How could my doctor diagnose my elbow pain as tennis elbow? I've never even played the game.
Posted November 14th, 2001 by Matt
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Lateral epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow, is not limited to tennis players. The backhand swing in tennis can strain the muscles and tendons of the elbow in a way that leads to tennis elbow. But many other types of repetitive activities can also lead to tennis elbow--painting with a brush or roller, running a chain saw, and using many types of hand tools. Any activities that repeatedly stress the same forearm muscles can cause symptoms of tennis elbow.
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Golf or tennis?
I have been playing tennis all my life without any major elbow pain.
Now I have swithced to golf two years ago, and I have started suffering from ... "tennis elbow" !!
The question is, can golf also produce the 'lateral epicondylitis' (tennis elbow) apart from the well know 'medial epicondylitis' (golf elbow) ?.