| Tennis elbow exercises are some of the best ways | | | | anytime wrist movements are a repeated movement |
| to relieve the pain of tennis elbow. Though the name | | | | in your regular life, you're more at risk for tennis elbow. |
| might make it sound otherwise, you don't have to be a | | | | Taking proper precautions against things like carpal |
| tennis player to have tennis elbow. Age can cause the | | | | tunnel syndrome by using good hand/wrist positions |
| condition, as can other repetitive movements that can | | | | and taking frequent breaks from repetitive movement |
| put pressure on the tendon on the outside of the | | | | tasks can help lower your risk. |
| elbow. | | | | If you're a tennis player, you can lower your risk by |
| But if you do play tennis, you are more at risk for | | | | doing tennis elbow exercises and taking a few |
| developing tennis elbow and tennis elbow exercises | | | | precautions. Make sure your racquet isn't strung too |
| are good to do even if you don't feel pain. The | | | | tightly. This causes more reverberation and strain in |
| repetitive motion of swinging the racket to hit tennis | | | | your wrist when you hit the ball, and there's much less |
| balls can wear on that tendon over time and cause | | | | cushion for the impact. Also, make sure your racquet |
| the pain the condition is known for, on the outside of | | | | has a large enough grip to be comfortable. Gripping a |
| the elbow. The pain usually occurs just below the bony | | | | racquet with a handle that's too small puts extra strain |
| part of the outer elbow. The wrist may feel weak | | | | on the wrist. |
| when you do everyday things like open doors or | | | | Don't play with heavy, wet tennis balls. This adds to the |
| cabinets. | | | | wrist strain by adding extra weight to each impact. |
| You also may have pain when you extend the hand | | | | And work on your backhand technique, as this is the |
| or bend it back a little at the wrist. You could have | | | | swing that can cause the most damage. If you make |
| wrist pain, but more likely when you make this | | | | one movement and immediately feel pain, you've |
| movement the pain will be in the outer elbow. | | | | probably just caused tearing or damage. If you feel |
| Straightening the fingers, especially against a little | | | | pain a couple of days after making repetitive |
| resistance, can also cause the elbow pain. Pressing | | | | movements like typing, using a screwdriver, painting or |
| around the outer elbow can also reveal tenderness. | | | | swinging a tennis racquet, this is called late onset tennis |
| You might think that tennis elbow is caused from the | | | | elbow. It's not likely you've done instant damage, but |
| repetitive motion of the elbow, but it actually originates | | | | you have strained the tendon. |
| at the wrist which is why tennis elbow exercises | | | | Tennis elbow exercises are a good first step to |
| focus on this area. It's the wrist movement that causes | | | | treating tennis elbow pain, but aren't the only option |
| the problem in the elbow, just as the symptoms and | | | | available. |
| pain almost always involve movement of the wrist. So | | | | |