Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow or what you may call the lateral epicondylitis is a common injury that tennis players frequently experience. The name tennis elbow is as obvious as to what it refers to. But surprisingly, it also occurs to quite a huge number of people who do not play tennis at all.
Tennis elbow usually occurs at the tendon of the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle, 2cm below the outer edge of the elbow joint. Usually the signs and the symptoms would show immediately. One would experience pain about 1-2cm down from the bony area at the outside of the elbow. If one also has difficulty in performing simple tasks such as shaking hands with someone or opening the door and feels pain, one should go to his or her physician immediately. Pain is also felt outside of the elbow when one tries to straighten the fingers against resistance.
Tennis elbow is usually because of repetitive strain or overused repeated bending back of the wrist against resistance. One can have this injury if he or she is playing sports like tennis, badminton or squash. People who overuse their wrists on a day to day basis also experience this form of injury. So it’s not mainly the athletes who commonly get affected with this mishap. Although majority of the athletes would get tennis elbow because of poor backhand technique in tennis or if the racket grip is too small. Even your racket strings if they are too tight could also be a cause. Wet heavy balls that are used in the game is also another cause.