Tennis elbow, also referred to as lateral epicondylitis, is a condition wherein pain occurs while overusing the muscles in your elbow.
If the problem is left unattended to, Tennis elbow leads to chronic abnormal pain and weakness and the patient may be prone to different symptoms such as difficulty in:
As the name indicates, playing tennis i.e. frequent use of the backhand stroke with poor technique could be the possible reason for tennis elbow. Otherwise, the following major and minor outdoor and indoor activities as well as sporting events too result in tennis elbow, including:
Aggravation of the injury can result in major complications such as hemorrhaging and piling up of calcium deposits into the tissues.
The following three risk factors contribute to the risk of tennis elbow:
Usually, orthopedic hospitals in Hyderabad doctors diagnose the condition of the patient based on the narration of his symptoms and conducting physical tests to the affected portions of the patient. However, an MRI or X-ray may be conducted to fathom the other possible reasons behind pain and inflammation.
The doctor may take up a thorough exam asking you to stretch your arm, wrist and elbow to check where it hurts.
In most number of instances, tennis elbow will get healed on its own with a good rest. The below-mentioned treatment methods will help in coming out of the spell of tennis elbow:
When there is a gravity of the problem, surgery may be called for to remove the damaged section of tendon and repair the remaining tendon.
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