For biceps tendinitis, in order to continue your progress at home, your therapist will give you a home exercise program similar to what you are performing in the clinic. This program will include pictures of the exercise, description of how to perform, and how many repetitions to perform each time. Some additional exercises you may perform at home include:
Along with performing exercises,
Physical therapy is a great treatment option for biceps tendinitis. Initially, you will come in for an evaluation and discuss with a physical therapist your current symptoms and how it may be affecting your daily function. Following the evaluation, your therapist will create a plan of care specifically for your needs. It will include exercises for strengthening shoulder musculature,
Deanna Richardson is a patient at our Spring Hill clinic. She has biceps tendinitis in her right arm connecting at her right shoulder that was caused from repetitive lifting and pushing plus poor ergonomics in her sitting. This has caused the tendons to fray requiring her to have surgery to repair the tendons.
Biceps tendinitis is known as an inflammation of the long head of the bicep tendon. As tendonitis develops, the tendon sheath (covering) can thicken. The tendon itself often thickens or grows larger. The tendon in these late stages is often dark red in color due to the inflammation. Occasionally, the damage to the tendon can result in a tendon tear,
James suffered a biceps tear when he was working out in his yard, not really doing anything strenuous in his mind, but was rolling a small log on the ground when he felt a snap in his forearm and pain in his upper bicep. In his physical therapy for recovery, his progression was a little slow at first,
For tennis elbow, after a few visits to your physical therapist, he or she will give you an HEP. A home exercise program, or HEP, is a list of exercises your therapist will assign for you to do on your own at home. It’s a toolbox that you need to use to take responsibility for your healing process.
For tennis elbow, the first couple sessions of physical therapy will focus on gentle range of motion exercises and giving the tendons in the elbow a chance to heal. Your therapist will also talk to you about activity modification to hopefully eliminate or at least lessen the effects of the repetitive motion causing your pain.
Karen Phillips has been battling a myriad of arm problems including tennis elbow, trigger finger and carpal tunnel syndrome. This past episode included her hand locking up around a car part at her work. She was working hard trying to get orders out and her hand just froze around the part. She had to have someone assist her in getting the part out of her hand.