🎾 Have TENNIS ELBOW? 🎾 🔨Tennis elbow typically occurs when the wrist extensor muscles get over worked, causing some local inflammation, followed by pain in the outer (lateral part) of the elbow. This is one of the rare injuries where we MAY (as always, it depends) recommend a little rest of these muscles at first, which can be a bit hard since we tend to use them to do just about everything, including typing, writing, cooking, & recreational activities, like lifting or tennis. 🔨As always, re

COZEN'S TEST FOR TENNIS ELBOW / LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS Alright, let's dive into the assessment of tennis elbow! In lateral epicondylitis, the tendons of the extensor carpi radialis longus brevis become reactive due to mechanical overload (and possibly other non-mechanical intrinsic factors which can affect the tendon like age, sex, genetics, general health and psychosocial factors) The Cozen's test is designed to maximally stress these two tendons by a maximal resisted contraction. Up until today

Ease tennis elbow discomfort at home with this simple remedy. #tenniselbow #elbowpain | Physical Therapy Session