Constant Strain Injuries The Tennis Elbow

Tennis elbow can affect both the racket professionals as well as people who never did any gymnastics. Tennis elbow hinders simple daily activities such as brushing your hair, brushing your teeth or lifting a book. Just one day anyone can suffer an acute and persistent pain in the arm, without apparent cause.

Lateral epicondylitis is a painful syndrome located on the outside of the elbow,

Throughout the forearm, in some cases extending upward to the rear face of the arm. Professional tennis players are usually vigilant and take precautions to avoid the appearance of tennis elbow.


Common people do not have the same care about this health problem, which can also cause   over different types of alterations within skeletal muscle. The newly qualified in medicine as "laboral illnesses" may affect sedentary person that performing ordinary work or loading tasks.


Repetitive Strain Injury.
 The posture and repetitive movements are the two factors that predispose to this type of condition. For this reason they are also called repetitive strain injury. The category of repetitive strain injury includes a total of one hundred different disorders caused by jobs requiring strong fast and repeated movements involving muscles, tendons and nerves in the hands, wrists, arms and shoulders.

It is from these conditions that this included the famous coconut tennis elbow or tennis, tendinitis or carpal tunnel symptoms, the problems at the neck and shoulders and lumbago. If not given proper attention can incapacitate a person for such everyday tasks as lifting the cup at breakfast.


The attack of pain in the elbow
At the first forearm pain should immediately stop activities such as ironing clothes,the heavy loads and practice tennis.

Usually occurs in sleep states   often occur if stretched muscle contracture, even gently, the affected tendon. Common symptoms are pain in everyday activities such as shaking hands, due to the contraction of the extensors. The pain in the radial wrist, thumb side, is the most characteristic symptom of these conditions.


The conditions and context of each era
Actually it is not a new phenomenon affecting those who use modern technological tools such as computers. Already early last century spoke of changes as

    Telegrapher Cramp
    Upholsterer's hand
    Fisherwoman Finger
    Knee housewife

As these names only reflect the activities common to those times, today the   technologies promoted a sedentary lifestyle and jobs that require fast arm movements. Assembly lines or those tasks that involve polishing, cleaning, screwing, sanding, washing, carrying heavy objects can actually cause serious injury. Tennis elbow is one of them.


Treating tennis elbow
Tennis elbow consists in a result  chronic micro trauma, repeated throughout the years in muscle-tendon structure near the outer side of the elbow joint.

When the acute pain is presented, for relief should be attempted to treat the acute phase of inflammation by applying cold located  to the injured area four times a day. It is also appropriate rest, immobilization of the wrist, hand and fingers with bandage containment. The medical will indicate the treatment therapy  through natural anti-inflammatory  preferably.