There is no question that tennis elbow can have a tremendous effect on your daily activities. For most people suffering with this injury, grasping a coffee cup in the morning can be extremely painful and difficult.
If you truly want to defeat this debilitating injury, there are 3 simple tennis elbow exercises you can perform to help increase the range of motion, decrease stiffness, improve mobility and strength of your injured muscles and tendons.
Tennis Elbow Exercises 1 – Wrist Extension For this exercise, you will again need the can of soup or a 1 liter of soda. Place a soup can or 1 liter of soda in your hand with palm facing downwards toward the floor. Support your forearm at the edge of a table or on your knee so that only your hand can move. Let the wrist down slowly go past parallel to almost 90 degrees with your forearm and then slowly come back up to parallel with the floor. Read more...
If you suffer from tennis elbow then finding the right treatment methods is critical and essential for a complete recovery.
The following is a list of the top 5 treatment methods that have been proven to work together to cure and treat it.
Tennis elbow treatment and rehabillitation should be understood as if you have a soft tissue injury and therefore the treatment methods listed below follow a specific process which is they are numbered one through five.
Method #1The first and probably the most important method of treatment has to be rest. Rest is essential for any injury and it is essential if you plan on using any other methods to treat your tennis elbow symptoms.
Method #2The second method which is very effective in the treatment of elbow pain is to use ice. Any doctor will tell you to keep ice on your muscle injury or tendon injury as this will help to reduce the swelling, easy the pain, and help to reduce inflammation. This in turn also helps to speed up healing. Read more...
Do you know that 80% of us will have low back pain during our lifetimes. Our spine is very important to our mobility and getting around. Just everyday activities can put stress and strain on our backs. Improper lifting techniques or even posture can set you up for an injury. Low back pain is a symptom of either a condition, disease or injury. Rehabilitation of the spine may include a chiropractor, massage chair therapy and even physical therapy.
What do you think is the leading cause of missed work or job related disability? If you answered, low back pain, then you are correct. The second most common neurological condition in the US is back pain. Back pain is a general category, which can be either acute or chronic. It may last a few days or weeks. Or in chronic conditions, is persists and can also be progressive lasting months.
For the vast majority of low back pain cases, non-invasive procedures are used to treat the spine. Of course, there are cases involving surgery, but most can be treated naturally. Rehabilitation and recovery may require pain medications or possibly analgesics to reduce swelling and build up functionality. Most recoveries involve exercise and possibly a program of physical therapy. Read more...