Take the mystery out of tennis elbow. Let's explain what tennis elbow really is. It is an overuse syndrome where a body part is used beyond its physiological boundaries where it can fail to serve its' intended purpose. So if a muscle's job was to bend the wrist backward and move it to the outside when called upon to do so it may not be done as smoothly as you would like. when a muscle behaves in less than ideal way it becomes what is known as dysfunctional. The dysfunctional muscle spreads its' inherent dysfunctionality to surrounding muscles it works in conjunction with. This results in your tennis elbow problem starts to affect a more widespread area if left untreated.

The muscle called Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis is the primary muscle involved in Tennis Elbow. You may be surprised to learn that carpenters, plumbers, and painters also get a fairly high rate of tennis elbow. Even more interesting is that tradesmen usually do not play tennis. What they have in common with tennis players id that they use their wrist to bend backward and out to the side. This is the distinct action of the Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis. The muscle will extend the wrist and abduct the wrist at the same time. This is quite a unique motion. when we overdo that particular motion the muscle becomes dysfunctional as previously stated.

What goes wrong in the muscle. The muscle has only so much tensile strength. If you go past its' normal limits it begins to weaken because its' strength is diminished. You are asking a muscle to do more than it physically can. The muscle will respond to the extra demands but will not work efficiently. Pain is your body's way of saying that something is wrong. Your body will let you know that your elbow is not going to work properly when asked to do more then it can.

How would you like to deal with tennis elbow problem? You can tell the brain there is no problem on the physical level by medicating the situation. The brain stops receiving input so while you feel the problem is gone it may be getting worse. So before you start popping those Aleve and Advil pills think is it going to fix your problem or cover it up? You may be lulled into thinking that the absence of pain means their is no problem. You are merely shutting off that communication between the damaged body part and your brain. The muscle only has so much to give before it fails.

I would urge you to consider some alternatives to the self-medicating route. J

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