Tennis Players pretty much know that it’s their backhand swings that cause Tennis Elbow. If it’s not common knowledge, it’s close to it.
What exactly is happening with that backhand swing that is causing the problem?
There is a lot of effort in the world of tennis to learn how to have an efficient, ergonomic backhanded swing. It is true that if you swing wrong it creates more strain in the muscles of your forearm that connect to the elbow, and better ergonomics can indeed help a player go longer before developing pain and limitation.
The simple truth is, if you strain your muscle too much, you’re going to have problems. It doesn’t matter what muscles, it’s a rule. Some structures can take more strain than others, but it’s all relative to the structure. The muscles on the back of the hand side of the forearm are particularly designed to only be able to take so much, and a strong backhand can be too much for many people.
There are of course many variables, but let’s keep it simple. Too much use causes too much strain causes the body to react in a certain way, that causes Tennis Elbow. The cause is simple. The cure is just as simple.
So what exactly is happening that causes Tennis Elbow?
1. The action of a backhanded swing causes the muscles on the back-of-the-hand-side of the forearm to fire and contract intensely.
2. This exerts pressure on the tendons and other connective tissue. This pressure causes strain and negative effects at the elbow end much more than the hand end of the forearm.
3. With enough pressure, and enough repeated strain, irritation and tiny microtears happen in the tendon and connective tissue in the area.
4. Also, every time you fire a muscle, the muscle retains a certain amount of that contraction. This means that over time, the muscles get tighter and tighter and tighter. This puts more tension on the tendons, and constant pressure. Even when you are sleeping. Constant tension.
5. The body kicks in an Inflammation Response. This releases chemicals which enhance your sensitivity to pain. This effectively makes your muscles even tighter.
6. Tight muscles get less circulation in and out, which turns into soreness and ache and pain.
7. You continue to play even though it aches, and later, even though it hurts.
8. These and other variables conspire to make more pain and then keep the pain in place. There is A LOT going on under the skin, it is quite a complex mechanism that makes Tennis Elbow and makes it stay.
We’d like it to just heal and go away, but it rarely happens that way. And mostly we blame the swing for our elbow pain.
It’s not really the backhands fault, it’s that we don’t know how to reverse all the effects of constantly stressing our tendons. It’s easy to keep Tennis Elbow pain away, even when playing as much tennis as you want, when you have the RIGHT information.
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