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Depends who you ask and the level of imaging - tendons can have microtears that can contribute to inflammation and can simultaneously have inflammation without tears. I was just referencing some of the terminology in one of the reviews.I've never heard of a treatment protocol for tendonitis that did not involve significant amount of rest.
This is also the first time I hear about Petey suffering a tendon tear.
Significant rest for you is different than an elite athlete. Additionally, tendonitis can have various grades of severity. Some rest is fine during an acute flare up but that's often managed with lower intensity types of exercises.
Look at any tendonitis protocol, except tennis elbow, and isometric/eccentric loads are introduced very early on. It's very patient specific based on their respective load tolerance - again, this will differ between an elite athlete and the layman.