Excellent summary of tendon pain and therapies:
I have greater trochanteric pain syndrome – which encompasses several hip issues including “hip bursitis” and gluteal tendinopathy. Mine may have been caused by statin-induced tendon degeneration, which resulted in sudden onset pain in the right gluteal region while doing a routine walk. Was diagnosed by a PT 4 days later. Now at 9 months, I am still battling the pain and working on physical rehab. Rehab for a tendon injury takes place very slowly, over a very long period of time, gradually getting the tendon to function again. My rehab has been complicated in that it may have been caused by a side effect of a medication – which was discontinued but replaced with another medication that had far worse side effects including inflaming muscles and tendons (also since discontinued). I am told it may take up to 3 months (on average, but can take longer) to recover from that damage.
