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Tendinopathies often have a multifactorial aetiology and injury can be due to a combination of both acute and chronic trauma which contributes to loss of tissue integrity and eventual rupture. Our incomplete understanding of the mechanisms surrounding tendon pathophysiology continues to cause difficulties in treatments beyond loading regimes which can be unsuccessful in up to 30% of cases. We describe an uncommon case of tendinopathy affecting the periscapular muscle\/tendon unit in a 35-year-old female with persistent pain around the inferior posterior pole of her right scapula. Magnetic resonance imaging findings confirmed oedema of the muscles around the inferior scapular margin in keeping with enthesopathy\/tendinopathy and she was treated with radiofrequency coblation to the area. 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