Tennis Elbow Causes | How Does Tennis Elbow Happen?
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- Learn what's actually happening with tennis elbow that causes pain on the outside of your elbow that can be extremely stubborn to relieve. Tennis elbow, formerly known as lateral epicondylitis but now better known as lateral epicondylopathy, happens after micro-tearing of the common extensor tendon which ultimately leads to a failed healing process. The painful area has a naturally poor blood flow which makes the healing process difficult. The tendon then subsequently degenerates and the elbow is painful, irritated, and often tender to the touch.
Micro-tearing of the common extensor tendon is caused by repetitive wrist extension (bending your wrist so your fingers point upwards) as well as supination (turning your palm up) and pronation (turning your palm down.) From research, we know that there's no chronic inflammation in tennis elbow, but instead, the healing process is failing over and over. The period of inflammation typically only lasts a few days after injury, and many cases of tennis elbow last much longer than this.
The failed healing response of the comment extensor tendon eventually causes degeneration in the tendon and predisposes you to a partial or full-thickness tear in the tendon. These more complex injuries can become difficult to rehab and surgery often becomes an option, unfortunately.
Despite its name, tennis elbow is more often caused by other actions than playing tennis. 1-3% of the general population suffers from this condition each year. It's more common in females 40-60 and if you have high cholesterol or are a smoker you're at a higher risk for this condition. Common professions that suffer are blue-collar workers like carpenters, bricklayers, or those who use hand or power tools. In this video, I demonstrate how simple something like swinging a hammer can lead to tennis elbow.
It's exceedingly common in desk/computer workers who use a mouse or keyboard as well because of an extended wrist position for long hours of the day. I demonstrate in the video how this position can contribute to tennis elbow.
Many presentations of tennis elbow will resolve without care, but ones that persist longer may respond well to treatment. In my office, I use a number of treatments to treat tennis elbow, including home rehab exercise programs, dry needling, Graston Technique IASTM, heat, and periodically ultrasound or E-stim.
The number one thing I recommend to my patients is consistency with their rehab exercise program. It can sometimes take months for this condition to resolve, but recovery is often based on the damage to the tissue and how long it's been bothersome. Make sure you check out some of my other videos where I demonstrate rehab exercises for the elbow.
If you want to read more about tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, or other common conditions we treat at our Cary, NC chiropractic care office you can check out our website here:
www.accesshealthchiro.com/
If you have any questions about tennis elbow that I didn't answer, feel free to ask them and I'll do my best to respond or record another video answering them.
can practicing pull-ups be a cause? Thanks
I'm just starting to figure this out. After a course of shock wave therapy and two months of wearing bondage, it became easier, but not much. It didn’t help, perhaps because I didn’t limit the load. Now, on the recommendation of a traumatologist, I’m trying exercises, starting with stretching and I`m going to watch all your videos
Load management and a progressive loading strategy is almost always necessary to get back to feeling better. Thanks for watching and best of luck in your recovery!
Great video. I had a painful bout of tennis elbow during my college years, which I attributed simply to recreational tennis, but now it seems likely that increased computer usage around the same time with poor wrist posture would have been a contributing factor.
100% that can be a contributing factor, especially if you've had a history of this condition. Computer ergonomics can make a difference in preventing it and giving it a change to recover. Exercises, manual therapy, nutrition, and avoiding aggravating factors can help it recover ASAP. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for your insights. I’ve had it for about 3 months, and I’m only now realizing what’s going on and I’m taking steps to heal it. I found that only Advil helps for just a couple of days and then it comes back. Now, I’ve bought a brace and I’m using massage and ice along with Advil. I hope it heals soon! Otherwise it’s back to PT for me!
I'm glad you're headed in the right direction! Sometimes trying a different PT or a chiropractor is a good step to take too. Chiropractors may be able to see if there's a neck or shoulder component that could be contributing to the issue as well. Best of luck!
Did you cope with the problem?
I hope your videos get a lot of views coz u helped me cure my meralgia paresthetica through one of them. ☺️
That's fantastic praise. Best of luck in the future and thank you for checking out our channel!
@@JasonWilliamsDC-Chiro-Rehab You will always be in my heart. God gave me you to help me in my great distress. God bless you, Sir!
He cured me too! I still get burning down my thigh but not as frequent and I can control it with a massage gun and the exercises he exampled. Amazing!
@@puppylove343 Wow, I'm really glad to hear you're feeling better and for the kind words! Thanks for watching!
The hammer is there in case we do not listen until the end.
Haha, I promise it's not. Thanks for checking out our channel!