Epicondylitis, Elbow and Forearm Pain
- ChiroRéseau Rimouski – Polyclinique Iaso
If you experience pain in your elbow and forearm when performing everyday small tasks, like typing on a computer or lifting your coffee cup, you may be suffering from epicondylitis.
Often caused by overuse of the wrist and forearm muscles, this inflammation frequently affects office workers, manual laborers, and athletic individuals.
If you have epicondylitis, a visit to a chiropractic clinic could help relieve your symptoms and optimize your recovery.
Epicondylitis, characterized by a throbbing pain in the elbow sometimes radiating to the forearm, is an inflammation of the tendons attached to the epicondyles of the elbow.
The epicondyles are the "bumps" at the end of the humerus (arm bone) that serve as attachment points for the tendons of the wrist and hand muscles. When these muscles are overused, especially during repetitive movements, the tendon can weaken or become inflamed, causing elbow pain. This is how epicondylitis can develop.
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