How to treat tennis elbow

There are many diseases that are easy to get in life. If you want to avoid some diseases, you should pay more attention to your lifestyle, especially your diet. It should be arranged reasonably. This will be very helpful to your health and will not cause too much harm to your body. Tennis elbow is a very common disease among tennis players. What are the treatments for tennis elbow?

Many people don’t know much about tennis elbow. Although this disease does not directly threaten the patient’s life, it has a great impact on the life of the patient. So what are the treatments for tennis elbow?

Treatments for tennis elbow;

1. Conservative treatment of tennis elbow

①Rest: Avoid activities that cause pain. Do not exercise, especially tennis, until the pain disappears.

② Ice compress: Apply ice to the outside of the elbow for 1 week, 4 times a day, 15-20 minutes each time. Wrap the ice cubes in a towel and do not let them touch your skin to avoid frostbite.

③ Medication: aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics (such as ibuprofen, etc.).

④ Protective gear: Use compression resistance protective gear on the forearm, which can limit the force generated by the forearm muscles.

⑤ Heat therapy: Heat therapy should only be used when returning to physical activity (exercise). Heat therapy should be used before stretching therapy and exercise warm-up.

⑥Stretching therapy: When the acute pain disappears, start gently stretching the elbows and wrists as instructed by the doctor. Do not cause pain. Maintain the stretching state for 10 seconds and repeat 6 times.

⑦ Strength exercises: Strengthen the wrist extension muscle strength training according to the doctor's instructions.

⑧ Gradually resume exercise: According to the doctor's advice, start exercising the arm movements required by sports (work activities) (such as the ball drive in tennis, the golf swing, the movements on the painting site, etc.).

⑨ Local blockade of cortisone: Injection of cortisone-like drugs into a specific part of the elbow joint can reduce inflammation and relieve pain. The injection site, time (very important), interval, and frequency are very particular and should be performed carefully by an experienced physician.

2. Surgical treatment of tennis elbow

For example, if it is late-stage or stubborn tennis elbow, after six months to one year of regular conservative treatment, if the symptoms are still severe and affect life and work, surgical treatment can be taken. The surgical methods include minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery and less traumatic open surgery. The purpose is to clear necrotic and unhealthy tissues, improve or restore local blood circulation, and allow the tendon and bone to heal.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the treatment methods of tennis elbow. Therefore, when treating such diseases, we can follow the above methods. However, it should be noted that when treating such diseases, we must persist, otherwise it will not help improve this type of disease.