Why can’t you strengthen a tendon
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You absolutely can strengthen tendons (which connect muscle to bone)–through resistance training–just like muscle. You may be thinking of ligaments (which hold bones together), which are notoriously hard to heal. Or at least the fact that ligaments can be over-stretched and damaged, whereas muscle and tendon can elongate and return to their original lengths, even after injury.
We’re finding out that tendons may even have contractile properties and may be strengthened in their ability to return force too through the stretch-shortening cycle.
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