We recommend consulting a musculoskeletal physiotherapist to ensure exercises are best suited to your recovery. If you are carrying out an exercise regime without consulting a healthcare professional, you do so at your own risk. If you have any concerns whilst completing these exercises, please contact a healthcare professional.
This is the next progression. More focus is placed on improving strength through controlled, progressive training using relatively heavy loads.
This approach is supported by the results of nearly all studies of tendinopathy management where a well-designed, resistance exercise program was considered the primary intervention (4).
This program is a further progression with challenging progressive loading of the affected tendon.
Functional rehabilitation/Biomechanical modification — Studies have found associations between abnormal biomechanics and the development of tendinopathy (4). Building strength combined with a gradual return to usual activities and appropriate biomechanical modifications, if necessary, will be enough to rehabilitate a tendinopathy.