Tennis elbow is one type of which condition?

Answer 1

Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis,is very painful condition affecting the elbow joint and related muscles and tendons that insert at the elbow. 'Tennis elbow' is caused by overuse of the joint, and so, it causes the elbow to ache and produces restricted motion of the joint.

While the term originally came from sports, particularly tennis and other racket sports in both amateur and professional situations, ANYONE can develop "tennis elbow" from ANY overuse. ANY activity that require repetitive and vigorous use of the forearm muscle.

Some occupations prone to develop tennis elbow include:

• tennis and racketball players
• housewives or maids who still scrub floors by hand
• housewives who wring mops
• nurses who lift patients AND because of having to write a lot
• doctors from having to write a lot
• painters
• plumbers
• carpenters
• auto workers - studies done
• cooks - studies done
• and even butchers - studies done
• weightlifters
• wrestlers

The condition "tennis elbow" is caused by repetitive actions that push the forearm muscle and makes it rub against the elbow bony prominence along with stretching of the tendons near the elbow.

TREATMENT

Treatment primarily involves RESTING THE JOINT as much as possible, restrengthening the forearm muscle slowly, over weeks, and changing the way the person moves the joint. For example, improper swing in tennis can contribute to developing the condition. In some cases, putting pressure on the area helps reduce the pain. The devices seen wrapped around players' arms are commonly referred to as a "tennis elbow band (or brace)", of which there are many kinds. Everyday persons can also benefit from short-term bracing, exercises, and changing their usual manner of movement. Physical Therapy can help as well as heat initially, then ice.

Again, "tennis elbow" is a misnomer. The term has hung on in medical and layperson's speech, but the injury is NOT just from tennis or sports.

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Answer 2

Tennis Elbow is one type of the condition called Tendonitis.

Really though, there is only one type of Tendonitis. Tendonitis.

The only 'difference' is the location where one has Tendonitis at.

The page at the following link talks all about Tendonitis. http://www.TendonitisExpert.com/what-is-tendonitis.html

Answer 3

I'm Dr. Alan Greene and let's talk for a moment about tennis elbow. Tennis elbow is a kind of tendonitis. It's an inflammation and injury to the tendons usually on the outside of the elbow. Tendons are those fibrous bands that connect the muscle into the bone. When those tendons get damaged, as they often can in racquet sports or also in Baseball, sometimes over using a screwdriver, a lot of ways you can do it, we typically call it tennis elbow or tendonitis.

How do you prevent it? When you are playing tennis one of the most important things is to avoid putting too much stress on that tendon on the outside of the elbow. The problem usually comes with your backhand. So if you do a two-handed backhand, you can greatly reduce the stress. You can also reduce the stress by using a racquet that has the right size grip for your hand. Don't play with somebody else's racquet very often. And make sure the strings are not over tightened. It puts too much stress when the ball hits suddenly with over tightened strings. If you have a tendency to get tennis elbow, it could also be very useful immediately after playing to ice the elbow and take some ibuprofen to prevent swelling and inflammation.

Now, if you do develop tennis elbow how do you treat it? It comes down to a combination of rest, ice, compression, and elevation. In terms of rest, you want to completely rest your elbow for at least a couple of days and really for as long as it is still sore. In terms of ice that first day, ice very frequently. It's great even every 15 minutes to have an ice pack on there briefly and for the next couple of days, at least every 3 or 4 hours if you can. It will help speed the healing. Wearing a bandage on there to help support the elbow is good. It can also be good when you are playing tennis to help prevent tennis elbow. The wrap on there can help support the elbow and keep it warm and make it less likely to injure. And finally when you are having the severe pain at the beginning especially, keeping your elbow elevated above your heart can help as well and hopefully this will get you back out and physically active again very quickly.

Reviewed By

Review Date: 09/18/2011

David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.