Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)

Tennis elbow is one of the most common sports injuries, although it can be caused by activities in everyday life. In fact, only a minority of tennis elbow cases occur in tennis players. Tennis elbow is actually a tendinopathy (damage to the wrist extensor tendon origin at the lateral epicondyle of the elbow).

Read about Tendon healing and why it is important in tennis elbow.

Read about tennis elbow exercises to help strengthen the tendon without worsening the problem.

Read an article in the British Medical Journal of Cortisone injections and tennis elbow Comment .

Treatments currently used for tennis elbow include:

(1) Cortisone injections

(2) Eccentric strengthening exercises

(3) Nitrate patches (see picture)

(4) Shock wave treatment

(5) Aprotinin injections

(6) Dry needling/acupuncture

(7) Surgery

Related News Articles
Tennis elbow eccentric exercises video	12/06/06	cricketinjuries.com
Treatment of tennis elbow: the evidence	09/08/03	BMJ.com
Tennis elbow, review of treatments	09/08/03	BMJ.com
Kallis out of the Twenty20	17/02/06	CricInfo
Tendulkar set to play at Pune	01/11/05	CricInfo
Tendulkar aims to be back in three months	06/06/05	CricInfo
The outcomes from this surgery are generally very good	25/05/05	CricInfo
Sachin to play next week	18/02/05	CricInfo

LEGEND
Forum Post	Research	Internal Link	PDF Document	Recommended Link
Website Content	Satire	Magazine Article	Newspaper Article