What is Tennis/Golfer's Elbow?
Tendonitis of the elbow is often referred to as tennis elbow or golfers elbow due to its common occurrence in tennis players and golfers, but in fact any sport or activity that requires gripping can cause this problem. For example, it is sometimes referred to as rowing elbow or hand shaking politicians elbow.
A more precise definition of the condition is that it is an inflammation of several structures of the elbow. These include muscles, tendons, bursa, periosteum (covering of bone), and epicondyle (bony projections on the outside and inside of the elbow, where muscles of the forearm attach to the bone of the upper arm).
These conditions are also called epicondylitis, lateral (outside) epicondylitis (tennis elbow), medial (inside) epicondylitis, (golfer's elbow). Such pain is usually more noticeable during or after stressful use of the arm. In several cases, lifting and grasping even light things may be very painful.
