27/11/2025
🦵 NEW RESEARCH: What Really Drives Tendinopathy?
A new review in Advanced Science breaks down how tendon pain isn’t caused by just “overuse”, but by a loop of three interacting factors:
🔁 The Tendinopathy Loop
1️⃣ Mechanical Stress – too much, too soon… or even too little.
2️⃣ Inflammation – triggered by stress, and can keep the tendon irritated.
3️⃣ Vascular Changes – abnormal blood-vessel growth inside the tendon that isn’t seen in healthy tissue.
These three feed into each other, creating a cycle that keeps tendon pain going unless the loop is interrupted.
📌 Key take-aways
Tendon issues are multifactorial – not a single pathway or single cause.
Both overload and under-load can contribute.
Metabolism, tissue pressure, and systemic health may influence tendon healing.
Effective rehab needs to break the loop, not just treat symptoms.
🧠 Why this matters for you
At Injury Mechanics, we don’t just treat the painful area.
We look at your:
• loading patterns
• movement strategy
• training structure
• systemic health factors
• recovery behaviours
Your plan targets the exact parts of the loop that are active in your case.
🎯 Bottom Line
Tendinopathy isn’t just a tendon problem — it’s a system problem.
The right combination of load management, targeted strengthening, education and (when needed) adjunct therapies can break the cycle and get you moving again.
If you’re dealing with persistent tendon pain — Achilles, patellar, gluteal, elbow — we can help.
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