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Talking Tendons 2: Tendinopathy Rehabilitation & Prevention

Episode 22 Published 6 years ago

Talking tendons 1 explains WHY and HOW we get a tendinopathy, but now we look at some universal principles to rehabilitate and prevent tendon pain!

We learn 3 stages to recovery:

Stage 1: Identify daily tasks and positions that will be compressing the tendon.

Stage 2: Tendons love load! but how do we progress?

Step 1: isometrics, Step 2: Eccentrics Step 3: Concentric/eccentrics Step 4: power/speed/plyometrics Step 5: entire kinetic chain restore function

Stage 3: Throughout stage 2 carefully balancing what running loads can be tolerated.

Then we finish with Brodie's top 5 Prevention tips:

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