Tennis Elbow

As the name indicates, playing tennis is one of the possible causes of tennis elbow. Along with that, some other typical arm movements which cause tennis elbow are as follows,

• Frequent usage of scissors
• Painting
• Swimming
• Using hands to butcher meats
• Regular use of computer mouse
• Manual work such as plumbing, bricklaying.

Symptoms:

The main symptoms of the Tennis elbow are pain and inflammation of the elbow joint. In the case of tennis elbow, usually, the symptoms develop gradually. Symptoms start with mild pain and become worse after weeks or months.

Along with pain following are the symptoms seen in tennis elbow condition.

• Burning sensation over elbow joint
• Pain will be worse at night.
• Reduced grip strength
• Radiating pain to the forearm
• Stiffness of elbow, especially in the morning

How to diagnose Tennis Elbow?

• Based on typical symptoms and physical examination
• By investigation such as X-Ray, MRI and Electromyography.

Tennis Elbow: Ayurvedic View

According to Ayurveda, tennis elbow is a condition initially caused by the vitiation of Pitta dosha, which leads to the aggravation of Vata dosha later.

Management of Tennis Elbow in Ayurveda

There is an effective line of treatments in Ayurveda for tennis elbow. Ayurveda recommends both internal medicines and external therapies to treat tennis elbow.

External therapies include:

• Pichu
• Patra potalisweda or Ela kizhi
• Choornapindasweda or Choornakizhi
• Dhara includes kashayadhara, tailadhara
• UpanahaSweda

Self-medication is not advisable. Advises are only for general information; you must consult an Ayurvedic doctor before making any lifestyle changes, diet changes or consuming ayurvedic drugs.

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