Tendon Healing

• Tendon Healing:

  • it may be held together but it still needs to heal
  • inflammation occurs in 1 to 5 days approx
  • proliferation (fibroblastic activity) occurs from day 2 to approx 3 to 6 weeks. collagen produced with rapid increase in tensile strength
  • from week 3 some very gentle traction may be allowed to healing tendon
  • remodelling until 6 to 9 months