The best way to prevent tennis elbow from happening again is to identify which activity caused the tears in the tendon. Learning a better way to do the causal activity or using better or different equipment can be important in the long run. If doing something hurts, try to find a way to...
The main symptom of tennis elbow is pain and tenderness in the bony knob on the outside of your elbow. This knob is where the injured tendons connect to the bone. The pain may also radiate into your upper or lower arm, and you can have tennis elbow in both arms. Although the tendon ...
Our goal is to provide you with easy-to-follow medical information about Tennis and Golfers Elbow, including causes, diagnosis, surgery, prevention and treatment options for epicondylitis.
The whole concept of applying a lotion (or taking a pill or getting a shot) to “reduce inflammation” when one has Golfer’s or Tennis Elbow is wrong at the root. Firstly, because Tennis Elbow is not generally an inflammatory condition to begin with – It’s a chronic, degenerative proc...
Make sure not to hit yourself so hard it hurts. Good pain is good, bad pain is bad. You'll know the correct pressure to use. The intent is to squeeze the sponge. It doesn't take much force.Why Hammertime Works Every time you impact your fist on the muscle and connective tissue of...
to the muscle fibers that run up and down, an inch or two from where it actually hurts (four to five minutes at a time, several times a day). It loosens up some of the scar tissue that has formed as a result of the tissue breakdown process and increases...
Just watching the screen as I type this hurts my eyes – after a while, it’s like a chainsaw in my head, and my eyes feel like burning coals. There’s a chance I might have to stop blogging until after the cataract surgery – not sure yet. I would still have a Tip of the ...
In theory, head-heavy sounds like a good deal, a lighter racket but plenty of power. But there is a trade-off here, and a big one. The head of the frame’s weight puts extra torque on the wrist, elbow, and shoulder during the swing. ...
“There are times when the foot does not let me live in peace, it is difficult for me to even go down the stairs, and that happens sometimes. If it hurts it is difficult to be happy, my character changes when it hurts more than necessary,”he added,...
Very satisfied with compression sleeves for my ankle when I fell and really hurt myself and now this elbow issue. im 70 and they really help, HIGHLY recommend compression on anything that hurts, they make these most parts of the body...