California Whiplash and Personal Injury with Dr. Lloyd

In this chapter, we talk about "Tendon healing: Repair and Regeneration." This takes a chapter from a volume of "The Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering"

Injury and degeneration of tendon, the soft tissue that mechanically links

muscle and bone, can cause substantial pain and loss of function. This review

discusses the composition and function of healthy tendon and describes the

structural, biological, and mechanical changes initiated during the process of

tendon healing. Biochemical pathways activated during repair, experimental

injury models, and parallels between tendon healing and tendon develop-

ment are emphasized, and cutting-edge strategies for the enhancement of

tendon healing are discussed.

Nerves get damaged in a whiplash injury, and there are repair processes in place.