Quad and Hamstrong Tendinitis

[Catrin]

I've never seen it in my career, but "never say never."

Really? Just my luck then, I've never done anything halfway!

[tulip]

Isn't tendinitis inflammation of the tendon? And aren't quads and hamstrings muscles? Something doesn't make sense to me.

When I had tendinitis in my arm due to too much typing, it was at the elbow and wrist. So wouldn't Catrin's be at the knee and hip? I could understand how tendinitis would result in trigger point in the muscle. Maybe that's what the doc means by quad and hamstring tendinitis.

[Catrin]

Isn't tendinitis inflammation of the tendon? And aren't quads and hamstrings muscles? Something doesn't make sense to me.

When I had tendinitis in my arm due to too much typing, it was at the elbow and wrist. So wouldn't Catrin's be at the knee and hip? I could understand how tendinitis would result in trigger point in the muscle. Maybe that's what the doc means by quad and hamstring tendinitis.

It is the tendons attached to those muscles, and the muscles themselves are also inflamed - especially the hammie. I had no idea that the soreness at the back of my knee on that leg was caused by the hamstring though - I figured that it was related to my saddle height...

I saw the massage therapist last night at my club who massaged that leg last week and he asked how things were going. I told him what the doctor said and he wasn't surprised. He said my hamstrings were like extremely tightly wound ropes that would not loosen with the normal methods.

I do admit what he said about my quad was a surprise - I thought THAT was healed - but the soreness I thought was in my hip flexor turned out to be in a tendon attaching the upper quad...

My dr. said the occasional pain while sitting/lying down has to do with the inflammation and that I am lying/sitting upon the tendons that are most aggravated...

They are trying to work me into PT evaluation today or tomorrow, but I don't think it will happen until Monday. One of their therapists is in labor and another on vacation - they are kind of short staffed.

[tulip]

Well that makes sense. After all, the ankle bone is connected to the leg bone...it's all a connected.

Oh, and by the way, when I was in PT for my tendinitis in my wrist and elbow, they said I had to REST it completely in order for it to heal. No typing, no gardening (with that arm), etc. So just be prepared for that possibility.

[Catrin]

Well that makes sense. After all, the ankle bone is connected to the leg bone...it's all a connected.

Oh, and by the way, when I was in PT for my tendinitis in my wrist and elbow, they said I had to REST it completely in order for it to heal. No typing, no gardening (with that arm), etc. So just be prepared for that possibility.

I am prepared for it - though the dr said I could take a gentle ride. If the PT tells me I have to get off the bike for a time then I will. I will hate it, and stress over the effect of the lack of intense exercise might do to my blood sugar, but I will do it. Hopefully it would only be for a couple of weeks and my A1C is well within the normal range right now so hopefully that would be find for a short time.

[Catrin]

I finally saw the physical therapist this afternoon for my evaluation. Surprise, surprise, he said no bikes. No spinning bikes. No elliptical. I can, however, walk. No lower body weights. I can walk. I could swim if I knew how... For at least a week - but that is ok, I am moving this weekend anyway. And it wasn't a surprise...I just hope that I am not being overly optimistic about only being off a week.

He thinks it is tendonitis as well, and possibly a strained muscle. He did give me several exercises for hip abduction and stretching my hip flexors, I guess more exercises will come Friday.

[azfiddle]

I'm there with you-

I overdid it on my 3 week break from work and my hip is acting up again. I'm back to doing all the exercises from the PT from last spring, and the chiropractor as well, with hopes of seeing it calm down enough to still ride El Tour de Tucson Nov 20 ....