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Moving your hands and wrists repeatedly, can lead to excruciating pain and tenderness known as “tennis elbow”. One of the most common challenge athletes face. In this post, I’ll be talking on several exercises that could help people suffering from this condition and I will also be giving my own personal review
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Tennis elbow |
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Tennis elbow is a medical condition know as lateral epicondylitis that is accompanied with inflammation and pains around the outer part of the elbow(lateral epicondyle). You experience this pains when you have over worked your muscles or wrist trying to do a particular task repeatedly. This can affect anyone but people who experiences it most are tennis players, golfers, and any other racket sports. As a result of this medical condition, you will find it difficult to twist, grip or lift object.
How would you diagnose a tennis elbow? Any clinical investigation or assessment tests? |
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- Clinical history
First thing the doctor will check out for is the patient daily activities or the kind of job he does in order to ascertain what could be the cause of the strain on the wrist or forearm.
- Physical examination:
Treatment protocols vary between each patients but as a doctor, you need to know the exact cause of the tennis elbow by gently pressing the lateral epicondyle to check if there is any pain or tenderness around there. In most cases, doctors ask patients to move their arms, fingers or wrist to know how severe the pain is, in order to know the next line of action. If it will require surgical intervention.
- Special tests:
There are some simple test to identify the problem and it includes;
Cozen’s test: the doctor asks you to make a fist, and then he presses it upward. If you feel pains while this activity is been carried out, know that it’s a sign of tennis elbow.
Mill’s Test: In this test, if you feel any pain while the doctor stretches your wrist downward and straightening your elbow, have it at the back of your mind that you might be suffering the same condition.
Maudsley’s Test: another clue to know if you have the tennis elbow is when you try to push your middle finger upward while the doctor presses it downward. If you feel pain, take it as a sign.
- Imaging:
If the pain becomes more severe or the doctor suspects something more serious, X-ray, ultrasound or MRI is carried out to rule out any tendon injury, fracture or arthritis. This will give a clearer picture of what is happening inside your arm
Share your review after performing these exercises either on yourself, healthy individual or patient. |
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- Hand ball squeezing
https://youtube.com/shorts/I7DesqemeCQ?si=8aQH9JiTzxNGqbTo
The handball squeezing exercise looks simple but I notice it is incredibly effective for building hand and wrist strength. The exercises focuses on my muscles involved in gripping. At first, I felt a little bit of fatigue and bored after repeating it several times but over time, I noticed my muscles adapted and my hands became strengthened. It’s quite a relaxing exercise to perform from time to time during breaks.’ I had to perform it on both hands to avoid muscle imbalance.
- Finger stretching
https://youtube.com/shorts/baqhz9KEyFE?si=whGqzh6ykoaG2sAb
One of the exercises use to improve hand health and function is finger stretching because it reduces stiffness in the fingers and makes it flexible. The exercises are quite straightforward and it’s adaptable because you can do it at any time, whether you are in the house, office, party, anywhere. It also improves “gripping”.
- Flexor stretch
https://youtube.com/shorts/_1KJUH-M15g?si=aBp0fAD15BIAgR8a
After performing the exercises, where I felt more pressure was around the muscle at the underside of my forearm and my wrist. Flexor stretching feels very relieving after using the computer for a long time because it encourages blood flow to the wrist, reducing fatigue and stiffness while enhancing flexibility.
Dear @sbamsoneu
This is a great well explained article on how Tennis elbow can be Managed.
‘It was a great relief to read your topic on tennis elbow which you have exhaustively explained in detail.’ One thing I thought you did very well when describing such exercises as ball squeezing, finger stretching, and wrist isometric movements. These exercises are easy to do and recommended for breaking up specific muscle groups stiffness and facilitating better flexibility. Personally, out of all of the exercises mentioned in the book, I think that the wrist isometric exercises helped a lot with building the strength of the forearm. This topic is a helpful reminder of the basics in practice that are beneficial in recovering and preventing. This is very helpful and all effort in making it fit for today’s society and realistic was perfect!”
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¡Saludos amigo!🤗
El estiramiento de los dedos de nuestra mano es un ejercicio que fortalece en gran medida el sistema óseo de la mano y por supuesto, los tendones que están en esa área hasta finalmente llegar al codo.
Muchas veces solemos ser muy descuidados con nuestras manos. Por ello, afecciones como el codo de tenista nos golpean con regularidad.
Te deseo mucho éxito en la dinámica... Un fuerte abrazo💚
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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 (2.3/3)
You have shared a great knowledge about tennis elbow, its symptoms, causes, but didn't add its types. It would be better to add explanation of the types of tennis elbow and a bit more knowledge about causes & symptoms. 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, ball squeezing. You did the finger stretches, ball squeezing, and wrist flexor stretch correctly. But it would be better to learn more about finger stretches. 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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Thank you very much for this great analysis…
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Hi! Athletes must be very careful when playing, especially those who specialize in racket games, I imagine they must have a good technique to reduce the risk, the stretching you did is very good to relieve tension.
Have a nice day!
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