4 lessons I learned returning to sport after dealing with tendon pain 1. Tendons love load and need to be stressed to a certain degree to promote the remodelling and healing process. Yielding Isometrics are a great starting point to load a specific joint angle with minimal change in muscle fibre length, leading to reduced pain and inhibition around the site of injury. 2. Don’t poke the bear. Let pain dictate the range, load and exercise selection. It’s important that we don’t push through pain t