A Shot in the Arm
- POSTED ON: 8 Sep, 2017
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- POSTED BY: Chari Vijayaraghavan
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A ‘tennis elbow’ is a condition in which the outer part of the elbow becomes sore and tender at the ‘lateral epicondyle’. The forearm muscles and tendons become damaged from repetitive overuse. This leads to pain and tenderness on the outside of the elbow. Watch this video on how the elbow is affected.
A lot of sports players including cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar have suffered from a tennis elbow. Tennis elbow is a type of repetitive strain injury resulting from tendon overuse and failed healing of the tendon. In addition, the extensor ‘carpi radialis brevis’ muscle plays a key role. Slide through the frames to know which part is actually affected.
Symptoms associated with tennis elbow include, but are not limited to: radiating pain from the outside of the elbow to the forearm and wrist, pain during extension of wrist, weakness of the forearm, a painful grip while shaking hands or torquing a doorknob, and not being able to hold relatively heavy items in the hand. The pain is similar to the condition known as golfer’s elbow, but the latter occurs at the medial side of the elbow. So make sure you get any pain or injuries examined as soon as you see or sense them!