What is tennis elbow disease

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I usually like playing tennis very much. I go to the tennis court every few days to play tennis. I go there many times these days. I find my hand is very sour and it hurts badly when I take heavy things. My friends told me that it's tennis elbow. Now let's share what is tennis elbow disease.

What is tennis elbow disease

First, tennis players suffer from the disease at a certain stage, but they only account for less than 5% of the total cases. Therefore, the name is not worthy of the name. People of all ages and races can have tennis elbow. Caucasians aged 30 to 60 who work by hand, such as carpenters and house painters, are vulnerable to the disease.

Second: tennis elbow is also called external humeral epicondylitis. Its involved structures include periosteum, aponeurosis, joint synovium, etc. without bone damage. It is named after the first discovery that tennis players often suffer from lateral elbow pain. In fact, as long as the elbow joint activity is excessive, the strength is too large are easy to cause the disease.

Third: symptoms tend to appear gradually. Initially, the pain on the outside of the elbow during a certain movement was relieved after rest. Later, the pain was persistent. The light one didn't dare to twist the towel, and the heavy one had sudden loss of strength when lifting. Generally, there are limited tenderness points in the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, and the tenderness can spread to the common tendon of the radial extensor tendon.

matters needing attention

Tennis elbow disease is generally less complications, so patients do not need to worry too much, but if the disease is not treated in time, a long time can also cause other diseases, when it is not conducive to treatment, bring greater harm to patients.