Have you been wondering about acupuncture for tennis elbow? Tennis elbow doesn’t just affect people who play tennis. Despite the name, Our Oakville Acupuncture Team treats office workers, students, or anyone who spends a lot of time using their arms/hands for tennis elbow. Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a common condition causing pain in the outer aspect of the elbow. Acupuncture is one of the most effective treatments for tennis elbow, and can quickly stimulate recovery. Acupuncture for tennis elbow is a painless and effective option for tennis elbow treatment!
What is Tennis Elbow
The wrist extensors are a group of muscles that run along the back of the forearm. Their job is to extend your wrist (the action you’d make if you were pretending to ride a motorcycle) and fingers. These muscles form a common tendon that inserts into the outside of the elbow. Tennis elbow is an irritation of this tendon due to repetitive strain of the wrist extensor muscles.
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When we use these muscles a lot (like when we play tennis, or type), they can get overworked. Due to the repetitive strain of these muscles pulling on the same part of the bone, it can cause inflammation and irritation on the outside of the elbow.
Symptoms of Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow is often described as an ache or pain felt on the outside of the elbow. The pain usually gets worse after activity that uses the forearm muscles. Grasping or holding can be painful. Stiffness and achiness in the morning is a common sign or tennis elbow, and can persist well into treatment, even as the daytime pain starts to disappear.
In more progressed cases of tennis elbow, swelling, redness and heat can be present at the elbow. When tennis elbow becomes chronic it can spread up into the tricep area or down towards the wrist.
Oakville Acupuncture Treatment For Tennis Elbow
There are multiple aspects to treatment that are important when dealing with tennis elbow. Our Oakville Acupuncture provider uses specific acupuncture points to manage pain and speed up the recovery process.
Acupuncture treatment at Nottinghill Family Wellness Centre is AMAZING when it comes to tennis elbow. We have had patients come in who have tried treatments at other facilities and gotten no relief, and after a few sessions of acupuncture they’re already feeling much better! Most of the time it only takes 2-3 needles each session to have a positive impact. The needles are painless and only have to stay in for 10-12 minutes!
Needles are inserted along the radial nerve at the elbow, forearm and hand to stimulate a powerful healing effect for the muscles and tendons!
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How Does Acupuncture Help Tennis Elbow?
There are multiple ways in which acupuncture with Dr. Jenn helps to fix tennis elbow. The acupuncture
needles help clean up the pain-causing chemical environment around the nerves and increase blood flow to the area to help flush away inflammation and kick-start the healing process. This can often be the missing piece of treatment for people who have been suffering from tennis elbow for a while. A chronic tennis elbow (one that has persisted for more than 3 months) can be treated VERY effectively with acupuncture.
Here’s how acupunture helps treat tennis elbow:
- Acupuncture stimulates blood flow to the forearm which promotes quick healing!
- Acupuncture alleviates tight/painful forearm muscles and reduces muscle tension at the elbow
- Acupuncture decreases pain by governing the pain chemicals in our body
- Acupuncture promotes full body relaxation and stress reduction
This can often be the missing piece of treatment for people who have been suffering from tennis elbow for a while. A chronic tennis elbow (one that has persisted for more than 3 months) can be treated VERY effectively with acupuncture.