Are you experiencing pain on the outside portion of the elbow? Perhaps twisting the cap off a bottle is painful, or the muscle in your forearm feels tight and tense. It could be tennis elbow. And, no, you don’t have to be a tennis player to develop tennis elbow.
Tennis elbow is irritation or inflammation of the connective tissues between the forearm and the elbow. A variation of tennis elbow is golfer’s elbow, which oppositely effects the inside portion of the elbow. These conditions develop through the repetitive motion of certain sports, but can also effect non-athletes whose occupations involve simply holding things with a tight grip for long periods of time.
WHAT DOES TENNIS ELBOW FEEL LIKE?
IT’S NOT JUST TENNIS PLAYERS
Everyone has muscles on the outside portion of their arms that insert to the radial head. Sometimes those muscles can become tight and stiff, and begin to pull from the bone resulting in a condition called lateral epicondylitis, or more commonly known as tennis elbow. Anyone who plays a sport or has a job that requires a tight grip combined with a repetitive motion, or holding the forearm in a flexed position for a long period of time, has the potential to develop tennis elbow.
With a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, or TENS unit, our Fayetteville team will be able to relax your muscles and reduce inflammation in the area.
Cupping techniques help us create movement through the fascia and muscles which will loosen the affected area and reduce pain.
Most patients experience immediate relief from pain after manual or gentle adjustments at our Fayetteville office.
Simple shifts in techniques can help disengage certain muscles during workouts and play, helping to alleviate your tennis elbow pain.