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corticosteroid injections?? 6-May-2005 At 5:10:49 PM julian

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Hey mike, how are you?

As you could imagine, treatment involves more than exercises. Nobody is the same, in that their condition may involve different tendons (thus, different exercises), they may respond differently to treatment, joint angles at the time of aggravation can vary for the same tendinosis condition, etc etc. Treatment for this condition, which is one of the more recalcitrant affecting climbers, is a combination of advice, manual therapy, exercise prescription and altered climbing style. And all of this may change from week to week depending on progress. The approach needs to be personally tailored for success, and closely monitored.

Ignoring the pain is definitely not the correct approach. As a general rule, half the time you have had it and this is how long it will take to resolve with treatment. Personally, I find this does not often go over a few months for complete resolution. Resting will work in that the disparity in strength between the muscle and its tendon will reduce, but as soon as you start climbing again (assuming the same intensity) it will increase and you are back to square one.

Give me a call if you want to have a chat about it.

Julian