What differences are there in the symptoms of an injury of a tendon versus an injury of a ligament?
Ligaments bind bone to bone and tendons bind muscle to bone. A ligament is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches bone to bone, and usually serves to hold structures together and keep them stable. Bones are connected together by fibrous tissues called ligaments. Ligaments give joints stability and prevent them from moving abnormally. A severe injury to a joint, more than the ligament can withstand, is a tear of the ligaments called a sprain. Muscles are attached to each other and to bones by fibrous cords called tendons. Overuse or injury of a muscle or a tendon is called a strain. Tendinitis is inflammation, irritation, and swelling of a tendon, which is the fibrous structure that joins muscle to bone. In many cases, tendonosis (tendon degeneration) is also present. A tendon is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches muscle to bone. Tendons may also attach muscles to structures such as the eyeball. A tendon serves to move the bone or structure. The symptoms of a sprain or strai
