Medically reviewed by Dr. Jeffrey Peng, MD — Board-Certified Sports Medicine Physician Published: February 26, 2026 | Last Updated: February 26, 2026 If you have been told to just live with calcific tendonitis — or to keep getting cortisone shots until you are "ready for surgery" — you have probably noticed the pain always comes back. That is because most conventional treatments only mask symptoms without addressing the underlying calcium deposit. The good news is there is a