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Musculoskeletal system includes your bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons and connective tissues. Your skeleton provides a framework for your muscles and other soft tissues. Together, they support your body’s weight, maintain your posture and help you move.

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Musculoskeletal disorder include osteoarthritis, bursitis, tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), fibromyalgia and bone fractures. Most cases of tendinitis can be successfully treated with rest, physical therapy and medications to reduce pain. If tendinitis is severe and leads to the rupture of a tendon, you may need surgery.

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Tendinitis is inflammation or irritation of a tendon. The thick fibrous cords that attach muscle to bone. The condition causes pain and tenderness just outside a joint.

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Signs and symptoms of tendinitis tend to occur at the point where a tendon attaches to a bone and typically include:

-   Pain often described as a dull ache, especially when moving the affected limb or joint

-   Tenderness
-   Mild swelling

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Based on the location of the affected tendon can be divided into several types:

Lateral Epicondylitis : occurs on the outside of the elbow. The cause is activities that involve twisting the wrist, such as in tennis and badminton athletes.

Medial Epicondylitis : occurs on the inside of the elbow. Generally occurs due to elbow movements such as that done by golf and baseball athletes.

Achilles Tendinitis : attacks the achilles tendon or the tendon located behind the ankle. This condition generally occurs due to excessive running and jumping activities.

Rotator Cuff Tendinitis : affected when you have this type of tendinitis is the rotator cuff tendon, the muscle that controls the rotation of the shoulder. Commonly experienced by those who like to do sports that involve lifting the arm, such as swimming

De Quervain Tendinitis : affected in the wrist area, precisely at the base of the thumb. In some cases, de quervain tendinitis is also common in women during pregnancy, without known exact cause.

Knee Tendinitis : affects the patellar tendon below the knee or the quadriceps tendon above the knee is known as knee tendonitis. This type of tendon disorder is common in basketball athletes and long-distance runners.

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Treatment of tendinitis aims to relieve symptoms and reduce inflammation. The following are some of the treatment methods that can be given to tendinitis patients:

1. Drugs
Administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or corticosteroid injections to relieve pain and inflammation.

2. Physiotherapy
This will restore the function of movement that is reduced due to tendinitis.

3. Medical treatment
The following medical actions can be performed by a doctor if medication or physiotherapy does not help the condition get better:

- Ultrasound therapy, using exposure to ultrasonic sound waves to remove tendon scar tissue.

- Dry needling, using a special needle to stimulate the tendon healing process.

- Surgery, to treat severe tendinitis conditions.

4. Self care

To help the healing process, people with tendinitis can do the following:

- Rest inflamed tendons

- Cold compresses on the tendinitis area for 20 minutes several times a day.

- Provide a cushion or material that can support the tendinitis area while sleeping, for example with a pile of pillows.

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Tendinitis is a preventable condition. Some of the efforts that can be done to prevent this condition are:

1. Avoid activities that put too much stress on the tendons, especially if they are done continuously

2. Stretch before and after exercise to maximize joint movement and reduce the risk of injury

3. Doing other sports, if the usual exercise causes pain

4. Follow the advice of a professional sports instructor so that the movements performed do not cause problems with the tendons

5. Adjusting the correct sitting position, such as keeping your back straight while sitting