You may have heard of the term tennis elbow but have you ever heard of the term lateral epicondylitis?
They mean the same thing but what do they really entail? Are they a muscle pull? Are they a torn ligament?
Well we have come up with this article to help you understand your tennis elbow (or lateral epicondylitis if you want to call it that). We will tell you what happens when you get tennis elbow, who is most likely to get tennis elbow, and how best to treat it when you do get it.
If you have any questions about tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis then read this article.
When people hear the term tennis elbow, they imagine people playing tennis for hours on end until their elbows give in. This isn’t very often the case as you can get tennis elbow from so much more than just playing actual tennis.
Many people get tennis elbow because they use a certain movement in their wrist over and over again which causes the tendons to tear.
The most common causes are gardening and DIY (especially when you twist a screwdriver). These movements tear the ligaments in the arm and cause tennis elbow. Tennis elbow can be identified as the pain that goes around your elbow. It will be on the outside of the joint and will feel like its going in a circle around the joint. This pain can sometimes be aggravated by hand or fingers movements.
In order to try and find a tennis elbow cure in the home, you first need a support.
The support should only be worn when you aren’t doing the exercises. The exercises themselves should be done each day for about half an hour. These exercises will help to heal your arm and keep it mobile.
If you want a good support and don’t mind what it looks like then you should opt for a sports like neoprene support. These hold everything together while still giving you a bit of mobility.
It would be wise to wear this support when in a crowded area (to avoid bumps) and to also wear it at nighttime when you can’t be sure of your movements. The exercises themselves can be as simple as stretching your arm out.
You can take it day by day and see how straight you can get your arm. Once you can get it straight then why not give circling your wrist a go? Once you have full movement and no pain in your arm then you can take the support off.