What causes Tennis Elbow Pain? What makes it hurt? Why won’t it just go away for good?

Elbows are joints just like knees and their purpose is to rotate, flex and support the body weight when needed. Excessive pressure and continuous action can hurt the elbows and knees.

We usually think about this kind of pain as coming from injury. Sometimes it does. Tendonitis pain can either come from actual wear and tear damage to a tendon, or it can feel exactly as bad and can be just as debilitating without any actual damage. For more info about elbow pain, visit http://www.spinewise.ca/elbow-pain/.

Symptoms of elbow pain

1. Dull ache when at rest
2. Pain when opening the fingers (tennis elbow)
3. Soreness around the affected elbow bump
4. Weak grip

What treatments are there for elbow pain?

1. Physiotherapy Treatment
2. Platelet-rich plasma injections
3. Steroid injections
4. Surgery
5. Elbow stiffness

Elbow pain can be the result of any disruption of the joint or the structures that surround it. The most common causes of elbow pain are epicondylitis, bursitis of the olecranon bursa, entrapment of nerves and pain referred from other areas. Diseases like rheumatoid arthritis that cause pain throughout the body may also affect the elbow joint.