As you should be noticing, the models describing injury to the various collagen-based, elastic, connective tissues are virtually identical. This is critical for physicians to understand, because the microscopic scarring that is the cause of multiple Pain Syndromes can all be addressed in similar fashion. The medical community has understood this for a very long time.Unfortunately they have ignored it and largely focused on treating symptoms by prescribing an array of pain killers, anti-inflammation drugs, muscle-relaxers, and corticosteroid injections. Because these drugs do not address the underlying problem (tissue restriction) that is associated with microscopic scar tissue, they never really work --- especially over the long haul. They also cause the affected joints to go through an increasingly accelerated degeneration process. Loss of normal range of motion (joint restriction) is the known cause of degeneration ----- and degeneration causes loss of range of motion. Repeat. It is a vicious cycle. Notice how pain is not really part of the cycle (at least at first). It is a by-product of the cycle as it spins around and around and around. Instead of focusing almost solely on symptomatic relief, the real question should be, "How can this cycle be broken"? Can you say I.I.R.E.C-B.C.T. Tissue Remodeling?