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TENNIS ELBOW can be easily taken care of with homeopathic medicines. It can strengthen and repair damage to the tendon

Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, is a condition resulting from overuse of the elbow muscles and tendons. It often occurs from repeated motions of the wrist and arm.

Despite its name, most people who get tennis elbow don't play tennis. Some people have jobs that involve repeated movements, leading to tennis elbow. Workers like plumbers, painters, carpenters, and butchers. However, often, tennis elbow has no clear cause.

The pain of tennis elbow occurs mainly where the tough, cord-like tissues of the forearm muscles attach to a bony bump on the outside of the elbow. The tissues are known as tendons. Pain can spread into the forearm and wrist.

Symptoms

The pain of tennis elbow can travel from the outside of the elbow into the forearm and wrist. Pain and weakness can make it hard to:

Shake hands or grip an object.

Turn a doorknob.

Hold a coffee cup

Tennis elbow happens from repeated tensing of the forearm muscles that are used to straighten and raise the hand and wrist triggers the symptoms. This can cause a breakdown of the fibers in the tendon that attaches the forearm muscles to the bony bump.

Activities that can cause tennis elbow symptoms include:

Playing racket sports, especially using the backhand, with poor form.

Using plumbing tools.

Painting.

Driving screws.

Cutting up foods for cooking, particularly meat.

Using a computer mouse a lot.

RISK FACTORS

Age. Tennis elbow affects people of all ages. But it's most common in adults between the ages of 30 and 60.

Work. People who have jobs that involve repeating motions of the wrist and arm include plumbers, painters, carpenters, butchers, and cooks.

Certain sports. Playing racket sports increases the risk of tennis elbow. Not having good form or using poor equipment increases the risk even more. Playing more than two hours a day also increases the risk.

Other factors that can increase the risk include smoking, being obese, and certain medicines.

DIAGNOSIS

Electromyography (EMG)

MRI

X-ray

 

HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES

RHUS TOX

BRYONIA

RHODODENDRON