Tennis elbow is a medical condition that occurs when the tendons (tissues that attach the muscles to bone) in your elbows swell and become painful. This can cause pain in the arm, elbow and the wrist.
There are several reasons that can lead to tennis elbow. It is believed that tennis players often face this issue due to hitting tennis balls repetitively, causing swelling in the tendons of their forearm. This does not mean that those who don’t play tennis are not affected.
Any profession that requires a lot of wrist and forearm movement are at a risk of tennis elbow. Cooks, auto workers, and butchers often seek tennis elbow cures.
Let us find out what the major causes of tennis elbow are:
Usage of plumbing tools
Continued usage of computer mouse
Painting
Frequent use of screw drivers
Chopping & stirring
Daily activities like gardening, sewing and using scissors can also lead to tennis elbow. At times, no specific cause can be cited.
Some people are more prone to tennis elbow than the rest. Here are some of the risk factors that have to be considered:
Age: Though any age group can be affected by tennis elbow, the age group between 30 and 50 is the most affected group.
Profession: Your profession decides your physical movements during your working years. Any profession that demands frequent movement of wrist and elbow may cause tennis elbow.
Sports: Some sport activities, especially racket sports, may lead to tennis elbow.
You know that you have to see a doctor when you face one or more of the following symptoms:
Difficulty in lifting objects
Pain while gripping an object
Difficulty shaking hands
Discomfort while opening a door
Pain while raising your hand
If you’re suffering from tennis elbow, the pain is usually recurrent, and starts from just beneath the elbow and spreads towards the wrist.
Once you are diagnosed with tennis elbow, the condition needs immediate attention, or it may get worse. Some of the common methods of treatment adopted to cure tennis elbow are:
Physical Therapy: Certain exercises and arm movements can help your wrist, elbow and arm stay stronger and healthier.
Rest: To repair the worn out tendons, you may need to give a good amount of rest to the affected area.
Ice: Ice packs can help reduce inflammation in the forearm.
Steroid Injections: Steroid injections are given to the patients who super from acute symptoms of tennis elbow.
Other treatment options like extra corporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), chiropractic treatment and Botox are also used to help ease the symptoms of tennis elbow, based on the severity of the issue and the convenience of the patient.
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