Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is a relatively common overuse injury of the elbow in people who play racquet sports, paint, weave, cut meat or perform other repetitive motions that require intense motion.   The pain of tennis elbow is recognizable by location and inability to perform certain motions with the hand and wrist.

The tendons that become inflamed with tennis elbow are actually those that anchor the muscles that control the wrist and hand.  Therefore when doing repetitive motions such as a poorly controlled back hand swing in tennis, cutting meat, weaving or even painting the tendon is stressed, becomes inflamed, swollen and causes pain.

Is there a tennis elbow home cure?  That depends upon the severity of the condition and whether there is a commitment to treatment and rehabilitation.  Like anything else in this life, nothing comes without a price.  The price of a tennis elbow home cure is time and energy as well as stopping the activities that caused the pain in the first place – at least until the pain has disappeared.

You may believe you have a problem with tennis elbow if you have pain on pressure to the outside of the elbow, pain with raising the wrist, grasping objects or turning a door knob.  If you also have swelling, inflammation, redness, heat, fever, deformity of the elbow joint, or believe that there is bone involvement you must consult a doctor immediately.  There are other conditions that may appear to be tennis elbow but the complications from these can be devastating.

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