Expert Interview - Chiropractor on Tennis Elbow

Tennis elbow is a very generic term describing an area of pain on the outside of the elbow. You do not have to be a tennis player to get it.

Pain is usually local although can radiate up and down the arm. There may also be problems in the neck and shoulder as well. Tennis elbow is an irritation of the tendon where it attaches to the bone, like a tendinosis. The whole area will be very tender and any movement with the wrist and elbow will agrravate it more.

A chiropractor can localise the area that's painful and get better movement in the joint and improve the nerve supply from the neck down. They can also use massage and trigger point therapy to release some of the muscle tension.

Tennis elbow is on the outside of the elbow, pain on the inside is called golfers elbow. Again you don/t have to play golf to get it!