Lateral Epicondylitis

February 11, 2012 By Allen Willette, Neuromuscular Therapist Leave a Comment

Lateral Epicondylitis is the technical, medical term or diagnosis for what the rest of us call Tennis Elbow. Okay, so what is Tennis Elbow exactly?

An ‘Epicondyle’ is a bony knob – and ‘Lateral’ simply means to the side of the body.

So your ‘Lateral Epicondyle’ is the bony knob on the outside of your elbow – and the “ITIS” on the end suggests an inflammatory condition.

Forget about inflammation, though. It’s a medical myth that long-term or ‘chronic’ inflammation has anything to do with the condition or the pain of Tennis Elbow.

See my video ‘Tossing The Tendonitis Myth’ (link below) and these other related articles for more on that topic:

How Is Tennis Elbow Diagnosed?

Whether your doctor says you have Lateral Epicondylitis, Elbow Tendonitis or the common term of Tennis Elbow, this diagnosis is nearly always based on the simple description of your symptoms and a simple resistance test.

The Sonogram: A Tennis Elbow Diagnostic Test Your Doctor Won’t Give You

If a Sonogram 'Ultrasound' can “see” and help diagnose how severe your Tennis Elbow injury is – Why won't your Doctor give you this fast, simple and relatively inexpensive test? (And do you really need it?)

Do Golfers Get Tennis Elbow?

A look at golf magazine websites, medical studies and surveys, suggests that golfers not only get Tennis Elbow, they actually suffer this condition more often than Golfer's Elbow! (Why is Tennis Elbow a more common golf injury?)