Hello, I'm Yakson !
These days, leisure activities have naturally increased as people try to have leisure time. Accordingly, many people are coming to the hospital because their elbows are hurting. So now I'm going to write about common elbow pain;
Tennis elbow VS Golfer's elbow
In a recent study The mean (median) total direct medical cost of services related to lateral epicondylosis for the entire cohort was $660 ($402) per patient over the 1-year period after diagnosis.
reference: Health Care Utilization and Direct Medical Costs of Tennis Elbow. Retrieve from http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1941738116650389
This is a serious disease, isn't it?
Often, people who use their arms too much often complain of severe pain in the inside or outside of their elbows, then they have to suspect tennis elbow or golfer's elbow.
First of all
About the tennis elbow
Those who have tennis elbow complain of pain on the outside of their elbow, as shown on the left.
Usually, the pain tends to worsen when you grip your fist hard or move your wrist (wrist extension). because the cause of the pain is usually excessive use of wrist extensor muscle group.
It's prone to inflammation of the tendon where the muscles attach to the bones.
Of course, there are a lot of cases where you can't use your shoulders and torso in harmony unconsciously, and your wrist and elbow are strained.
Then, golfer's elbow
It is a similar disease to tennis elbow, but there's a difference in the fact that the sore is inside, not outside.
It is also called Golfer's elbow. That's because many people who enjoy golf complain about this symptom.
The muscles that flex the wrist are under too much stress, causing inflammation in the inner area of the elbow near the bone attachment. After all, when you flex your wrist or hold your fist hard, you usually complain of pain.
Additionally...
The important thing was that in the old days, golfer's elbow and tennis elbow were defined as simple inflammation of overuse, but recently it is also affected by degeneration.
In fact, If the condition is left untreated for a long time, the treatment period may be very long.
It was an overview of elbow disease.
I'll post self-treatment on the next posting. Make sure to follow and get away from elbow pain!
