WHAT IS IT?
Tendinopathy is the general term used for both tendonitis and tendinosis. Whereas tendonitis involves swelling of the tendon, the term tendinosis refers to a tendon which is painful or degenerated due to a series of problems affecting the actual tendon tissue.
Isolated tendinopathies are rare and these are normally associated with rotator cuff pathologies.
CAUSES
A degenerative tear of the biceps tendon is usually caused as a result of chronic tendonitis, within chronic rotator cuff pathology.
An acute tear may also occur due to a strain or a forced action yet almost always after a previous tendinopathy.
SYMPTOMS
TREATMENT
As this tends to be associated to the rotator cuff injury, the treatment is similar and includes platelet-rich plasma as mentioned previously.