Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group Inflamed tendons, I have a few questions

Somone here talked about inflamed tendons, and those pulling bones out of alignment, if I remember correctly.
Thats given me some food for thought. To me it sounds a lot like what goes on with me at times.

When I feel inflamed, it literally feels like some tendons are too short, and joints have to be "forced" to full extension. Especially in my neck and jaw, but in a lot of other places too! -Hip, ribs, back, to name some. And when I am inflamed like that doing so is often accompanied by "cracking" noises and they are painful. (Most are anyways) When I feel fine, there is a lot less of that cracking noise when moving joints, and even if they crack they do not hurt. So is this a theory that is medically proven?

It certainly feels correct to me, but I'd like your thoughts!

Now, as a sidenote; I have tried time and again to tell my GP what when I hurt, I hurt excactly where there are no muscles. I can literally touch bone with little or no muscle over it and it hurts. Could it be where tendons are attached? -GP doesnt hear what I am saying ofc, as nothing shows up on his bloodwork.

Especially in the case of my jaw, I wish I had a picture or overview that shows where the tendons attached to the jaw are and end up. Anyone have a link?

Also, as it does not feel like actual muscles being sore and painful so much as tendons and bone, how much good/bad does massaging those spots do?

Love
gilth

i could be wrong, but i think massage is good for the tight / spasming muscles that we all get due to the inflamed joints / entheses. but i think it has to be done carefully; if done too vigorously (by PT), mine actually tighten up more.

the tendons muscles to bones at the joints. ligaments attach bone to bone, again at the joints. so where ever you feel a joint, that's where it all comes together.

for me, the pain is always localized right at the entheses. no matter how bad the tendonitis is, it never travels down the tendon at all.

Yes, I'm another one who tries to explain to GP that its not the muscles or the actual joint that hurts, its right at the ends or edges of bone (where it would seem that muscle or tendons join on) that hurts. I would have thought that was a good description of enthesitis, but it does seem that GPs don't understand enthesitis. I keep getting mine called tendonitis and blamed on overuse, but its not overuse that is doing it.