Arm pain - possibly tennis elbow?

[UPsq]

I am having an issue with my arm while playing squash. Some of the symptoms sound quite similar to tennis elbow, though I'm not entirely sure that it might not actually be sourcing from the shoulder.

Generally after hitting a lot of hard forehands (it seems to occur when attempting to hit a few forehands really hard, rather than occuring from backhands or more gentle forehands), the following occurs:

* Significant loss of strength in the hand which makes it difficult to hold the racquet
* A constant ache during and for up to half an hour after the game down the outside of the whole arm (ie not just near the elbow)
* My hand will shake quite a lot if I try to hold it steady out in front of me


As I said, some of that sounds familiar from reading the section on tennis elbow, but since the pain can include the whole arm (and seems to have no affect on the wrist) I'm wondering if it could also be related to the shoulder?


I have been using a tennis elbow brace, and have used a double grip on the racquet to make the grip quite a bit larger. These appear to have reduced how often the issue occurs, but have not really eliminated it.

This has been occuring for several years (even through a couple of periods of 5-6 months of rest). For several days afterword there can be pain when lifting heavy objects, but not in normal use.

Would appreciate any input that anyone might have.

[Desmond]

Hi , I've been researching a similar problem . I hurt my arm 25 years ago ! overdoing weight training . There has always been that slight pain in a certain position . 6 weeks ago I was asked to hold a turbo while someone smacked it with a 4 lb hammer and it woke up the original pain . the doctor tells me it is "golfers elbow" , basically the other side of tennis elbow .
For a week my whole arm hurt [ lower half ] and as that died down just the inside of my elbow hurts when I hold my hand out flat and twist inwards as in a biceps curl motion .
Some anti inflammatory medication has really helped and the doctor included a page which mentions an excercise involvong holding a rolled up towel and twisting till it hurts and holding that for 10 seconds , increasing to 60 seconds eventually .
Now I won't say that is the answer but would also like to hear if that sounds right .