Treatment Options for Tennis Elbow

Tennis elbow isn't an injury that only happens to professional athletes. It is an injury that can affect the elbow, shoulder, etc. after repeated use causing inflammation in the joint area that does not subside or heal with rest.


Tennis elbow is extremely painful and debilitating. Limits movement and motion of the limb or joint. The inflammation worsens with use and over time develops scar tissue in the affected area causing permanent damage.

The Object of Therapy Treatment

Is to not let pain control your life. Keep all parts moving to prevent scar tissue from forming, and regain movement with less pain working toward the elimination of pain to specific joints, regaining the activities once enjoyed.

So often, the joint that is overused as in tennis (elbow), golf (wrist), basketball (shoulder), etc will develop a form of arthritis. Arthritis is not just an older person's disease as it was once imaged. Children, teenagers and adults can all be afflicted with arthritis at one time or another. There are 206 connecting bones in the body, and over 100 joints connecting those bones. Overuse and wear on joints, especially the elbows, knees and shoulders suffer from repetitive motion, become inflamed and damage such as tennis elbow occur.

Conservative Remedies to Heal Tennis Elbow

• OTC Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs such as Advil and Motrin)
• Freezie Wrap - Professional Cold Compression/Inferno Wrap - Deep tissue therapeutic wrap
• Prescription Pain/Anti Inflammatory Medications
• Electric Stimulation directly to the area, usually applied by a physical therapist or at a chiropractic office
• Steroid Injections are given at a physician's office
• Add more omega-3 to your diet by eating more salmon and other foods containing omega-3.

Taming Chronic Pain Therapy

A start in controlling chronic pain through the use of deep breathing exercises, plenty of rest getting an adequate amount of sleep, regular physical exercise but not strenuous, QUIT smoking (if you smoke), practice meditation for relaxation, ensure your diet includes the minimal amount of processed foods, and above all relax.

Anesthesiology Pain Management

Pain management specialists are physicians with training in evaluating and diagnosing treatment for the many types of pain. Each type of pain has its own niche or category from chronic pain, acute pain from cancer and surgery, or pain caused by nerve damage stemming from different diseases and illnesses. Each type of pain and its degree of severity must be studied by a professional experienced in the field of pain management.

Each type of pain and its degree of severity must be studied by a professional experienced in the field of pain management. Once the diagnosis has been completed, your pain management physician will choose the best way to treat your pain, either with:

• Oral medication
• Physical therapy treatment
• Trigger Point Injections
• Chiropractic treatments
• Acupuncture therapy
• Massage therapy
• Possiblty Epidural injections

There are many options in the area of pain management, and certainly no need to suffer unnecessarily with the amount of expertise in this field. The important information to gain here is the availability of trained pain management experts available to evaluate and provide a solution.

Luis Fandos is a pain management physician from Babylon, Long Island.