Understanding TenJet: The Revolutionary Treatment for Chronic Tendon Pain

Introduction

Tendon injuries can result from activities that involve repetitive motion, leading to abnormal tissue including inflammation and tears. Some common conditions of tendon pain include tendinosis and tendinitis. This can affect everyday quality of life, ability to participate in sports, and ability to work. Often patients suffer when the tendon pain is not severe enough to warrant surgical intervention, but also not responding effectively to typical conservative treatment strategies.

What is TenJet?

The TenJet device provides an alternative to invasive surgery for the treatment of chronic tendon disease and pain. Areas that can be treated include the rotator cuff or the biceps tendon in the shoulder, tennis or golfers’ elbow, tendinopathy surrounding the hip, tendinitis of the knee, Achilles tendinopathy, and plantar fasciitis.

TenJet offers a quick and effective minimally invasive intervention, utilizing a pressurized saline jet to remove diseased tendons under ultrasound guidance without harming surrounding healthy tendon tissue.

How does TenJet work?

TenJet delivers a controlled, high-velocity stream of sterile saline to remove diseased tendons while sparing healthy tissue. This saline jet, with pressures up to 14,000 psi, acts as a cutting blade to resect degenerative tendon tissue without generating heat. The minimally invasive intervention is performed in an outpatient setting using real-time ultrasound imaging to identify the diseased tendon and evacuate the affected tissue.

What can I expect from TenJet?

The procedure is performed in the outpatient setting either in a procedure room or ambulatory surgery center. No general anesthesia will be used during this procedure; however, a local medication will be given to provide regional anesthesia to the procedure site. Once the procedure site is nice and numb a small poke incision is made using a scalpel. Rarely are sutures or stitches needed following the procedure. Next, the TenJet device is inserted and visualized using ultrasound. The tendon of concern will then be treated until visual and tactic cues indicate appropriate treatment. A small bandage is placed that will be left on for approximately 24 hours. Depending on the site requiring treatment a brace or boot may be used.

Following the procedure, expect to be sore in the area for three to five days. Generally, patients can perform all typical activities of daily living following the procedure. It is essential to do physical therapy to load the tendon in a thoughtful and progressive manner to best ensure appropriate treatment response. On average, patients start experiencing improvement in tendon pain as early as 2 weeks after the procedure and continue to experience significant relief within three months of being treated.

Am I a candidate for TenJet?

• Do you have chronic tendon pain in your shoulder, hip, elbow, knee, or foot?
• Has this pain affected your activity or quality of life?
• Have you tried rest, physical therapy, or injections, and nothing seems to relieve the pain?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you may have chronic tendinosis and should speak to your doctor about TenJet.

If you are interested in further discussing TenJet schedule a consultation today to learn more