Brett was on the all star tennis team in high school with a tennis scholarship waiting for him when it happened to him.
Don was a 42-year-old city worker who used a jackhammer all of the time for work when it happened to him. Joan was a 30-year-old enthusiastic racquetball player when it happened to her.
Jim was a 70-year-old retiree who enjoyed a golf game more than anything else when it happened to him. Doris was a 35 year old assembly plant worker when it happened to her.
All of these folks live in different parts of the United States. They all come from different background, are of different races and religions. But they all have one thing in common.
They all suffer from tennis elbow. Did you think that tennis elbow only affects tennis players? Think again. This often agonizing condition affects just about anyone who performs repeated movements with their forearms, elbows and wrists.
Although the condition is called “tennis elbow,” it really only accounts for about 5 percent of all cases. Anyone who repeatedly uses their arms in the course of a day or in their favorite activity is prone to tennis elbow.
The good news is that despite what you may have heard in the past, you do not have to give up doing your job or favorite activity if you start experiencing the symptoms of tennis elbow.
As long as you come up with a comprehensive plan of how to take care of the condition, you can continue to go about your business. Surgery is also something that you do not normally need with regard to tennis elbow.
Contrary to popular opinion, rest and/or surgery is not needed for the condition of tennis elbow, that affects millions of Americans each year.
You can be treated for tennis elbow while still enjoying your normal activities and working. Tennis elbow affects people of all ages and in all occupations.
It can be very painful and does require a doctor with regard to treatment. A good doctor will be able to treat you for tennis elbow by using a non surgical treatment plan.
You can cure tennis elbow with the help of a good sports medicine doctor without surgery and without taking pills that may end up making you feel like a zombie.
The trick is to know the symptoms, get the diagnosis and then work with your doctor to come up with a plan to treat this painful but common condition.
