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The NHS lists the main symptoms of tendonitis as pain in a tendon that gets worse when you move, difficulty moving the joint, a grating or crackling feeling, and swelling.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The main symptoms of tendonitis are: pain in a tendon that gets worse when you move”
Tendonitis, NHS (nhs.uk), n.d., Symptoms.
Open the original- What it measures
- The NHS condition page on tendonitis lists symptoms in one list. Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon, the cord that joins muscle to bone.
- What it does not show
- General symptom list for tendonitis in any tendon. It does not describe numbness or tingling, which are nerve signs, and it does not say how common tendonitis is in typists.