{"id":10043,"date":"2025-01-22T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T10:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/?p=10043"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T10:30:01","slug":"what-is-tennis-elbow-causes-symptoms-and-the-role-of-physiotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/what-is-tennis-elbow-causes-symptoms-and-the-role-of-physiotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Tennis Elbow? Causes, Symptoms, and the Role of Physiotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lateral Epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow, is a condition characterized by pain and tenderness on the outer part of the elbow (lateral epicondyle region). This condition typically arises due to microtrauma caused by overuse or repetitive movements of the forearm muscles.<\/p>\n

Causes<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Repetitive hand and wrist movements (e.g., racket sports, writing, typing, woodworking).
\n\u2022 Overloading of muscles and tendons. \u2022 Sports activities performed with improper technique.<\/p>\n

Symptoms<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Pain and tenderness on the outer part of the elbow.
\n\u2022 Increased pain during activities like gripping, lifting weights, or holding objects.
\n\u2022 Weakness in the forearm and difficulty with movements.<\/p>\n

Role of Physiotherapy<\/strong><\/p>\n

In lateral epicondylitis, physiotherapy is a key approach to reduce pain, strengthen muscles, and improve functional capacity.<\/p>\n

Physiotherapy Methods<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Pain Control
    \n\u2022 Cold Therapy
    \n\u2022 Manual Therapy<\/li>\n
  2. Increase Muscle Strength and Flexibility<\/li>\n
  3. Posture and Biomechanical Training<\/li>\n
  4. Functional Recovery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Alongside physiotherapy, appropriate rest and avoiding aggravating activities are important for managing the condition.<\/p>\n

    Physiotherapist Erkan Topal \u2013 Atlas Therapy Mersin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Lateral Epicondylitis, commonly known as tennis elbow, is a condition characterized by pain and tenderness on the outer part of the elbow (lateral epicondyle region). This condition typically arises due to microtrauma caused by overuse or repetitive movements of the forearm muscles. Causes \u2022 Repetitive hand and wrist movements (e.g., racket sports, writing, typing, woodworking). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diseases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10046,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10043\/revisions\/10046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlasterapi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}