The Effect of Resting on Tissue Pathology

The tendon actually needs load to stay healthy. And if you don't load it, it becomes unhealthy. What we know in the patellar tendon is that the pathology you see on imaging is stable. It's not going to change regardless of what you do. A two week rest won't change it. A 20 year rest is not going to changed. So no, I would not expect the imaging to be any different.