Tennis elbow treatment, an orthopedic surgeon explains

The best treatment for tennis elbow is avoiding the activities that cause pain, using anti-inflammatories, and stretching. Sometimes if that doesn't work then you may need a cortisone shot, and rarely surgery. Your doctor may have told you that you have tennis elbow, even though you have never played tennis in your life. Sometimes medical issues are named after the people that most commonly get them, and that’s the case with tennis elbow as it’s estimated that up to 50% of tennis players will get tennis elbow at some point. But that doesn’t mean that only tennis players can get tennis elbow, as it’s also very common in non-tennis players such as laborers who use heavy tools, and those that engage in repetitive gripping or lifting tasks.

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