Patients with tennis elbow should maintain proper backhand technique, use a less tightly strung racket, and play on slower surfaces. Range of motion exercises are recommended for patients with rotator cuff tendonitis in order to avoid complication of adhesive capsulitis. Achilles tendon corticosteroid injection, steroid injection directly into a tendon, or repetitive peritendinous corticosteroid injections may result in tendon rupture. Prolonged shoulder immobilization for rotator cuff tendinitis can result in adhesive capsulitis. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established.
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