Written by marylyn | Posted in Health and Fitness |

When you get struck by tennis elbow (or a medial epicondyle as it is sometimes known) then you really don’t know what to do with yourself. It hurts so much that it can be easier to just stay in the house, bandage your arm up and leave it there until it stops hurting. Unfortunately this isn’t very good for your arm and won’t help to treat it. In this article we are going to tell you how you can treat your medial epicondyle and not suffer from that pain again.

If you are suffering from tennis elbow then the first thing you need to do is to sort out the pain that you are going through. Many people find that the pain associated with tennis elbow starts around the outside of their elbow joint and occasionally shoots down their forearm to their wrist. This can happen when they are picking something up, clenching their fist or even just straightening their arm. In order to deal with the pain you have two options. You can either use painkillers which can be prescribed by your doctor or bought from the pharmacy, or you can use heat and cool packs to reduce the pain. Both of these methods are effective and can be used together if needed.

Once you have the pain under control, you can strap your arm up. There are many different straps and supports for your arm which will help to reduce the pain. When you go to the pharmacy to get a tennis elbow strap, ask them for one that is suitable for your level of pain. They will be able to advise you which one this is. The third thing to do is to start using tennis elbow exercises to help get your arm back into shape. When you exercise your arm, you bring blood to the area which helps to speed up healing. It will also get your tendons moving and encourage flexibility in your elbow joint.

These exercises are available both online and in books although there will be many more online and you can select which one’s you fancy using. You should exercise for 30 minutes each day and take off your strap while you do it. After a while you will notice that the exercises are working and you will have reduced pain. Good luck curing your tennis elbow, let’s hope the pain goes away as quickly as possible!

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