| "Tennis elbow" is a common term for a condition | | | | Tennis elbow is an overuse injury. It's caused by |
| caused by overuse of arm and forearm muscles that | | | | repeated contraction of the forearm muscles that you |
| results in elbow pain. You don't have to ply tennis to | | | | use to straighten and raise your hand and wrist. The |
| get this, but the term came into use because it can be | | | | repeated motions and stress to the tissue may result |
| a significant problem for some tennis players. | | | | in inflammation or a series of tiny tears in the tendons |
| Tennis elbow is caused by either abrupt or subtle injury | | | | that attach the forearm muscles to the bone at the |
| of the muscle and tendon area around the outside of | | | | outside of your elbow. |
| the elbow. Tennis elbow specifically involves the area | | | | Tennis Elbow Treatment |
| where the muscles and tendons of the forearm attach | | | | Tennis elbow is the common name for the |
| to the outside bony area (called the epicondyle) of the | | | | inflammation of the tendons (also know as tendonitis ) |
| elbow. Your doctor may call this condition lateral | | | | attached to the lateral, or outside, of the elbow at the |
| epicondylitis. Another common term, "golfer's elbow," | | | | bony bump of the humerus. |
| refers to the same process occurring on the inside of | | | | ( upper arm bone ). The medical term for this bony |
| the elbow—what your doctor may call medial | | | | prominence is called the lateral epicondyle, which is the |
| epicondylitis. Overuse injury can also affect the back | | | | reason that the condition is also refered to as 'lateral |
| or posterior part of the elbow as well. | | | | epicondylitis'. The muscles that move the wrist and |
| The pain caused by tennis elbow normally lasts for 6 | | | | fingers attach to a tendon that is connected to the |
| to 12 weeks. Some people have pain for as little as 3 | | | | bone structure in this area. |
| weeks, while others may experience discomfort in the | | | | Tennis elbow patients suffer experience pain on the |
| elbow joint for several years. | | | | outer or top part of the elbow. This pain may be |
| Symptoms | | | | experienced farther up the forearm and occasionally |
| Tennis elbow symptoms usually begin gradually. The | | | | even in the hand. |
| main symptom is pain, which may begin with a dull | | | | The pain is felt during grasping activities and may be |
| aching or soreness on the outer part of the elbow that | | | | accompanied by a feeling of weakness. Sufferers |
| goes away within 24 hours after an activity. As time | | | | may have an dull ache in the area that is present at |
| goes on, it may take longer for the pain to go away. | | | | rest or at night after activity. Once the tendons |
| The condition may further progress to pain with any | | | | become irritated and inflammed is it difficult for them to |
| movement, even during everyday activities, such as | | | | heal on their own because these tendons are |
| lifting a jug of milk. Pain may spread to the hand, other | | | | constantly used every time the hand grips or |
| parts of the arm, shoulder, or neck (referred pain). | | | | squeezed anything. |
| Tennis elbow Causes | | | | |