End Tennis Elbow!

So What is Tennis Elbow?

Ultimately, Tennis elbow:

• IS an overuse issue

• IS the most common upper-extremity overuse problem

• DOES NOT involve inflammation

• DOES involve a collagen breakdown in the tendon fibers

• DOES involve hypertonic muscle – Which means the involved muscles are super tight

• CAN be caused by a shoulder capsule that’s out of alignment – often its the head of your arm bone that is rolled forward and turned inward – which in turn creates more stress on the forearm and wrist muscles – not to mention the shoulder muscles!!

• USUALLY involves the muscles on the back of your forearm and wrist and more particularly, where their tendons attach onto your outer elbow

The Good News!

• Time, reduced activity, and good therapy can help you bounce back from Tennis Elbow.

Did you Know…

• Ice will help with pain management, but since Tennis Elbow is not an inflammation problem, there are limited therapeutic benefits.

• Good Therapy involves improving the balance of the muscles in your tennis elbow symptoms including treatment to improve the overall strength and endurance along the entire fascial and kinetic chains, including muscles in your:

• Neck

• Shoulder

• Arm

• Elbow Regions

JOB #1 for Healing Tennis Elbow

• Relief to the afflicted tendons by releasing the hypertonic muscles that are causing a continuous strain on your painful tendons

JOB #2 for Healing Tennis Elbow

• Improve the strength of your Tennis Elbow muscles