Tennis elbow??!
Question: Tennis elbow!?!?
my left elbow has been hurting for like a week, and i don't know if it's tennis elbow or not
I can bend it and straighten it!.!.!.!.but if I touch thebone part of it, it hurts, and so I can't put pressure on it
and I can't think of anything that might have made me get it, except that like I put my head on my hand alot like when i'm lying down on my bed watching tv or when I'm at a table or something!.!.!.so do I have tennis elbow!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
I can bend it and straighten it!.!.!.!.but if I touch thebone part of it, it hurts, and so I can't put pressure on it
and I can't think of anything that might have made me get it, except that like I put my head on my hand alot like when i'm lying down on my bed watching tv or when I'm at a table or something!.!.!.so do I have tennis elbow!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
"Tennis elbow" is another name for tendonitis of the elbow!. Yours doesn't sound very severe, if it even is tennis elbow!. Usually, movement is what hurts with TE!. You can immobilize your arm in a sling for a day or two!. If it doesn't get better, it isn't tendonitis, and you need to see a doctor if the pain continues!.
As far as the other answer, it's way to early to start thinking about cortisone shots!. They are excrutiating, so that's a last resort used only when the pain is severe!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
As far as the other answer, it's way to early to start thinking about cortisone shots!. They are excrutiating, so that's a last resort used only when the pain is severe!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It sounds like it!. I just got my first cortizone shot last year in my left elbow!. It really hurts when there is a low pressure coming in from Alaska!. I use Activon and aspirin for the regular pain!. I'm 55 BTW and have ostroarthritis!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Use ice, advil per label and some pain relieving creams and elbow strapWww@Answer-Health@Com