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Two
common injuries associated with over use of the elbow and connective soft
tissue are "tennis elbow" and "golfers elbow". These
injuries are generally accompanied by inflammation of the tendons and
muscles around the elbow normally caused by unaccustomed, excessive and
repetitive activities. If pain is felt on the outer side of the elbow, the
condition is commonly called "tennis elbow". If the pain is
occurs on the inner side of the elbow, it is referred to as "golfers
elbow".
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Treatment
for these conditions are rest, cold therapy (cryotherapy)
and elevation every three hours for approximately 20-25 minutes until pain
or swelling subsides.
Effective
products to manage tennis or golfers elbow are cryotherapy
cold packs, universal size tennis elbow
compression strap w/pad, and BioFreeze™,
a topical anti-inflammatory ointment to relieve injured or over exercised
soft tissue.
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