Joint pain follows inflammation, such as tendonitis or arthritis. Let’s put the scenario: you want to eat an apple at the table.

• Step 1: You saw the apple on the table, and the message received in the brain was “The apple is there, I want to eat it”.
• Step 2: The brain sends a message to the leg muscle to stand up and walk to the table.
• Step 3: The leg muscles pull the tendons to move the bone at the joint, initiating the movement.

Under normal circumstances, a muscle pulls the tendon only when it requires movement.

But if your muscle is already over-contracted, it continuously pulls the tendon; the pulling is bad enough to produce irritation but not strong enough to move the bone, and (eventually) start ripping it off from the bone. That condition is called tendonitis.

As a result, inflammation occurs in the tendons (tendonitis), in the joints (arthritis), and the bursae (bursitis). Patients find that the pain worsens with movement after prolonged rest. Some examples: standing up from the sitting position, getting out of the car, getting out of bed.

If you think you might be suffering from joint pain, please get in contact with our clinic to begin treatment as soon as you can.