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In the short term and for severe pain see your doctor or pharmacist who can give you the appropriate anti-inflammatory medicine and / or pain killers.
There are some anti-inflammatory gels and rubs that you can apply directly to the skin if you don’t want to or are unable to take oral anti-inflammatories.
You can apply Ice packs to your elbow and forearm for 15 minutes at a time.
The method I prefer for your elbow pain is to make up an Ice Block and then rub this over the affected area.

Tennis Elbow Lateral Epicondylitis Therapy – Should I have an elbow injection?

If recommended by your specialist YES -
BUT in my opinion only after

1. you can fully straighten your elbow
2. you have a good stretch in your extensor muscles
3. you have tried a few weeks of a structured rehab program

AND you still have pain!

Elbow Exercise – The Best Tennis Elbow Stretch

This is the Best Tennis Elbow Exercise to stretch out your Tennis Elbow.
I much prefer the method shown in this video – you can accurately compare the two sides by how far forward you can take your wrist.
This is the technique I recommend you use to stretch out your elbow at least 2-3 times a day.
Initially aim to hold each stretch for at least 10-15 seconds and repeat 4 times.
It is possible to hold the stretch for 30 seconds with practice.
Rest for at least 10 seconds between each stretch.

Elbow Injury

We have to accept that generally with sport we are going to have some sort of injury problems.
With Elbow and Forearm pain and a sport (or job) that involves repetitive gripping there is always a problem with deciding on when to restart activity and return to sport or work.
Go back too soon and the injury flares up again.
Take an extra few weeks off and you have missed out on training and preparing for a competition and also you lose conditioning and your competitive edge!

When do I return to sport?

When the test in the Video below does not cause significant pain. (Less than a 4 on a scale of 1 -10)

You have full range of elbow movement.

Tennis Elbow / Lateral Epicondylitis / Lateral Epicondylosis

These are essentially all the same thing.
If you answer yes to my question in the Video then you have at least some form of Tennis Elbow.

However there may be several possible complicating factors which affect what exercises you need to be doing to get better.

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Thanks for visiting!Pull Ups Aggravate Tennis Elbow
Tennis Elbow pain is very easily aggravated by Pull Ups.
There are a few reasons:

gripping bar too tightly
overhand grip
wide grip

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Do you have Epicondylitis?
Are you sure you have Epicondylitis?
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EPICONDYLITIS EPICONDYLOSIS
Epicondylitis – means inflammation of the epicondyle or the structures attached to it. Epicondylosis is probably the more correct term to use as the condition is more often longstanding and this involves degenerative changes in the structures involved.
At the elbow you have [...]

After reading this, you will have an understanding of

• the anatomy of the elbow region
• movements at the elbow and forearm joints
• what Tennis Elbow is
• why gripping and raquet sports cause Tennis Elbow