Tennis Elbow Symptoms

The most common symptoms of Lateral Epicondylitis, also known as Tennis Elbow, include sharp, stabbing pain or general ache directly on the lateral epicondyle located on the outside of the elbow or 1-2 inches below of it on the tendon where muscle and tendon attach together. These symptoms most often present themselves when grasping an object, like when shaking hands,or extending the elbow.

Tennis Elbow is most often caused by weak extensor muscles put under unusual stress or normal, healthy extensor muscles subjected to sudden trauma or repetitive overuse. A direct injury or repeated trauma to a tendon/muscle can cause inflammation and a decrease in its active use, which leads to muscle atrophy, and greater possibility of re-injuring that tendon/muscle structure when activities are resumed.

The FLEXTEND® / Restore training system helps to improve the strength, flexibility and endurance of the extensor muscles at the musculotendinous and tenoperiosteal junctions which are the most susceptible areas of injury. Increasing the strength of the extensor muscles is highly critical for the successful treatment of Tennis Elbow, as well as the prevention of re-injury.