12. Exercise
While it is important to rest in order to encourage with the healing of the tendons and any other type of injury (and to prevent a further accident), you can actually also improve your recovery by engaging in more exercise. This works because it allows you to strengthen the tendons, to encourage more blood flow, and to generally support the repair process.
Speak with your physician and make sure they give you the go-ahead to return to exercise. Then, once you have returned, try using very light resistance and a high ‘rep range’. This means you’ll be performing repetitions of 15, 20, or even more. This, in turn, means that blood will be constantly sent to the area and will eventually pool there via a process called occlusion. This flooding will then cause the release of metabolites like growth hormone, which stimulate protein synthesis, and will also ensure that adequate nutrients make it to the area.