Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol underwent a procedure Thursday to address the tendinosis in both of his knees. Pau Gasol did a stem cell treatment for his patellar tendinosis. Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers has tendinosis (chronic tendinitis) in knees - receives stem cell injections I think this Autologous Tenocyte implantation is for the tendinosis (tendon thickening, hypoechogenicity, fibrillar disruption, angiofibroblastic degeneration, noninflammatory tissue, intrasubstance tears, calcifications, hypo-echoic areas, neovascularity, vascularity, tendon softening), but I wonder if it could help with other procedures that involve patellar tendon grafts.
In this study, patients with chronic LE who had previously undergone an unsuccessful full course of nonoperative treatment showed significantly improved clinical function and structural repair at the origin of the common extensor tendon after ATI. Tenocytes used for the injection were characterized by flow cytometry (sort and purify) and real-time polymerase chain reaction (amplify).Īutologous tenocytes were injected into the site of tendinopathy identified at the origin of the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon under ultrasound guidance on a single occasion. I came across one treatment that I thought had to do with stem cells, but I think it sounds like grafting:Īutologous Tenocyte Injection - take tendon cells from healthy area, grow the tendon cells, and inject them into injured areaĪ paper on using autologous tenocyte injection for the treatment of severe, chronic resistant lateral epicondylitis was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine on September 2013.Ī patellar tendon needle biopsy was performed under local anesthetic, and tendon cells were expanded by in vitro culture. I have a repetitive strain injury of tendinosis in my wrists, hands, and elbows, so I like to research on future treatments. I got an ultrasound, and it shows tendinosis in one of my wrists. Other disorders such as bursitis and tendonitis have been associated with repeated motions performed in the course of normal work or other activities." "There is little clinical data to prove whether repetitive and forceful movements of the hand and wrist during work or leisure activities can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. Repetition likely to cause tendinitis, not carpal tunnel syndrome The Value Added by Electrodiagnostic Testing in the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome “When pain is the primary symptom, carpal tunnel syndrome is unlikely to be the source of the symptoms.” 1Department of pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, SRTM University Nanded-431606, Maharashtra. "A predominance of pain rather than numbness is unlikely to be caused by carpal tunnel syndrome no matter what the result of electrophysiological testing."ĬARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME : A REVIEW Gadhave S. South Park got it wrong in that WoW episode.Ĭarpal tunnel = numbness and tingling due to a pinched nerve.Ĭartman receiving Bengay is indicative of inflammation of the tendons, and not carpal tunnel tingling. Tendinitis is the initial inflammation of the tendons, and tendinosis is the failed healing, and structural change of the tendons. It could be a repetitive strain injury of tendinosis (initially starts as tendinitis), where the tendons have weakened.
It might not be carpal tunnel syndrome unless you have numbness and tingling. RSI is an umbrella term for any strain due to repetition. It's not always Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or RSI it could be Tendinitis or Tendinosis Tl Dr Yes if you experience wrist pains the smart thing would be to take a break, but no don't worry you aren't getting Carpal Tunnel. (Hell, I was even Masters on SC2 so throwing in the 180~240ish APM I averaged, that is even more key presses, and I highly doubt my wrists are just superman wrists) I used to play a game for 6 years called "GunZ" a korean third person shooter where each movement was keyed to a certain action and I played the game very competitively every day for 2~8 hours and while I experienced wrist pains after being on all day I have yet to get carpal tunnel, and I probably pushed more keys on that game than cookiezi had pressed in his career on osu. I've been playing Osu for like roughly a year, though I don't have that much of a playcount I still suffer from wrist pains here and there, and yes at that time you should take a break - pain is usually an indicator of that, but I assure you, you are not getting Carpal Tunnel over that. Most people complaining of carpal tunnel and other wrist issues are just experiencing wrist pain from overworking it, carpal tunnel comes from years, and years of overworking your wrist. I don't know about you or majority of the players on this subreddit, but just throwing my two cents out there.