This is inflammation of a tendon at its attachment to the bone at the elbow due to unaccustomed persistent motion. The illness is uncommon among professionals but common among amateur tennis players and golfers and among individuals carrying out persistent unaccustomed tasks like cleaning windows and hanging wallpaper. Music conductors get tennis elbow also!
Tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow both happen when the tendon attachment of the muscle to the bone at the elbow becomes damaged.
In tennis elbow, the tendon on the outer side of the elbow is injured; in golfer’s elbow, the tendon on the inner side of the elbow is changed. It depends if the motion is largely backhanded using the extensor tendon (tennis elbow) or forehanded using the flexor tendon (golfer’s elbow).
Both illnesses are brought on by vigorous and continued use of the forearm against resistance, which can happen when playing certain sports, like tennis, using a screwdriver or using secateurs for pruning. The tendon is repeatedly pulled at the point at which it’s attached to the bone, which might cause small rips to grow. The resultant damage results in tenderness and pain in the affected arm.
What Is The Treatment?
- You should rest the affected debilitating arm as much as possible.
- Physiotherapy, ice packs and easy exercises to extend and strengthen the muscles may help.
- Ultrasound treatment may help alleviate symptoms.
- You may also discover that a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) helps.
- If the state will not improve within 2-6 weeks, your physician may inject a corticosteroid drug into the painful place.
- Once the symptoms have subsided, you should seek guidance from a physiotherapist on ways to alter your technique before restarting the sport or action that gave rise to the state.
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