| You don't have to play tennis to develop tennis elbow. | | | | twisting a screwdriver, turning a stuck faucet, or trying |
| It can be due to any movement that puts excessive | | | | to open a jammed door can tear your wrist muscles |
| force on the wrist muscles. Tennis elbow refers to | | | | and cause tennis elbow. |
| elbow pain as the result of an injury to the elbow | | | | If you have tennis elbow, rest the injured part until you |
| tendons that bend and straighten the wrist. Hold your | | | | can bend your wrist against mild resistance without |
| hand down with your thumb on the outside (lateral to | | | | feeling any pain in your elbow. Then you should start a |
| your hand) and your elbow straight. Pain on the lateral | | | | program of progressive resistance exercise to |
| (outside) part of your elbow is called backhand tennis | | | | strengthen your wrist muscles. Sit in a chair with a light |
| elbow. Pain on the medial (inside) part is called | | | | weight in your hand, Place your arm so that it rests |
| forehand tennis elbow. | | | | touching the table from your wrist to your elbow. If you |
| The muscles and tendons are damaged when the | | | | have forehand tennis elbow, your palm should be up. If |
| force on them is greater than their inherent strength. If | | | | you have backhand tennis elbow, the palm should be |
| the ball hits your racquet with a force that is greater | | | | down. Then slowly raise and lower the weight by |
| than the strength of your wrist muscles, your wrist | | | | bending and straightening your wrist in three sets of |
| tendons tear. In the same way, carrying a suit case, | | | | ten, every other day. Stop if you feel pain. |