Not a therapist, however, I fractured my femur in 2 places in March of 2011 and after a couple of months of healing and check ups by my surgeon I began more physical therapy. I had developed tendonitis in my thigh and ham string due to overuse of my leg. (Per my therapist and Dr.) When I did exercises on a regular basis the pain and inflamation got worse. I quit excercising and just applied ice and heat alternately and in a short time it was gone. I walk, and I do stretching exercises while lying down. With this and other normal activities I am progressing quite well with very little flare up of the tendonitis. I think sometimes we tend to over do a good thing.