Often one complains of pain in the hands due to excessive work. Due to wrong posture, pain also starts in the arm, shoulder, elbow and neck. We ignore this pain considering it is minor and it takes the form of a serious disease. This is my own experience. I am a content writer by profession. One has to use the keyboard for about 9 hours. A few days ago I felt pain in my elbow. I considered it trivial and ignored it. But the pain increased so much that even working became difficult. I started having trouble even sleeping at night. And finally, when I reached the doctor, the doctor diagnosed it as lateral epicondylitis. This problem is known as tennis elbow. Let us know about this in detail.

What is tennis elbow?

Dr. AbulFaiz explains that tennis elbow is a problem in which pain occurs in the elbow and arm due to inflammation of the tendon. This problem occurs in those people whose work mostly involves elbows and wrists. Tennis elbow is usually seen in people who work as tennis, badminton or cricket players, plumbers, and carpenters. Let us know its symptoms

Know the symptoms of tennis elbow

  • In the problem of tennis elbow, there is severe pain in and around the elbow.
  • In this, at first, there is mild pain in the elbow and this pain increases over the weeks and months.
  • There are no external injury marks but the pain spreads to the wrist.
  • It becomes painful even to shake someone's hand or hold something
  • Sometimes elbow pain increases at night.

Having a tennis elbow can make it difficult to lift anything.

What is the treatment for tennis elbow?

  • The doctor has said that the best treatment for this is rest.
  • The hand and elbow are rested for several weeks.
  • Painkillers are given to relieve pain and swelling.
  • If this does not provide relief then exercises are done under the guidance of a physiotherapist.
  • If the problem is severe then a steroid injection is given and if there is still no relief then the doctor recommends surgical intervention, by which the damaged muscles are removed and the healthy muscles are attached to the bone.

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