Tags: diagnosis, prevention, sports, tennis elbow, treatment
Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a common elbow injury of racket sport players and manual laborers. Tennis elbow is an overuse injury resulting from the performance of repetitive motions with the hand and forearm, such as swinging a tennis racket or a hammer. Such repetitive motions can cause inflammation of the muscles of the […]
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Tags: forehand, painful, shot, strain, tennis elbow
Tennis elbow is a very painful condition where the outer or lateral part of the elbow becomes painful and tender. This is normally as a consequence of overuse or a specific strain, such as over extending the elbow, or put another way, straightening the arm too quickly or with too much force. As much as […]
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Tags: collagen matrix, inflammation, tendinitis, tendonitis, tennis elbow
Tendonitis (also tenonitis or tendinitis) is an inflammation of a tendon. For example, patellar tendonitis (jumper’s knee) is an inflammation of the patellar tendon, which connects the tibia to the patella. Chronic overuse of tendons leads to microscopic tears within the collagen matrix, which gradually weakens the tissue. Swelling in a region of microdamage or […]
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