Tennis Elbow

What is tennis elbow?

Tennis elbow is microscopic tearing to your forearm tendons causing pain around the outside of your elbow.

What causes tennis elbow?

• Repetitive activity: racquet sports, manual labour, excessive computer use
• Overuse of your forearm
• Poor technique
• Tight forearm muscles.

Signs and symptoms

• Dull elbow pain
• Reduced grip strength
• May have an ache at night
• Pain with lifting objects
• Pain with sport or exercise.

Treatment

• Advice to avoid aggravating activity and rest
• Eccentric strengthening for wrist
• Stretching
• Soft tissue massage to forearm muscles
• Forearm band may help reduce stress through tendon.
• In chronic severe cases evidence has shown that blood infusion to the tendon can be successful in resolving pain.