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Tennis Elbow Injection

Tennis elbow ia also known as lateral epicondylitis and epicondyle bursitis. It is a condition where there is pain at the outer aspect of the elbow. When pressing the area, there is usually tenderness around the bony area known as the lateral epicondyle.

A tennis elbow makes it difficult for a person to straighten the arm, do work, take part in sports, and can be very distressing.

Fortunately there are many ways to treat tennis elbow very effectively.

How Is Tennis Elbow Related To Tennis?
What Causes Tennis Elbow?
What Are The Main Symptoms Of Tennis Elbow?
What Are The Standard Treatment Options For Tennis Elbow?

How Is Tennis Elbow Related To Tennis?

Tennis elbow is a condition that commonly follows a period of over activity, particularly unaccustomed activity that involves active extension (to stretch out) and supination (turning palm upward) of the arm. The backhand swing of tennis involves such movements and can injure the tendons and muscles of the elbow, leading to inflammation and pain. However, the condition can be caused by many activities instead of tennis.

What Causes Tennis Elbow?

Any activity involving repeated movement of the wrist and forearm, or repeated twisting of the wrist coupled with inadequate rest, may cause Tennis elbow. Possible activities include:

Working with a screw driver
Painting with a brush
Hammering
Scissoring

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Such activities may cause tiny tears in the muscle fibers and the tendons attaching the muscles of the forearm to the epicondyles. These tears may heal themselves if given sufficient rest but if the activity is vigorous or continued, healing becomes delayed and there is prolonged inflammation and tissue degeneration of the tendons.

What Are The Main Symptoms Of Tennis Elbow?

Pain on the lateral aspect of the elbow
Pain that becomes worse on doing work
A weak grip
Stiffness in the forearm
Restriction of elbow movements

What Are The Standard Treatment Options For Tennis Elbow?

The aim of the treatment is to allow the tendon to heal. Some helpful measures include:

Avoidance of the activity that is causing the injury
Ice or heat application
Analgesics
Anti-inflammatory drugs
Local injection of steroids
Splints to keep the elbow and forearm fixed in a resting position
Physiotherapy
Occupational therapy

New Non-Invasive Treatment Options For Tennis Elbow

With the recent advances in medical technology, there are now quite a number of new treatment options available to patients with tennis elbow.

For patients who are still suffering despite other treatments, The Pain Relief Clinic offers a number of highly effective solutions for tennis elbow such as Shockwave Therapy.

If you are unsure whether you suffer from tennis elbow, or are still in pain despite other standard treatments, we are able to help.

Simply call us at +65 6732 2397

or leave a message below for Dr Tan to discuss a customized non-invasive solution for you.

What To Expect When I Visit The Pain Relief Clinic

A typical visit will involve our doctor first understanding your medical history, concerns and previous experience with other pain treatments.

For patients who have consulted many people but have yet to receive a clear diagnosis, selecting an affordable imaging scan might be recommended to confirm the cause of your pain..

Some patients have already done scans with other doctors for their pain condition but are still not clearly told what they suffer from.

Dr Terence Tan is happy to offer you a second opinion and recommend how best to manage your condition.

We also see patients who already have a confirmed diagnosis from specialist pain doctors, but are "stuck” because treatment options offered are not practical or acceptable.

We can help by discussing options that you might have potentially never been told of.

A common experience is when a patient has already consulted a specialist doctor for pain management and is told to consider orthopaedic surgery which they find too aggressive.

Or they may have seen doctors for their pain and were prescribed painkillers with potential side effects which made them feel uncomfortable.

Many of our patients have also first tried complementary treatments or acupuncture with traditional Chinese pain doctors.

They look for a second opinion after finding any relief experienced from other treatments to be temporary or requiring repetitive treatments, which add up to time and cost.

Especially in such situations, we emphasize using non-invasive medical technology you likely have not been told about .

This can make a big difference to your results.

Ask Dr Tan a Question about your problem

Find out how your pain can be more effectively treated.

For enquiries, Call +65 6732 2397

THE PAIN RELIEF CLINIC

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

The Pain Relief Clinic started providing non-invasive medical therapy in 2007. Our brand of cost-effective pain treatments combines traditional techniques with new medical technology to achieve fast and long lasting results. We have since grown into an international medical group of doctors and physiotherapists with clinics in Singapore, Surabaya and Jakarta.

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