Tendonitis Treatment Bellevue WA - Tendon Injuries Bellevue

Heal Your Tendon Pain Naturally

Advanced non-surgical therapy to relieve chronic tendon pain, accelerate healing, and restore function without the downtime of surgery.

The Benefits of Naturally Occurring Growth Factors for Tendonitis

Chronic tendon injuries can severely limit your mobility and enjoyment of life. At Pacific Clinic in Bellevue, our innovative approach to tendonitis offers significant advantages:

Stimulates your body’s natural healing processes

Addresses the underlying cause, not just symptoms

Reduces inflammation and pain without steroids

Improves tendon strength and function

No downtime after treatment

Avoids the risks and recovery of surgical intervention

Provides lasting relief for chronic cases

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What is Tendonitis?

Tendonitis is the inflammation or irritation of a tendon—the thick fibrous cords that attach muscle to bone. This condition causes pain and tenderness just outside a joint, making movement difficult and uncomfortable.

Types of Tendon Injuries

Acute Tendonitis: Sudden inflammation caused by a specific injury or overuse over a short period

Chronic Tendonitis / Tendinosis: Long-term degeneration of the tendon with failed healing

Tendon Tears: Partial or complete ruptures of tendon fibers

Common Forms of Tendonitis

Tennis Elbow: Pain on the outside of the elbow and forearm

Golfer’s Elbow: Pain on the inside of the elbow and forearm

Achilles Tendonitis: Pain at the back of the heel and ankle

Rotator Cuff Tendonitis: Pain in the shoulder, especially with overhead movements

Patellar Tendonitis: Pain at the front of the knee, below the kneecap

De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis: Pain at the wrist and base of the thumb

Plantar Fasciitis: Pain in the arch and heel of the foot

Traditional treatments like rest, physical therapy, and anti-inflammatory medications often provide only temporary relief, especially for chronic cases. At Pacific Clinic, our regenerative approach with using your body’s naturally occurring growth factors addresses the underlying tendon damage for more comprehensive healing.

Our Tendonitis Treatments

Growth Factor Therapy for Tendon Injuries

Growth Factor therapy harnesses your body’s own healing capabilities. This innovative treatment begins with drawing a small amount of your blood, which is then processed in a specialized centrifuge to concentrate the growth factors and bioactive proteins essential to healing. Our clinic uses the current top-of-the-line kit to process your blood & achieve the highest quality & concentration of growth factors.

The resulting product contains 5–10 times the normal concentration of growth factors. When precisely injected into the damaged tendon area by our experienced physicians, these concentrated healing factors work to:

Stimulate the production of new collagen, the main building block of tendons

Enhance blood vessel formation to improve blood supply to the injured area

Recruit stem cells to the site for optimal tissue regeneration

Modulate inflammation to create an optimal healing environment

Promote proper alignment of new tendon fibers for improved strength

Unlike cortisone injections, which may provide temporary relief but can weaken tendon tissue over time, growth factor containing injections address the root cause of tendon pain by actually healing the damaged tissue.

Corticosteroid Injections for Treatment of Tendonitis

Corticosteroid injections are a commonly used option for reducing tendon-related pain and inflammation. These injections deliver a powerful anti-inflammatory medication directly to the affected tendon area, helping calm irritation and provide relief from swelling and discomfort. The treatment is performed in-office and is often recommended for individuals whose symptoms have not improved through rest, physical therapy, or oral medications.

When administered precisely into the irritated tendon sheath, corticosteroid injections can help:

Reduce inflammation and swelling around the tendon

Enhance blood vessel formation to improve blood supply to the injured area

Improve comfort and mobility so you can participate more fully in rehabilitation

Decrease irritation caused by repetitive movement or overuse

While corticosteroids can offer meaningful short-term relief, they do not repair tendon fibers or address the underlying structural changes that cause chronic tendonitis. For this reason, providers often use them strategically—either to calm severe inflammation or to support progress during a broader treatment plan that may include physical therapy, bracing, activity modification, or regenerative therapies.

Healite II Therapy for Post-Injection Recovery

Healite II is a medical-grade LED light therapy that can support faster and more comfortable healing after tendon injections. This noninvasive treatment uses specific wavelengths of light to energize cells, calm irritated tissue, and promote a healthier recovery environment. Because it gently boosts cellular activity without heat or discomfort, Healite II is an excellent companion to corticosteroid injections, growth-factor injections, and other tendon therapies performed in the clinic.

When applied after your injection procedure, Healite II therapy works to:

Reduce inflammation and tenderness in the treated area

Accelerate tissue repair by increasing cellular energy

Improve circulation to support healthier healing

Minimize post-procedure discomfort

Encourage smoother, more efficient recovery between treatment sessions

Healite II sessions are quick, relaxing, and require no downtime, making them easy to fit into your treatment plan. While the injection provides targeted therapeutic action within the tendon, Healite II enhances the surrounding healing environment—supporting better tissue function and helping you feel more comfortable, sooner.

Comprehensive Tendon Care Approach

At Pacific Clinic, we recognize that optimal tendon healing requires more than just an injection. Our comprehensive approach to tendonitis combines Growth Factor therapy with additional strategies:

Precise Diagnostic Assessment: Thorough evaluation to identify the exact location and extent of tendon damage

Customized treatment plan: Preparation techniques tailored to your specific tendon condition

Healite II Therapy: Medical-grade LED light therapy used post-injection to accelerate healing, reduce inflammation, and improve tissue recovery time

Follow-up Care: Monitoring of your progress to ensure optimal outcomes

This multifaceted approach ensures that we address your immediate tendon pain and create the conditions for long-term healing.

The Tendonitis Treatment Process

1. Comprehensive Evaluation

Your journey begins with a thorough consultation with one of our experienced physicians. We’ll discuss your symptoms, medical history, previous treatments, and how your tendon pain is affecting your daily activities. A detailed physical examination will help pinpoint the exact location and nature of your tendon injury.

2. Treatment Planning

Based on your evaluation, we’ll create a personalized treatment strategy for your particular tendon condition. We’ll explain the procedure in detail, discuss what you can realistically expect in terms of pain relief and functional improvement, and answer your questions about the treatment process.

3. The Procedure

If we are using your body’s own naturally occurring growth factors to treat your tendonitis, we begin by drawing a small amount of your blood, similar to a routine blood test. While your blood is being processed in our specialized centrifuge, we prepare the treatment area. For your comfort, we apply a topical anesthetic to the injection site. For patients concerned about discomfort, we offer Nitronox (medical nitrous oxide). Using precise technique, our physician then injects the growth factor directly into the damaged tendon area.

4. Recovery and Results

After your treatment, you may experience mild soreness at the injection site for 24-48 hours, which is actually a positive sign that the healing process has been initiated. We recommend limiting strenuous activities involving the treated tendon for a few days to a week, depending on the specific tendon treated, but most patients can return to normal daily activities immediately.
To support your recovery, Healite II low-level light therapy may be applied post-treatment. This hands-free LED system enhances blood flow and cellular repair, helping reduce post-procedural inflammation and supporting faster tissue regeneration.
Most patients begin to notice improvement in pain and function within 2–4 weeks, with continued improvement for up to 3–6 months.

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Treatment for Specific Tendonitis Conditions

At Pacific Clinic, we offer specialized treatments for various tendon injuries, with protocols customized to the unique characteristics of each condition:

Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow

Growth Factor therapy is particularly effective for these common elbow tendon conditions. The treatment can help heal the damaged extensor or flexor tendons, reducing pain and restoring normal function. Many patients with chronic elbow pain that hasn’t responded to rest, physical therapy, or cortisone injections find significant relief with your body’s own naturally occurring growth factors.

Rotator Cuff Tendonitis

The shoulder’s complex structure makes rotator cuff tendonitis both common and challenging to treat. Our Growth factor and corticosteroid injection for shoulder tendon injuries focus on healing the damaged tendon tissue, reducing inflammation, and restoring pain-free movement.

Achilles Tendonitis

The Achilles tendon, the largest tendon in the body, is vulnerable to both acute injury and chronic degeneration. Growth Factor therapy for Achilles tendonitis can significantly accelerate healing by stimulating collagen synthesis and promoting proper tendon repair.

Patellar Tendonitis (Jumper’s Knee)

This common condition affects the tendon connecting the kneecap to the shinbone, often due to repeated jumping or running. Growth Factor injections can effectively address the tendon degeneration at the root of this condition, helping athletes and active individuals return to their activities.

Plantar Fasciitis

While technically not a tendon, the plantar fascia shares similar properties and responds well to Growth Factor and steroid injection therapy. For patients with chronic heel pain, Growth Factor injections can stimulate healing of the damaged fascia, often providing relief when other treatments have failed.

How PRP Compares to Other Tendonitis Treatments

When considering treatment options for tendonitis, it’s helpful to understand how PRP therapy compares to other approaches:

Growth Factor Therapy

How it works: Uses your body’s own healing factors to stimulate tissue repair.

Treatment frequency: Typically 1-3 treatments with long-lasting results

Downtime: Minimal, usually just a few days of reduced activity

Side effects: Minimal; temporary soreness at injection site

Best for: Chronic tendonitis that hasn’t responded to conservative care

Rest and Physical Therapy

How it works: Allows natural healing while strengthening surrounding muscles

Treatment frequency: Multiple sessions over weeks to months

Best for: Mild to moderate cases, especially acute injuries

Cortisone Injections

How it works: Reduces inflammation through powerful anti-inflammatory medication

Treatment frequency: Limited to 2-3 injections per year

Side effects: May weaken tendon tissue with repeated use

Best for: Short-term relief of severe inflammation

What Our Patients Say

Frequently Asked Questions

Patient comfort is our priority at Pacific Clinic. We use topical anesthetic to numb the injection site, and we offer Nitronox (medical nitrous oxide) for patients concerned about discomfort. Most patients describe feeling only mild pressure during the injection. After treatment, some soreness at the injection site for 24–48 hours is normal, which is actually a sign that the healing process has been activated.

The number of treatments needed varies based on the severity and chronicity of your tendon condition. For mild to moderate tendonitis, many patients experience significant improvement after just one treatment. For more chronic or severe tendon degeneration, a series of 2–3 treatments spaced 4–6 weeks apart is typically recommended for optimal results.

We typically recommend limiting strenuous activities that stress the treated tendon for about 1–2 weeks after treatment to allow the initial healing process to begin. However, most patients can resume normal daily activities immediately. Unlike surgical approaches, growth factor therapy or cortisone injections doesn’t require extensive downtime or rehabilitation.

While cortisone injections can provide quick pain relief, research has shown they may actually impair tendon healing and potentially lead to further degeneration with repeated use. Growth Factor therapy addresses the underlying cause of tendon pain by stimulating actual healing and regeneration of the damaged tissue. For chronic tendon problems, especially those that haven’t responded to other treatments, Growth Factor therapy often proves to be the more effective long-term solution.

Heal Your Tendons, Restore Your Life

Chronic tendon pain doesn’t have to limit your activities or diminish your quality of life. At Pacific Clinic in Bellevue, our physician-led, non-surgical approach offers a path to relief and recovery. Our treatments harness your body’s own healing abilities to address not just the symptoms but the underlying cause of your tendon pain.