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Tennis Elbow
December 31st 2008 04:04
Tennis Elbow is an inflammation of the muscles of the forearm and tendons that connect these muscles to the bone in the elbow. These muscles bend the wrist backwards and cause the wrist to turn the palm face up. When the muscles and tendon get inflamed from overuse, the pain is felt in the outside of the elbow (lateral epicondylitis).
A Tennis Player most often aggravates the elbow by hitting the ball late on the backhand side, straining the forearm muscles and tendon.Golfers also suffer from tennis elbows. The right-handed golfer will feel pain in the left elbow. Pulling the club through the swing with the left wrist causes irritation in the left elbow.
A second type of tennis elbow is called medial epicondylitis. This causes pain on the inside of the elbow. It is most often seen among golfers, baseball pitchers, tennis players who hit topspin forehands and weight lifters. Of late the Cricket Maestro Sachin Tendulkar faced the same tennis elbow problem which almost made him rest for a year away from international cricket.
A Tennis Player most often aggravates the elbow by hitting the ball late on the backhand side, straining the forearm muscles and tendon.Golfers also suffer from tennis elbows. The right-handed golfer will feel pain in the left elbow. Pulling the club through the swing with the left wrist causes irritation in the left elbow.
A second type of tennis elbow is called medial epicondylitis. This causes pain on the inside of the elbow. It is most often seen among golfers, baseball pitchers, tennis players who hit topspin forehands and weight lifters. Of late the Cricket Maestro Sachin Tendulkar faced the same tennis elbow problem which almost made him rest for a year away from international cricket.
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