Tennis Elbow - What is it?

The definition of Tennis Elbow in Webster’s dictionary is “inflammation and pain over the outer side of the elbow usually resulting from excessive strain on and twisting of the forearm”. In simple layman terms, the muscles in the forearm that are responsible in moving the wrist and fingers attach to a tendon that is connected to the bone structure in and around the elbow area.  If you reach over to your elbow with your opposite hand and feel a little bump towards the top of your elbow north of the actual elbow, this is actually where the inflammation starts.



Tennis elbow sufferers frequently report pain on the top, outer region of the elbow. The pain may travel down the forearm and sometimes into the hand and even the fingers. Any sort of activity that involves grasping may be painful. For example, picking up a briefcase or hammer, tennis elbow sufferers feel discomfort in something that sounds so simple but can be very painful if left untreated.

Some tennis elbow pain sufferers report not even being aware of how they got tennis elbow in the first place.  I ask them how they got Tennis elbow and for the most part they answer with, “I have no idea.  One day I made a motion to grasp, grip or pick something up and I felt a sharp pain shoot down my arm.” For many sufferers, the root cause is can be traced back to a repetitive motion that they perform on a regular basis.  The problem is that they are not aware that the movement they are routinely performing is of a high risk nature.

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