Elbow
If your elbow is tender to touch or painful on the outside when you lift or grip, you may have tennis elbow (aka lateral epicondylitis).
If your elbow is tender to touch or painful on the inside when you lift or grip, you may have golfers elbow (aka medial epicondylitis).
Tennis elbow: The pain is caused by an inflammation or degeneration of the tendon that attaches to the outside of your elbow. The tendon is stressed when you overuse your forearm muscles to move your wrist, grip frequently or grip for a long time.
People who work with their hands or play racquet sports are at greater risk for this injury, but it can be caused by any work or leisure activities that involve repeated hand and wrist motion. The pain usually begins gradually and can progress over time. The symptoms include burning on the outside of your elbow, which increase when you use your arm. Gripping, lifting, or pressing on the outside of your elbow can also increase your pain. The pain can radiate down your forearm in severe cases.
Non surgical treatment is successful 80-95% of the time. Therapy at DASH can resolve your pain and allow you to use your arm again.
Self Help Tips:
- Always lift with your palms up. It takes the strain off the tendon causing the pain.
Place an ice pack on the area of pain for 20 minutes. Do this treatment 5 or 6 times a day if you can, until you notice the pain subsiding
- Wear a tennis elbow brace just below the elbow. It will allow the tendon to rest by applying a counter force and allowing it to heal. A trained therapist at DASH can accurately fit and teach you how to apply the splint.
Tennis Elbow
Lateral epicondylitis, also known as “tennis elbow,”
is an overuse syndrome. There is pain or inflammation on the outside
of the forearm near the elbow. The tendon, which connects muscle
to bone, might be partially torn at or near the place where it connects
to the bony bump on the outside of the elbow (called the lateral
epicondyle). Tennis elbow most commonly affects people in their
dominant arm, but it can occur in either or both arms. Tennis elbow
is caused by repeated motions of the wrist or forearm. The injury
is called "tennis elbow" because of its common occurrence
in the sport. The violent extension of the wrist, like during a
backhand hit, causes the condition. However, any activity that involves
repetitive twisting of the wrist, like using a screwdriver, is also
responsible.
Symptoms:
- Elbow pain that gradually worsens
- Weak grasp
- While grasping or twisting, pain radiates from the outside of
the elbow to the forearm and back of the hand
Golfers Elbow
This condition, also known as medial epicondylitis, is a very similar
injury to tennis elbow, but on the inside of the elbow. Due to overuse,
the tendon tears near the region where it connects to the bony bump
on the inside of the elbow (called the medial epicondyle). As with
tennis elbow, a variety of people experience this injury. Athletes
who use their wrists or clench their fingers repeatedly can develop
this condition. It is caused by damage to the muscles and tendons
that control the wrist and fingers. The damage is caused by repetitive
or excess stress on the wrist and fingers. Activities like golf,
throwing sports (pitching), racket sports, and simple things like
typing, hammering, or painting can lead to this injury.
Symptoms:
- Pain and tenderness on the inner side of the elbow
- Pain radiating to the inner side of the forearm
- Stiffness in elbow
- Pain and difficulty in making a fist
- Weakness in hands and wrists
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