http://curetenniselbow.org/825/an-overuse-injury/ Effective Tennis Elbow Treatment Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://curetenniselbow.org/825/an-overuse-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-1671 dulcrayon Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:37:04 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/825/an-overuse-injury/#comment-1671 actually, it's exactly like tennis elbow. you, probably, have a tendon strain (technical name is tendinitis). the reason it feels weaker is lack of use. if you immobilize (don't use) a muscle it will begin to atrophy (shrink) in 3 days. A tendon strain (tear) is very slow to heal. you should use the (whatever) as much as possible, BUT you should not do whatever movement that causes sharp pain. do ALL other movements (this will help prevent atrophy) heat will help the healing-cold will retard healing. cold should be used initially with an injury to prevent swelling, but after the first 15 minutes or so you should use heat to increase blood flow-blood is what heals by carrying nutrients to the injured area. any tendon or ligament injury is extremely slow to heal. actually, it’s exactly like tennis elbow. you, probably, have a tendon strain (technical name is tendinitis). the reason it feels weaker is lack of use. if you immobilize (don’t use) a muscle it will begin to atrophy (shrink) in 3 days. A tendon strain (tear) is very slow to heal. you should use the (whatever) as much as possible, BUT you should not do whatever movement that causes sharp pain. do ALL other movements (this will help prevent atrophy)
heat will help the healing-cold will retard healing. cold should be used initially with an injury to prevent swelling, but after the first 15 minutes or so you should use heat to increase blood flow-blood is what heals by carrying nutrients to the injured area. any tendon or ligament injury is extremely slow to heal.

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