The musculoskeletal system is made up of bones, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, muscles, joints and nerves. In our musculoskeletal system, connective tissues stabilizes the bones and provide strength to the joint connections. Differences between tendons and ligaments
Ligaments and tendons are connective tissue and care composed of collagen and fibers which provide flexibility and right amount of laxity. Muscles contract to pull on tendons which connect to the bones, thereby moving the bones and providing movement. Connective tissue flexibility has limits and when it is pulled in unusual directions it results in injury. It can happen gradually or can happen in a single motion. Overtime and with repetitive injury connective tissue, tendons and ligaments can become lax, tear, have micro tears. With slow healing, many a time it does not heal completely and then eventually overtime they present as chronic pain which can lead to inactivity and diminished quality of life. This is the most common cause of frustration for people with active lifestyle and athletes.
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Due to slow healing nature of connective tissue and body’s limitation on healing connective tissue injury, there are certain recommendations made by doctors to help heal tissue injury which are now under the spotlight due to the opioid crisis. One of the most common medications prescribed by doctors are NSAIDs (Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) for musculoskeletal pain. Long term use of NSAIDs and Opioids not only have negative impact on healing but also have potentially serious side effects.
Incomplete tissue healing will result in leaving the ligament and tendons weaker and weaker and creates an unstable environment for the joints. The body tries to address the joint instability by building fluid to stabilize the joint, tighten the muscle which leads to muscle spasm and can often feel like muscle knots.
Repetitive tendon and ligament injury can lead to degeneration of the tissue where collage in breaking down faster than it is being built. It now has the potential to lead to joint instability and therefore leading to Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis happens due to body’s third effort to stabilize the joint by depositing calcium which hardens.
In our opinion, diagnosing and treating connective tissue during an injury can lead to preventing further degeneration and joint instability which ultimately leads to osteoarthritis.
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