I agree with the others. Tendinopathy merely means pathology of the tendon. The true debate is tendinitis vs tendinosis. Karim Khan of UBC has posted a chapter re same on the internet, from his sports medicine book. I don't have the link. He has written extensively re tendinosis, which is the condition that was described in the first post. Karim is quick to point out inflammatory cells have never been found in human tendons without inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis.

In my clinical experience, some people do present with an acute inflammation related to a specific incident.

His primary point is that chronic tendon pain is not likely to be tendinitis. Hope this helps. Marj