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What Is Tennis Elbow?
One day you feel a pain on the outside of your elbow, which gradually turns into functional impairment when extending the wrist and supinating the forearm. The pain usually eases at night and with rest. But that discomfort turns into pain with simple actions like lifting a bottle or a jug or holding a cup of coffee, and of course, it affects your training.
They tell you that you have tennis elbow, and of course, how can that be if the closest thing you’ve held to a racket is your video game controller? Well, yes, it’s possible…
Causes
There are certain movements we do incorrectly while training.
For example, in Crossfit, exercises that could cause it include: Muscle Ups, Ring Dips, and movements with kettlebells.
It can also be caused by rope climbing. Rope climbing involves intense and repetitive exercises that put a lot of tension on certain muscle groups, flexors or extensors, both in forearm twists and wrist extension.
In any case, we should avoid sudden hyperextension of the elbow, which we tend to do when we’re already exhausted. Hyperextensions are the joint’s limit and can end in injury.
The muscles originating from the elbow (epicondyle and epitrochlear muscles) suffer excessive tension at their insertion points. Intensive training without control will only lead to unbearable elbow pain, which often leads to failure.
Natural Treatment
The immediate treatment is stopping the activity and applying cold. We can also use topical anti-inflammatories like bee venom, which comes in cream form, providing relief and relaxation in the muscle and joint area.
On the other hand, the best treatment is prevention. We achieve this by doing exercises with proper technique, as well as using supplements that support our joints.
We can help ourselves with products like “Animal Flex”, designed to care for and nourish joints after intense exercise.
It has several benefits such as:
- Repairing and protecting connective tissue in joints and ligaments.
- Improving joint lubrication.
- Having an anti-inflammatory effect that helps reduce possible pain and minimize damage caused by exercise or daily activity.
- Containing a multivitamin and mineral complex that completes joint nutrition, preventing any possible deficiencies.
There are also products like Chondroitin, Glucosamine, and MSM:
- Chondroitin helps maintain the structural integrity of cartilage and promotes joint lubrication.
- Glucosamine is responsible for regenerating and rebuilding cartilage tissue.
- And MSM promotes joint health by helping maintain the elasticity of joint tissue.
Last but not least, it’s essential to do stretches after physical activity, saving yourself from possible future injuries.
