Seattle tennis elbow also known as Lateral Epicondylitis is the #1 ailment of the upper body.
But tennis elbow is not the sole property of tennis players. When the muscles of the forearm (wrist extensor group) are placed under enormous strain, tennis elbow can result. And this is a frequent occurrence among tennis players, manual laborers, carpenters, secretaries and other such jobs. So basically any activity that involves repetitive wrist extension will cause tennis elbow, says Dr Nadeem Bajwa DC. The pain in tennis elbow is most frequently felt in the tendo periosteal junction where the common extensor tendon (outer part of the elbow) is sourced from. In fact, in 10 cases of tennis elbow, 9 of them would have this. Some patients with tennis elbow say they have radiating pain to the posterior portion of the forearm and wrist area.
The problem with WA tennis elbow is that it takes a long time to heal due to the lack of a tendon sheath. The common extensor origin is more muscle than tendon except that it has poor blood supply so it cannot benefit from the fluid nutrition that is found within a tendon sheath,
Your Chiropractor at Seattle Chiropractor will do the following processes, in order to arrive at a correct diagnosis of the extent of your tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis): history and examination, neurological and orthopaedic tests. Then they will develop a specific plan of management tailored to your case.
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