I have been diagnosed as having a sprain exerted on my common extensor origin from the lateral epicondyle and a severe jarrig effect on the outer aspect of my left elbow.
The consultant has written that activity modification and elbow clasps and even cortizone injections may be necessary -
- YET he has also written (to my sheer disbelief) that he believes the injury should have no long term job related implications.
In my belief tennis elbow will have a little place on insurance forms and application forms for various occupations.
As I am licenced to deliver all goods of a hazardous nature including explosive- I have doubts in my own abilities as to whether my arm will be an element to consider when evaluating potential threat/ danger etc.
Do you think I am right or do you think I’m paranoid and no employer or insurance company can legally differentiate or be prejudiced against me after suffering this condition?
Do insurers or employers have prejudice for this ?

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A man complains to his friend: "My elbow really hurts, I think I should see a doctor"

His friend replies: "No need, the supermarket now has a machine that can give a quick and cheap diagnosis. You just need to insert a urine sample and just 1 pound. After a few minutes you get the result and a sollution to your problems"

- The man is willing to give this a try. So he inserts the sample and he waits for the result. The machine gives him a piece of paper with the follwing inscription: "You have a tennis elbow. Keep your arm warm and avoid hard labour for a couple of days. After a few weeks the pain will disappear."

Back home the man doubts the credibility of this machine and decides to test it. The next morning he makes a sample with some tap water, some poo of his dog, some urine of his wife and daughter and some sperm of himself.

He inserts this coktail in the machine and waits impatiently for the result.

He gets another note with an inscription: "Your tap water contains too much lime. Buy a filter. Your dog has maggots. Give it vitamines. Your daughter is on drugs. Bring her to a rehabilitation centre. Your wife is pregnant, but you’re not the father. Get a good lawyer. And if u don’t stop masturbating, you’ll never get rid of that tennis elbow!"

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