Tennis elbow
goodtoknow says: You don't have to play tennis to get tennis elbow. You can get the dragging pain on the outer side of your elbow through any overuse, but the pain often goes with rest. It's caused by tendon damage through injury. Too many twisting movements of your forearm can bring it on, so too much D.I.Y or gardening could cause it. If you're unfit you're more likely to damage your tendons. If resting your arm doesn't help try painkillers such as paracetamol or anti-inflammatories. Physiotherapy or steroid injections into the painful area can help short term.
For a full medical explanation of the causes, symptoms and treatments of tennis elbow from patient.co.uk, read on.
Tennis elbow causes pain next to the elbow. In most cases, symptoms go whether it is treated or not. One large study reported that in about half of cases the symptoms were either gone, or much improved, within four weeks. And within one year, symptoms were gone or much improved in more than 8 in 10 cases. Anti-inflammatory painkillers may ease the pain until symptoms go. A steroid injection often eases pain in the short term. However, there is concern that having a steroid injection may slightly reduce the chance of having a good long-term outlook. Surgery may be an option if symptoms persist.
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