Tennis Elbow is caused by injury – by damage – to the tendons that connect to your outer elbow area (Lateral Epicondyle) and often damage to the muscles of those tendons – The tricky part is that the damage can come in several forms and they’re as different as night and day.
How Muscle Weakness Causes Tennis Elbow
Muscle weakness is often partly a cause of Tennis Elbow (hand-in-hand with muscle tension) – So, why is it often so hard to make progress with exercises to strengthen those muscles?
How Stubborn Muscle Tension Causes Tennis Elbow
Very often it’s the gradual build-up of muscle tension that causes the relentless tightness that perpetuates the vicious pain and injury cycle. Could this be a part of what’s keeping you stuck in the Tennis Elbow Triple Trap?
