Yes, there is hope

Like simple muscle soreness from overuse, tendinitis—inflammation in or around, a tendon—can be painful. But where simple muscle soreness is temporary, tendinitis is tenacious—it's soreness that doesn't quit.
In fact, if chronic tendinitis had a credo, it might go like this: "Here today, here tomorrow, here to stay."
But does it really have to be so bleak, or is there hope for what, after all, sounds like a rather minor problem?
Yes, there is hope, says Bob Mangine, chairman of the American Physical Therapy Association's Sports Physical Therapy Section. "But if you continue to use the tendon in the same repetitive motion that triggered the problem in the first place, it's going to be very difficult to get better." And that applies to everyone from world-class marathoners to window washers and typists.
Still, it's possible to lessen the effects of tendinitis and prevent intense flare-ups, says Mangine, who is also administrative director of rehabilitation at the Cincinnati Sports Medicine Clinic. The key, he says, is unlocking your mind and freeing yourself to change some of your old ways.