Lateral epicondylitis or Tennis Elbow is a painful
condition that happens when tendons in our elbow are overloaded, generally by
repetitive motions of the arm and wrist. Despite its name, players aren’t the
only people who develop tennis elbow. Person whose routine work feature the
types of motions that can lead to tennis elbow include plumbers, painters,
butchers and carpenters.It can
pop up in people of different age groups, but it’s most common around age of
40.
Causes
As the name itself suggests, playing
tennis especially frequent use of the backhand stroke with poor technique is
one major cause of tennis elbow. However, many other common arm motions might
cause tennis elbow, including:
- Dong plumbing
jobs - Painting
- Driving screws
- Cutting meat
- Long working
hours with computer mouse
Symptoms
The symptoms of tennis elbow develop slowly.
Usually, the pain begins as mild and gradually worsens over weeks and months. Usually
no specific injury is associated with the start of symptoms.Common signs and
symptoms of tennis elbow include:
- Pain on the outer part of your elbow
- Weak grip strength
- Pain while lifting something
Physical Therapy at
SOS PHYSIO Rehab
A physical therapist at SOS PHYSIO Rehab can teach you
exercises to slowly stretch and strengthen your muscles, especially your
forearm muscle. Eccentric exercises, which involve lowering your wrist very
slowly after raising it, are very helpful. A forearm brace or strap might
reduce stress on the injured tissue. Few specific exercises are
very helpful for strengthening the muscles of the forearm. Our physical
therapist might also perform ultrasound, ice massage, or muscle-stimulating
techniques to fasten the improvements and muscle healing.
There are many physical therapy treatments such as Manual therapy & Active Release Techniques (ART) are found to be very effective in treating this type of disorder.
For more information- Contact your local SOS PHYSIO clinic.
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