“…1,18,41 The first-line management for patellar tendinopathy is nonoperative 8,9,14,17,38,47 : this aims to provide symptom relief, allowing athletes to return to sports, 5,19 although the success of a program of nonoperative treatment may be related to the severity of the symptoms as defined by the Blazina staging classification. 5,17,18 Nonoperative management modalities are varied, 5,20,32,47 and the regimens include 1 or more of the combination of activity modification or relative rest, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, 10 eccentric exercises, 46,57 cryotherapy, 24 corticosteroid injection or iontophoresis, therapeutic US, 52,53 and manual therapy techniques such as deep friction massage. 7,8 Up to 90% of patients, perhaps those with milder symptoms 42 or in the early stages of the condition, 10,17 are successfully managed nonoperatively.…”