tendonitis

I definitlely have tendonitits, my doctor referred me to a bone doctor also to take a look. He confirmed it being tendonitis. I have it in my feet, ankles, and wrists. He told me to keep resting and taking hot baths. I've also been taking mortin.

If you've had/have tendonitis what exercises have you done? I know I am supposed to rest and I have been, but I was just wondering if there was any low intensity, off feet ideas?

I have been losing weight without working out though too.

8 lbs so farr!!

OUCH

sorry you have to suffer through....

What about swimming?

Or just upper body toning?

Cycling (gentle) may be ok if it is not too bad....

You need to see a physical therapist they will give you the best excersises to do .

Strempy's idea about phyisical therapy is really excellent. A lot of the exercises come from pilates. Ask your Dr if you can consult with a therapist and ask them about pilates. You need to be careful with tendonitis you really don't want to make that any worse and give it time to heal. I'm sorry that happened to you. I hope you feel better soon.

I had tendonitis in a wrist once, and had to go to physical therapy and do some wrist exercises with a one pound weight for a few weeks.  I was a waitress at the time, so I also had to wear a brace while I worked, until it was healed.  I would agree with the recommendation to see a phys therapist, they should really be able to help.

i am going trough the same thing right now. afrer running a few long distance races in a short preiod of time, i have wreaked havock on my body! i am currently seeing a physical therapist for tendonitis in my ankle. really, all you can hope for is swimming and upper body training. i do pilates, too but no warrior poses or anything that puts unnecessary stress on my ankle!

and abosolutely NO running or jumping of any sort!

good luck!

I agree with the folks who suggested a physical therapist.  They know all the exercises you can safely do to strengthen that area without injuring it.

I have tendonitis pretty bad in my knees- and what i have found to work great for weight loss is swimming!

I had bad tendonitis in my left knee for a while and physiotherapy really helped a lot. Ask your doctor to reccomend a good place for you to go. Even though it's hard, try to keep off of your injured areas as much as possible... I found it extra hard being a competitive dancer because I had to just keep pushing myself as hard as I could so it took a long time to heal.

I had bad tendonitis in my left knee for a while and physiotherapy really helped a lot. Ask your doctor to reccomend a good place for you to go. Even though it's hard, try to keep off of your injured areas as much as possible... I found it extra hard being a competitive dancer because I had to just keep pushing myself as hard as I could so it took a long time to heal.

Oh boy, do I know about tendonitis!  Because of a job change (from a standing job to a sitting job), I ended up having it in the bottoms of both my feet and in the backs of both my knees, at the same time.  It completely sucked and was one of the most painful things I had ever been through.  I'm happy to report the tendonitis is completely gone, and I can tell you what was the most helpful thing for me...

After taking pain medications, getting cortizone shots, and going to physical therapy, nothing seemed to be making the tendonitis go away.  Finally, my doctor had me wear braces at night on both my feet.  Within about a week, I was noticing a HUGE improvement in my feet.  I found out that every time I got up in the morning, the excruciating pain I initially felt was because of micro-tears I was creating in my tendons.  When you sleep, your tendons are able to heal a bit, but when you wake up and walk around, you create tiny (and very painful) tears in your tendons....ouch!!

Tendonitis just means that somehow your tendon(s) hardened in a short position (instead of being flexible and stretched out).  Mine came from sitting at my new job; my feet (and knees) were not being utilized as they had been, so my tendons hardened up.  If you point your toes away from you, you can imagine the tendons in the bottom of your feet being shorter than if you point your toes towards the ceiling.  I was told that I should always sit with my feet flat on the floor or even consider putting my toes on a small piece of wood to keep those tendons flexed.

As for my knees, my doctor then gave me full leg braces to wear at night while I was sleeping (the kind you wear after knee surgery).  They are a true pain in the butt to sleep with, but after a week or two, the tendonitis was starting to go away.  I also learned to put my feet up on a stool whenever possible to keep the tendons in the backs of my knees stretched out as much as possible.

Getting rid of tendonitis is really a matter of stretching those tendons out at every opportunity throughout the day so they don't have the chance to harden in that short position.  I don't mean doing repetative things that cause you pain and could injure you further; just being conscious of what position your knees and/or feet are in while you're sitting (for example) will do wonders for you.

I hope this helps!