That Helps With Tendinitis!

Tendonitis can be very painful and protracted, which is why every tip can be worth its weight in gold.

Tendonitis on the forearm is also referred to as “tennis elbow”, even if those affected have never played tennis. The inflammation can also affect other tendons, which react with inflammation due to overload.

How does tendinitis develop?

The medical term for tendinitis is tendovaginitis, and it is particularly common on the wrist.

In places where the tendons could be strained, for example because they run along bones or joints, they run protected in tendon sheaths, where they run protected by a kind of grease.

If the joint or tendon sheath area is overused, the entire region becomes inflamed and any movement becomes painful.

If the tendonitis is advanced, the affected area becomes warm and may appear red.

Areas that are particularly frequently affected are the wrist or the “mouse arm” when doing office work by long typing or operating the computer mouse, the “SMS thumb” when the smartphone is used too intensively, or the “tennis elbow” when doing manual work or sporting activities.

If you react immediately at the first signs by taking it easy, tendinitis can be prevented or it heals within just a few days.

However, if the symptoms are ignored, tendinitis can become chronic and difficult to cure. We’ll show you what you can do about it:

Stand still

If you notice the first symptoms such as tingling, an uncomfortable, often “rubbing”, sometimes “grinding” feeling, you should immediately take care of the affected area and calm it down.

Often it is enough to immobilize or relieve the joint with a bandage. It is important to stop the stressful activity as soon as the first complaint occurs in order to prevent the inflammation from progressing.

If the stress is part of the job, a sick leave must be given.

Cool

With tendonitis, the affected area is often heated, swollen, and reddened. Cooling leads to a relief of the discomfort and decongestion.

It is important not to apply the ice directly to the skin, so use special cooling compresses with a sleeve or additionally wrap ice cubes in a towel or a washcloth.

Cooling the skin directly with ice can cause damage!

nutrition

Certain foods and spices have anti-inflammatory effects – but they also promote inflammation. If you suffer from tendinitis, it makes sense to give preference to certain foods and avoid others until the tendonitis has subsided and healed.

The following pieces of advice can help you:

• Prefer pineapple: The pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain, which soothes inflammation and reduces swelling. Therefore, this active ingredient is often recommended after dental or oral surgery procedures.
• Eat papaya: The tropical papaya contains enzymes that should ensure that inflammatory swellings go down, metabolic products are removed more quickly and inflammation is contained.
• Schlemme sour cherries : The knowledge that there are anti-inflammatory substances in sour cherries is still relatively new. The red-violet plant pigments of the sour cherry should ensure that certain enzymes in our body that promote inflammation are inhibited.
• Spice with turmeric : This spice, which is rather unusual in Germany, has an anti-inflammatory effect. The anti-inflammatory effects in knee arthritis have even been confirmed by studies.
• Watch out for omega 3 fatty acids: Omega 3 fatty acids protect against inflammation and can help to contain it. The “healthy omega3” is contained in all vegetable oils and in cold water fish such as salmon.
• Avoid meat : A fatty acid that is contained in meat (arachidonic acid) forms the basis for the formation of inflammatory messengers in the body.

Pain relieving diet

Food can not only help to curb inflammation processes, but it is also possible to relieve pain. In combination with the anti-inflammatory foods, you should consider the following things in order to also relieve the pain caused by the tendonitis:

• Seasoning with ginger : One component of ginger inhibits an enzyme that is activated when the body is in pain. If this enzyme is inhibited, the pain is alleviated. The principle works like a painkiller, only a little more gentle on the stomach and more natural.
• Try cabbage wraps : The thick central ribs are cut out of white cabbage leaves. Then place the cabbage leaves in a large freezer bag and roll vigorously over the leaves with a rolling pin or glass water bottle until the juice comes out. Now wrap the cabbage leaves around the painful joint and fix them with a gauze bandage. Leave the cabbage wrap on overnight and don’t remove it until the next morning.