What is Tennis Elbow | Symptoms And Treatment

What is Tennis Elbow?

You all must be aware of this condition "tennis elbow". What is it? How does it occur? Some people have confusion that it only occurs to the sportsperson involved in tennis sports. But is that really true? This blog will clear all your doubts related to this condition.

Tennis elbow is also called as lateral epicondylitis. It occurs due to the wear and tear of the forearm and wrist muscles. The origin of pain is from the muscles that are coming from the lateral epicondyle i.e. the outer part of the elbow. Due to the repeated use of forearm  and wrist muscles, the tendons become inflamed thus causing pain and tenderness on the lateral aspect of elbow.

It not only occurs in athletes but other professionals also, who have stringent involvement of their forearm and wrist like plumbers, carpenters, painters, cooks, weight lifters etc. It is also commonly seen in ladies because of their household chores like wringing clothes, kitchen activities, lifting of heavy utensils or bucket. In athletes tennis elbow occurs because of playing with poor backhand stroke technique Nowadays it is occurring in any group but mainly seen from 25 years-60 years.

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What is Osteoarthritis | Symptoms and Exercises

What exactly is osteoarthritis? How do we describe it? Osteoarthritis is a degenerative inflammatory joint disease caused due to heredity, aging, obesity, or as consequence of some trauma. It occurs when the joints rub against each other causing wear and tear of the cartilage. It can be seen in any joint like hip, knee, elbow, CMC, ankle but most commonly knee joint is affected. Do you know these days this condition is increasing rapidly? Do you know the fact that earlier this arthritis was seen mainly after the age of 55-60 years, but now it is seen in early ages after 40 years?

Every second patient visiting me in my hospital is suffering from it. Mainly women are more affected than men. Why is it so? It is mainly because of the posture of females. They have a wider pelvis as compared to that of men which puts them under more risk. After menopause also, chances of osteoarthritis increases more in females.

How do we diagnose this disease? It can be done by simply physically examining the patient; noticing its signs, and through X-ray or MRI where osteophytes or extra bone formation is seen in either femur, tibia or patella or in all the three bones.
 Source: MedicineNet

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Home Exercises for Frozen Shoulder | Self Exercises

By now all of you know that in the frozen shoulder the mobility of the shoulder joint gets restricted with pain accompanying it, and if it is not treated properly and timely; it can cause severe problem i.e the shoulder can get permanently frozen. To get relief from its symptoms, not only the therapist performs the maneuvers, but the patient has to show co-operation along with them.

 Now you must be thinking that what can we do? or how can we cooperate? So the answer is simply doing your "homework". It means your set of home exercises which helps in improving your range of motion. Your recovery also depends upon how much homework you are doing.

So, if you are suffering from frozen shoulder, don't restrict your movement. Always keep moving it, so that the condition further does not worsen up. You will have to come out of your comfort zone to get proper healing. In this blog, I will be dealing with a few home exercises you can do to achieve your target.

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What is Frozen Shoulder | Symptoms And Treatment

What is Frozen Shoulder? What are its causes? How can you I cure it? So, guys, you will get the answers to all your questions in my blog. As you all must be aware that this condition is getting very common these days. Every 10th of the patient coming to me is suffering from frozen shoulder. What do I see? Most of them are women and that too between the age of 45- 60 years. Why is it so? Why its more common in females as compared to males of the same age group? It may be because of the overuse of their shoulder in all the household chores especially the women in India. The exact reason for its occurrence is still unknown. 

Adhesive Capsulitis is the other name for frozen shoulder. The shoulder capsule gets thickens, gets stiff thus causing pain and reducing the mobility of the shoulder joint. It affects mostly the one shoulder but in some cases, both the shoulders get involved.

What are the causes of frozen shoulder?

The exact cause is unknown i.e. there are no as such precipitating factors for this condition. It mostly affects the women as compared to men. Also, patients suffering from diabetes are at high risk.
It can also develop after shoulder immobilization in case of fractures, surgeries, dislocation of shoulder etc.
It often occurs in other medical problems like stroke, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, cardiac diseases and, sometimes after cervical spondylosis.

What are its symptoms?

•  Dull, aching and diffuse pain in and around the shoulder joint and sometimes in the upper arm. It worsens mostly at night when the patient tries to sleep on the affected side.
• Stiffness
• The patient is unable to lift the arm up completely, unable to do combing.
• Difficulty in changing clothes and putting the hand in back pocket.
• Symptoms last from a few months to 2-3 years. It consists of 3 stages-

          Freezing stage- Shoulder movement causes pain and range of motion get limited. Pain increases gradually in this stage. It lasts from 6 weeks to 9 months.

          Frozen stage- Though pain gets diminished in this stage but shoulder becomes stiffer thus limiting shoulder range of motion. It lasts for 4 to 6 months.
          Thawing stage- Shoulder range of motion gets improved and pain fades away. It takes 6             months to 2 years.

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What is the Treatment For Frozen shoulder?

1. Painkillers:

NSAIDs, like ibuprofen, Adrin, Paracetamol etc. helps to reduce pain and swelling.

2. Steroid Injection:

Cortisone, a steroid hormone is injected into the shoulder joint to alleviate pain and swelling. But its repeated use is discouraged as it causes further damage to the shoulder.

3. Physiotherapy:

Various modalities like Hot packs, Cold Packs, TENS, IFT, US etc. can be used to reduce pain and swelling. Ultrasonic(US)therapy given at a tender point to decrease the pain. Also, passive mobilization by physiotherapist helps in increasing the range of motion of the shoulder. Stretching and strengthening exercises gives a better result. Few other techniques like an active assisted range of motion, an active resisted range of motion, home exercises help in increasing the flexibility of the joint.
To know more about self-exercises read my next blog. 
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4. Surgical Treatment

Shoulder arthroscopy can be used in rare cases to remove the adhesions by inserting a small endoscope through a small incision. Also, joint manipulation is performed by a surgeon under anesthesia to move the shoulder joint.

Source:patient.info/health/frozen-shoulder-leaflet

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SELF EXERCISES IN CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS

Hey everyone in my last blog I talked about cervical spondylosis, its causes, symptoms, and few methods of treating it. Now in this blog, I will be talking specifically about the exercises by which you can help in relieving your pain; you experience in this condition.

Now you all must be thinking that can cervical spondylosis gets cured by certain exercises? So the answer to your question is that the bony changes i.e. the formation of bone spurs or the degeneration caused to your disk cannot be reverted but Yes you get relief from your pain by performing certain sets of exercises and you can lead a normal life free from all the hassles you face during this condition.

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What Is Cervical Spondylosis? | Treatments And Symptoms

Cervical spondylosis also called as arthritis of the neck, is related to age-related, wear and tear changes that occur over time. Mostly it occurs over the age of 60 years and above.

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