Dear all Here is the latest tendinopathy research over the last 2 months, with clinically applicable studies highlighted. I am enroute to the 3rd Tendinopathy conference in Oxford (5,6 Sept) and will blog some highlights after the conference. It is surprising to me that studies continue to use the Alfredson Achilles eccentric protocol as gold […]
Dear all, Some interesting reviews and research this month. Will separate blog from now into clinical studies (i.e. treatments and risk factors) and other interesting stuff. Hope you enjoy All the best Peter Studies to apply to your practice Mani-Babu et al. have performed an excellent systematic review of the effectiveness of shockwave therapy […]
Dear all Here is the latest in clinically relevant tendinopathy research If your interested in tendinopathy clinical gems and tips check out upcoming courses in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Perth. All the best Peter Beeson performed a literature review of risk factors in plantar fasciopathy. Factors include BMI, obesity, limited DF, prolonged standing, hamstring […]
Dear all Just finished a great 2 day tendinopathy course in Melbourne – lots of great tendinopathy clinical discussions, ie the nitty gritty of treating tendons – what to assess, how to treat! Please contact me to organize a course in your part of the world [email protected] Here is the latest in tendon research. Best […]
Dear all Hope the year has started well Looking forward to our first biomechanics and tendinopathy courses for 2014 – both coming up over the next couple weeks https://complete.clinic/courses/ Some interesting tendon research and debate in the tendinopathy world this month – full details below Best wishes Peter Mishra et al. 2013 published an RCT […]
Tendinopathy Blog December 2013
Dear all What a great year it has been, some excellent tendinopathy research. Thanks to all the blog readers and subscribers and I wish you all the best for 2014 Some interesting studies to sink your skeptical and analytical minds into this month. Enjoy Best wishes Peter Fessel et al. 2013 – Collagen fibrils […]
Tendinopathy Blog November 2013
Dear all Have just enjoyed 4 excellent days at the Sports Med New Zealand conference – thanks for the great hospitality and view from my hotel room Key message from my lecture to delegates was – we need to rethink our focus on tendon ‘healing’ – there is no imaging evidence it happens after […]
Tendinopthy blog October 2013
Hi all Has been a busy month – been teaching tendinipathy courses in Spain and the UK, consulting to athletes in the UK, and presenting at a Muscle and Tendon conference hosted by FC Barcelona (a real highlight, had to pinch myself a couple of times) Some great tendon research this month – enjoy Best […]
Hi All, Here is the latest tendinopathy research – on time! Interesting month – see what you think… All the best Peter Dellaurdiere et al inject an anti angiogenesis agent (bevacizumab) into rat AT and PT and show better healing after collagenase induced tendinopathy. Add it to the list of injection hopefuls in tendinopathy […]
Dear all Sorry the blog is late this month, been busy, but no excuses This month won’t disappoint – interesting stuff from pain mechanisms, to PRP, to load response and hysteresis – and lot’s in there that can be applied clinically Enjoy Peter Littlewood et al. has written review on the role of the […]
Dear all Fantastic research month in tendinopathy – read all about it below. Enjoy Peter Maffulli et al show 17 year follow up of Achilles longitudinal tenotomy surgery – results are good, but I would argue that 99.9% would get better with conservative too – just need to convince them to do conservative rehab […]
Dear all Here is the latest in clinically relevant tendinopathy research. Some cool stuff, including our study showing eccentrics do not lead to better tendon adaptation than concentric after 12 weeks loading if load intensity is similar Enjoy Peter The first study to suggest that, as in muscle, tendon adaptation may be more load […]
