When your teeth take their toll on … your tendons

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TweetMillenium girls mentioned this in the "tendonitis" thread and really caught my eye. Here is an article regarding this. Thanks mg!

Rest, anti-inflammatories – nothing helps: your tendonitis doesn’t respond to any treatment. Perhaps it’s time to go and see … your dentist! That’s right – it turns out that tendonitis may be infectious in origin, and particularly related to dental infections.

Dr Jean-Michel Serra, a doctor with French athletics teams explains that “an inflamed, infectious site in the teeth has high migratory potential. This migration can occur in any part of the body but the most fragile areas will be those most affected”. Which is why someone who goes running regularly, putting a strain on the tendons and ankles, is more likely to suffer from tendonitis if he has a dental infection.
“This is one of the reasons why it’s important for high-level sportsmen and sportswomen to have special dental consultations”, states Dr Serra. “The same is true of amateur athletes whose tendonitis is not relieved by treatment”. And people preparing to run a marathon are also advised to see their dentist for a check-up.
Tendonitis is a condition in which the tendons – the end section of the muscle, connecting the muscle to the bone – become inflamed. Such inflammations can be sufficiently severe to interfere with normal everyday life. Treatment involves rest, taking anti-inflammatories and getting advice on prevention so that it doesn’t happen again.

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Tweetthats interesting. Never heard this before..I knew about bad teeth affecting the heart, never heard about tendonitis