What Is Tennis Elbow — Understanding the Condition

• Tennis elbow — also known as lateral epicondylitis or lateral epicondylalgia — is a painful condition affecting the outer side of the elbow.
• It involves degeneration and dysfunction of the tendons attaching to the lateral epicondyle — the bony prominence on the outer elbow.
• The extensor carpi radialis brevis — ECRB — is the primary tendon involved.
• Despite its name only a small percentage of patients with tennis elbow actually play tennis.
• It affects people across a wide range of occupations and activities — particularly those involving repetitive gripping, wrist extension, and forearm rotation.
• Tennis elbow is one of the most common upper limb conditions seen in physiotherapy practice.
• It affects approximately 1 to 3 percent of the adult population at any given time.
• It is most common in adults between 35 and 55 years of age.
• Tennis elbow responds very well to targeted physiotherapy — the vast majority of cases resolve without surgery.
• At our clinic every tennis elbow patient receives a comprehensive assessment and personalised treatment program.