A recent search term was “can a stroke cause tendonitis? Answer: Abso-freakin-lutely and also…..NO! Let me explain. A stroke itself cannot cause tendonitis, no. A stroke is a brain injury and the only thing that a stroke directly affects is…the… Read More ›
Tendonitis
Transverse Friction Massage
I could never have long nails as a PT and one reason is that I gave a lot of transverse friction massages. But I was sick and tired of not being able to have long nails so I had a… Read More ›
Achilles Tendonitis
Someone wound up on my blog by searching ‘achilles tendonitis.’ So here ya go. Everyone knows what the achilles tendon is right? It’s at the back of the heel, it connects the calf muscles to the heel bone. Umm there are a couple… Read More ›
Tendonitis
After a stroke you may be diagnosed with tendonitis for a variety of reasons. A tendon is what attaches the muscle to the bone. Ligaments attach bone to bone. ‘Itis’ means ‘inflammation of’ so tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon…. Read More ›