I used to get a lot of tendonitis/bursitis problems: Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, knee pain and mild CTS. They were all overuse injuries as I am more than a little obsessive about running and cycling. I can tell you what did not work for me:
-Complete rest is a short-term solution. Sure it will relieve the symptoms and allow healing, but your body will not adapt to the stressor that caused the problem in the first place. Upon resuming training it will return. For me the solution required continuing light training at moderate intensity but reduced frequency and duration.
- Stretching will not help without also strengthening the area. Stretching alone is worthless or even worse, counter productive. If you go with strengthening, use eccentric not concentric exercises, and use moderate to light weights.
One thing that did SEEM to work for me was starting to use 400IU of vitamin E daily on top of a multivitamin and 250 – 500mg vitamin C. I normally wouldn’t recommend vitamin therapy, as it’s usually hoaky stuff. But do some searches on oxidative damage to tendons and you may be convinced.
http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/...lammatory.html
http://www.exrx.net/Nutrition/Antiox...ioxidants.html