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However, it should be noted that while it is commonly associated with playing tennis and other racquet sports, the injury can happen to almost anyone and often occurs after strenuous overuse of the muscles and tendons of the forearm.

People suffering from Tennis Elbow who are not sports players often expect that their pain is due to then growing older and ignore it hoping the pain will go away. However, left untreated, tennis elbow can develop into a debilitating injury that eventually may need painful invasive surgery.

Tennis Elbow History

Lateral Epicondylitis (LE), or tennis elbow as it is more commonly known, was first described as an affliction suffered by tennis players, mainly those hitting repetitive backhands, by Mr. Henry Morris, MA, FRCS, in 1882

An article by him was published in the Lancet describing “the lawn tennis arm,” in which frequent use of the backstroke leads to a sprain of the “pronator radii teres” muscle. He saw three such cases and “one gentleman said he had known of several lawn tennis players affected in the same way.”

However, while it is commonly associated with playing tennis and other racquet sports, the injury can happen to almost anyone and often occurs after strenuous overuse of the muscles and tendons of the forearm.

Signs & Symptoms

Tennis elbow usually affects the arm of the dominant hand as this is the arm used the most. The main symptom is pain and tenderness on the outside of the elbow and sometimes in the muscles on top of the forearm. This pain may get worse when the wrist is moved such as when griping or twisting something, such as a door handle or when shaking hands. Other symptoms include:

• Point tenderness over the lateral epicondyle – a prominent part of the bone on the outside of the elbow
• Activities that use the muscles that extend the wrist such as pouring a drink and lifting with the palm down
• Morning stiffness

Pain can also occur on the inner side of the elbow, which is known as golfer’s elbow.

Tennis elbow is one of the most common arm injuries, which usually affects patients aged between 30 and 60 years, being more common and having a longer evolution period in women.