Hello friends I hope you are great, thank you @ashkhan for giving us opportunity to explore knowledge about the Steemit Learning Challenge-S22W2: Physical Therapy Intervention: Tennis Elbow.
Tennis elbow which is characterized by painful condition along with tenderness in body part of lateral epicondyle. There is associated inflammation on the sides of elbow mostly and tennis elbow is also known as lateral happy epicondylitis as these are appear on literal side of elbow.
Tennis elbow is likely to be idiopathic as it's causing pathogenesis are unknowingly. Moreover it is associated with tendinosis, which is conditions of degeneration in the local tendon regions.
Common causes of Tennis Elbow
The most common cause of tennis elbow is the more used of muscles and tendons especially you back of the forearms. It may be due to the golf or other sports.
Hence due to wrong use of swings also become the reason of the extra stress or strain on the elbow joint. It's is commonly observed in the people having age groups above than 40 years.
Few jobs such as carpenter or plumber may also faced the issues of tennis elbow because they are extensively using arm.
What are the symptoms of Tennis Elbow?
There is pain in the lateral or outer side of elbow, Moreover it has tenderness alongside of pain.
In some case gripping or holding capacity is also reduced when faced the issues of tennis elbow.
The arm movement is reduced as and faced the issues of stiffness in forearms.
How would you diagnose a tennis elbow? Any clinical investigation or assessment tests?
Few diagnostic tests are as follows.
The doctor check it by examining by asking questions about pain or relief symptoms. Moreover his job or activity which he is doing such as sports or jobs is helping is assessed the tennis elbow.
Few Physical examinations are very helpful in assessing the tennis elbow such as any symptoms of inflammation or swell, redness or deformation.
The palpation such as tenderness is also helpful in assessing the tennis elbow. The range of motion or flexibly in joint. Moreover the muscles strength is also used to check the tennis elbow.
Few diagnostic tests such as x-ray, MRI, ultrasound and EMG are useful in check the tennis elbow.
Physiotherapy special Tests
Cozen's test: The doctor check the resistance of the the patient's wrist extensional during the palpating on the lateral epicondyle. If there is any symptoms of pain or tender it's indication of positive test in patient.
Mills test: in this case the doctor will slower to extending the patient's wrist during the palpating on lateral epicondyle. The signal of Painful condition or tenderness shows a positive test.
Few other differential tests are also used such as
- Golfer's elbow
- Arthritis
- Fractures
- Radial tunnel syndrome
- Cervical radiculopathy
Fingers stretching
It's quite simple and the ball has to squeeze in the hand and can be done without holding ball too.
https://youtube.com/shorts/y1Q-Bv5Smtg?si=E4uXD2KwdwqhITi_
Wrist flexor stretching
Quite easy to do putting pressure and strain on the elbow keeping in straight.
https://youtube.com/shorts/6hIjt9Hd2M4?si=Ee8x7n-oSpGp4F2z
Wrist isometric
I have done it about 5 to 10 second easy to do and effectively work.
https://youtube.com/shorts/BoLizeY7fYU?si=Y3Yfu946OF9nTTji
I found these exercises very effective and helped in daily life whenever I suffered these issues. Thank you once again @ashkhan for this great opportunity.
I would like to invite my dear friend @jannat12, @m-fdo and @mdkamran99 to take part in the challenge.
Thank you for understanding the lesson and sharing your assignment; I hope that you will enjoy this week's lesson and try to implement it in your life if you see any such case.
Observations
Task 1 (2.6/3)
You have shared a great knowledge about tennis elbow, its symptoms, cause, but didn't add its types. It would be better to add explanation of the types of tennis elbow. I appreciate your effort.
Task 2 (3/3)
In the second question, you tell us about how you have to assess a patient by doing physical examination, history taking, special tests and investigations. Excellent.
Task 3 (3.8/4)
You try the finger stretches, wrist flexor stretch, and wrist isometric exercises. You did the finger stretches, wrist isometric exercises and wrist flexor stretch correctly. Always remember to apply heat pack in chronic condition and ice pack in acute condition before performing exercises to relax the muscles and reduce stiffness. I appreciate your efforts.
Overall you made a great attempt to answer all the questions. I appreciate your efforts. But next time try to avoid the above written suggestions. Keep learning and try to implement your knowledge to the people suffering from tennis elbow or any type of wrist. Thank you.
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¡Holaaa amiga!🤗
El codo de tenista es un problema que ha tenido mucha recurrencia en nuestra sociedad y, aunque inicialmente lo padecen los deportistas, con el arduo trabajo que realizamos desde una computadora o el teléfono celular también se ha detonado esta afección. Por ello, debemos realizar estos ejercicios con regularidad.
Te deseo mucho éxito en la dinámica... Un fuerte abrazo💚
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Dear @drhira
Such a concise and easy to understand explanation of Tennis Elbow, well done!
Wow, awesome work done on elaborating about tennis elbow; especially the facts, signs and categories in such precise and comprehensive ways. Ialso liked how you presented the ball squeezing and the finger stretching exercises, that simple walk through made doing it much easier. This topic is so practical and your explanation will in deed help anyone with this condition or even those what to avoid it. Keep it up!"
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