis. It's a specific place to feel pain, and if you've ever experienced it, you know all too well ...

At the end of a long ski season, I see a large number of patients with overuse injuries and conditions. Patellar tendonitis is one such common condition seen in our athletic population. Common sports ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When patients were administered three common treatments for calcific shoulder tendonitis, ...

Calcific tendonitis is a condition caused by calcium deposits building up in a person’s muscles or tendons. If calcium builds up in an area, a person may feel pain and discomfort there. Although this ...