Tendon tissue is a fibrous flexible connective tissue between your muscles and bones, providing the means and strength to move your bones. The tendon transfers the energy produced by the contracted muscle. Most tendon injuries are repetitive strain injuries that require a stoppage in the activities that aggravate the tendon. This sounds like common sense but many people work through their pain in the hopes that time will heal the injury. Especially for a tendon, this is not the case; rest is imperative. Other than repetitive strain an aging body is a common cause of tendonitis and tendon related conditions. The reason for this is not well known but it could be related to decreasing blood and nutrient supply from changes in the aging blood vessels.

If you've damaged a tendon or have recurring tendonosis, you need therapy to heal properly. But what are your options; expensive, inconvenient and occasional therapy? Dangerous drugs? Surgery and a cast? You have a safe option, and it's called MendMeShop Therapeutic Ultrasound.

Personal Portable Ultrasound provides you with the tools necessary to relieve the pain of tendonitis and dramatically speed the healing. It provides you with the means to be more than diligent, allowing for a speedy and complete recovery! The faster and stronger you heal your tendons, the less chance there is for re-injury. The tendons are tough dense tissues that normally receive very little blood flow. This is largely why tendon injuries take so long to heal. When using radiant energy or ultrasound, the energy waves stimulate blood flow which speeds up healing and clears away the inflammation causing the pain.

Healing quickly is very important to avoiding re-injury and preventing scar tissue build up. In order to maintain full range of motion it is important to limit the formation of scar tissue as much as possible. Ultrasound enables you to heal faster, reducing your chance of developing scar tissue. Constant re-injury and healing causes the build up of scar tissue which seriously and permanently impairs your tendon. Scar tissue build up leads to a life long loss of flexibility in the area and an increased chance of re-injury. Simply, stiffness equals pain and pain equals stiffness. If you don't heal your tendon quickly and with minimal scar tissue, it will plague you for life.

To really speed up the effectiveness of the ultrasound it also comes with a specially formulated gel which contains naturally-based, pain relieving, anti-inflammatory ingredients. The ultrasound unit actually drives the pain relieving ingredients deep into injured tissue (a process known medically as phonophoresis) giving you the pain relief where you need it. In effect, you receive enhanced ultrasound therapy treatment every session!.

The goal of treatment is to relieve pain and reduce inflammation. In order to accomplish this rest and immobilization is a must. To control pain in the initial stages of the injury the application of cold therapy can help slow blood flow. The deep cold provided by a cold compression wrap slows cell function thereby reducing cellular break-down. Furthermore, because cold wraps serve to numb the nerves the wraps also reduce pain!

Our cold compression wraps are made of the highest quality materials available. They fit perfectly, stay in place, are extremely durable, and use a special patented baffled cold array. What is a baffled cold array? All other cold packs simply use a plastic bag partially filled with cold gel. What is sure to happen is the gel pools in the low spots or in pockets where there is no pressure. Fill a plastic bag with water and put it on your arm and watch what happens - all the water sits in two pools on either side of your arm. Cold compression wraps work because they interrupt and slow nerve and cell function in the damaged area. Once blood vessels are damaged they can no longer carry oxygenated blood to the damaged tissue and therefore cells begin to break-down.

Like our ultrasound, our cold compression wraps are the best quality product you will find anywhere. We have them for every part of the body. And like the ultrasound, we guarantee our wraps with our 45 day money back guarantee. If for any reason you're not happy with any product you purchase in our shop, you can send it back for a full refund.

A Black Body Radiant Energy Kit is one of the most helpful tools for an injured tendon. Through the absorption of radiant energy, tissues are safely and gently heated - increasing blood flow within the treated area. Your body's natural response to this increased temperature is to try to maintain a condition of homeostasis - a balanced environment or state of equilibrium throughout the body. To do this, your body responds with a rapid increase in blood flow to the area (this is known as vasodilation), increasing the supply of nutrients to injured cells and flushing out toxins (including lactic acid, commonly found in trigger points) to promote healing. Our Thermotex Platinum Pain Relief Device provides effective, non-invasive, non-addictive pain relief with no side effects.

Our Cold Compression Wraps are recommended as the best by several professional sports organizations, and countless medical professionals. That's why we sell them, because they are the best. We have noticed over time that our customers are so fond of our cold wraps that they are frequently coming back and ordering a second one. The wraps are becoming very popular with baseball and soccer trainers, and the wraps can be conveniently stored in a cooler for quick application on the field when needed.

Ultrasound therapy is also a helpful tool for pain prevention of an injured tendon, and having a portable ultrasound device at home can be a powerful and convenient treatment tool. If you have symptoms or are recovering from an injured tendon, using ultrasound on a regular basis before your activity or throughout the day will help relax your muscles, tendons and tissues, diminish pain and inflammation, soften scar tissue and contribute greatly to the healing of your injury.

If you suffer from mild inflammation or pain after certain activities or movements use ultrasound therapy when you complete the activity and then rest and elevate your area of injury. Limit the application of ultrasound to a couple of treatments per day (the manual will recommend treatment frequency depending upon the injury). In between ultrasound treatments, maximize your pain relief and injury recovery by using the Thermotex Personal Therapy System. Proven Performance, Proven Relief - only found at MendMeShop.com. If you have been given a treatment plan by your health professional, make sure you adhere to it to ensure pain free living. In general, people who are committed to their therapies and exercises will have the best medical outcomes.