After months of intense training for his tennis season, Hernando has a lot of pain in his hip area. His doctor explains that there is continued blood flow to the tendon due to the stress that is resulting in inflammation. What is MOST likely the doctor’s diagnosis?

The doctor describes inflammation in a tendon caused by repeated stress from intense training. Inflammation of a tendon is called tendonitis, so the best diagnosis is “tendonitis.” Tendinosis refers more to chronic tendon degeneration rather than the inflammation described here.

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