Wondering how to cure a tennis elbow? Well,
this post will certainly be beneficial for you. It’s no wonder that you might
get injured while playing sports or doing many other activities that involves
repetitive stress on your arms. Say, if you are in the field of sports, your
arms have to do some heavy repetitive motions, like in tennis, squash or
fencing. These recurring movements of your arm can cause a tennis elbow. Not
just sportspersons, if you’re in a kind of job where arm movements happen
regularly, such as carpentry or painting, you are likely to get a tennis elbow.
Regular stress on your arms causes inflammation and pain around your elbow and
forearm. This weakens your tendons (tissues that join your muscles to bones) resulting
in a situation where you may find difficulty in typically moving your hands and
wrist. Tennis elbow’s pain generally develops over period of several months. Let’s
discuss a few symptoms to avoid that before it turns into an intense pain.
·
Rarely
pain may abruptly occur because it slowly increases around the outer part (bony
knob) of the elbow.
·
Although,
injury is on the outside of the elbow but its pain may also be felt in the
upper or lower arm.
·
Pain
may be worse when you lift objects or shake hand or squeeze something.
·
You
may even experience severe pain while using a toothbrush, opening jars, or
anything that involves applying a forceful movement with your wrist or arm.
How to
cure tennis elbow?
Tennis elbow can be healed with the
help of wide range of treatments, including natural home remedies and various motion
exercises. Wondering what could be these? Check this list out to treat a tennis
elbow naturally.
Home
Remedies to heal tennis elbow:
1. RICE (rest,
icing, compression, elevation):
It is a well known remedy to cure
tennis elbow effectively. The primary thing is to give rest to the painful area by discontinuing frequent movements of
your hands that are eventually making your condition worse.
Start icing to reduce swelling of the area. Do it for 20-30 minutes twice
or thrice a day which will help in easing the pain. Wrap ice in a cloth or a
towel rather than placing it openly to the area.
To avoid the elbow from swelling, compression and elevation is another excellent way. Tie the area and give support
to the sore tendon. Make sure to wrap the cloth tightly but at the same time
not too tightly. Elevate your arm above your heart level which in turn helps in
reducing blood pooling.
2. Self
massage:
Self massage is a great way to reduce
the pain in your elbow muscles. Try using some oil to lubricate the surface so
that you can gently massage around the affected area. This technique helps in
repairing the damaged nerve tissues. Try doing it twice a day.
Exercises
to fix tennis elbow:
Try doing motion exercises listed below
to reduce stiffness in your elbow muscles.
1. Elbow
bend:
While standing normally, gently raise
your lower arm upwards ensuring your hand touches your shoulders. Repeat it for
10-12 times.
2. Wrist
flex:
Keep your arm straight (with palm
facing downwards) and try to softly bend your wrist downwards using other hand
up to 15-30seconds. Gently release it back to the same position. Do it 3 times.
3. Wrist
lift:
With holding light weight in your hand,
raise your arm at right angle so that it makes an L shape. Now bend your wrist
slowly upwards. Repeat this 3 times.
4. Wrist
turn:
Make an ‘L’ shape again with your arm
by bending your elbow at right angle. Make sure that your palm is facing up.
Now twist your palm lightly to face downwards. Release it after 5 seconds. Try
doing it no less than 3 times.
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