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Complementary Health Practice Review
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Case Study: MR Treatment for Calcific Tendinitis

Marc Darrow, MD, JD, QME

UCLA School of Medicine, Joint Rehabilitation & Sports Medical Center, 11645 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 120, Los Angeles, CA 90025

Barak Mevorak, MD

UCLA School of Medicine

Therapies for calcific tendinitis are often invasive. This report describes a case of calcific tendinitis treated with noninvasive magnetic resonance (MR) therapy. Ten-minute MR treatments were administered once daily, 5 days a week for 2 weeks. The transmission area was approximately 1 cm x 1 cm. Exercises included passive range of motion twice daily and Codman’s exercises 3 times daily. Ibuprofen 800 mg was administered t.i.d. for 4 days with tapering doses thereafter. After 1 week, the patient showed a marked improvement in all symptoms. The lesion was reduced, the shoulder had full range of motion, with only mild tenderness demonstrable on palpation. The patient was not taking any analgesics. After 2 weeks, the calcification was no longer evident. The patient reported no pain and returned to his normal activities. MR treatment proved effective in reducing the size of calcification and alleviating the pain associated with calcific tendinitis.

Key Words: calcific tendinitis • adhesive tendinitis • magnetic resonance • pain treatment • mediphysics • MPTS

Complementary Health Practice Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 129-137 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1076167503259775
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