Dietary Tendonitis
By Stuart Ellis

Tendonitis is most common in areas of the body that receive repetitious high impact loads such as the knees and ankles of runners and jumpers or the wrists and shoulders of hitters and throwers. This can result in crippling pain and inflammation and render many athletes unable to continue participating in their chosen sport. Conventional wisdom as provided by Jonathan Cluett M.D an orthopedic surgeon can be summed up as follows:

"The most common cause of tendonitis is overuse. Commonly, individuals begin an exercise program, or increase their level of exercise, and begin to experience symptoms of tendonitis. The tendon is unaccustomed to the new level of demand, and this overuse will cause an inflammation and tendonitis.

Another common cause of symptoms of tendonitis is due to age-related changes of the tendon. As people age, the tendons lose their elasticity and ability to glide as smoothly as they used to. With increasing age, individuals are more prone to developing symptoms of tendonitis. The cause of these age-related changes is not entirely understood, but may be due to changes in the blood vessels that supply nutrition to the tendons.