What Causes Tennis Elbow?

Basically, any repetitive motion of the forearm or arm causes tennis elbow. Many people who get tennis elbow are desk warriors, sports players of all kinds (squash, racquetball, etc.), Japanese style swordsmen, and day laborers.  Any activity that calls for extended use of the forearm and/or elbow can do the deed.

If you have tennis elbow and don’t want to stress it, try to mix up your activities.  Don’t do an entire weeks’ worth of laundry for your family all at one time, which will be the same sort of movements over and over.  Rather, brake up your workload into smaller, more varied chunks.  This will put less stress on that tendon at one time, give it more time to recover from the small amount of exertion you put it through and lessen the impact of whatever causes your tennis elbow. 

If you elbow tendonitis is sport or hobby related, try to take a little break.  You can also use various home remedies once you’ve figured out that it is indeed tennis elbow, or use alternative treatments if it’s another condition that just seems to be tennis elbow.