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Elbow Pain
Cell Phone
Mobile Phone and Elbow Pain
A report from CBS 3 in New York discusses the effect that prolonged use of a cell phone can have on the onset of elbow pain.
The condition has been dubbed “cell phone elbow“.
Those who experience it get a variety of elbow and forearm symptoms including pain, numbness and tingling in the forearm and hand. It may be the result of a nerve being nipped at the elbow – if severe the nerve damage and symptoms can be persistent.
Experts said it is important to pay attention to any signs of cell phone elbow. Symptoms include pain running down the arm or tingling and numbness in the ring finger and pinky.
The problem arises in the large ulnar nerve which runs just below the skin behind the elbow. It’s the nerve that gets tweaked when we hit our “funny bone”
Read More about cell phone elbow
January 19th, 2006
Tennis Elbow Brace
Tennis Elbow Support
Tennis Elbow Strap
If you have tennis elbow then there are several options open to you for treatment.
A tennis elbow brace might improve your quality of life. You should remember that the natural history of the condition is for it to improve spontaneously over time. In other words, there’s no need to rush to a treatment decision unless things are simply intolerable for you.
You might eventually need to consider hands on physiotherapy treatment or even an injection but many tennis elbow patients find that they can get through their day to day life and take part in their sport with the help of a tennis elbow brace or an elbow support strap.
Tennis elbow arises because the muscles of the back of the forearm attach themselves to a small area of bone at the outer side of the elbow. If this bone area becomes inflamed through overuse then these muscles cause a tugging effect on the inflamed bone area. This is why tennis elbow is so painful when you are lifting or gripping.
The idea of the tennis elbow brace or elbow support strap is to press down into these muscles just a little bit away from the inflamed bone area. This diffuses some of the force and lessens the tugging effect.
If you have tennis elbow then do try an elbow brace – it may well give you significant relief
More on tennis elbow treatment
January 19th, 2006
Golfers Elbow
Golfers Elbow Pain
Treatment for Golfers Elbow
Golfers elbow is the name given to pain at the knobbly bump of bone on the inner aspect of your elbow.
This bone is called the medial epicondyle. Itis means inflammation. The medical name for golfers elbow is medial epicondylitis.
The problem arises as a result of overuse.
The tendons that flex the wrist (bend the wrist towards the palm) are attached to the medial epicondyle at the elbow.
If the attachment point becomes inflamed then pain develops.
Because the tendons are constantly in use for gripping and lifting, the pain tends to grumble on. The contracting muscle pulls on the tendon which in turn tugs at the inflamed anchor point at the golfers elbow insertion
Golfers elbow is not only seen in golfers. Anyone can develop it.
Doctors or physical therapists will diagnose golfers elbow when there is pain at the medial epicondyle of the elbow and when that pain is made worse by resisting the contraction of the wrist flexor muscles. This is tested by asking the sufferer to push down with their hand while the doctor pushes against the movement. In golfers elbow this will provoke pain at the elbow.
Treatment options for golfers elbow include: rest, anti-inflammatory gels, anti-inflammatory tablets, massage, physiotherapy or osteopathic treatment and steroid injection
Read more about golfers elbow here:
About guide to golfers elbow
Mayo Clinic Golfers Elbow Pain Guide
January 18th, 2006
Symptoms of tennis elbow
Tennis elbow symptom recognition
Notes on the symptoms of tennis elbow
Tennis elbow pain:
- is felt at or around the outer boney prominence at the elbow
- this boney bump is called the lateral epicondylitis
- lateral epicondylitis is another name for tennis elbow
- sometimes spreads down the back of the forearm towards the wrist
Tennis Elbow Symptoms also include:
- pins and needles around the back of the elbow (although be careful since this can sometimes indicate that the pain is related to a neck problem rather than to tennis elbow)
- numbness or burning ache in the webspace between the thumb and index finger – this is due to irritation of a nerve at the elbow near to the tennis elbow area
Tennis Elbow Symptoms are made worse by
- lifting or carrying heavy objects – particularly if lifted with the back of the hand uppermost
- gripping strongly
- racket sports
Tennis elbow symptoms are eased by;
- massage and local anti-inflammatory creams
- the use of a tennis elbow clasp or brace
- physiotherapy
- injections
Read more about tennis elbow treatment
January 17th, 2006
