Tennis Elbow is an inflammation disorder that can be caused by the repetitive stress injury. Due to this disorder, tendons on the outside of the elbow will be damaged. The main cause of this disease is the repeated forceful contractions of wrist muscles present on the outer forearm. The stress created, causes the tiny tears to result in inflammation. It is most commonly seen among people in the age of 20 to 40. People who are in the occupations, which require strenuous or repetitive forearm movement, such as mechanics or carpentry are the main targets. Tennis players and such as throwing a ball, bowling, golfing and skiing are also at the risk of getting the tennis elbow. Its symptoms include pain on outside the elbow, pain due to straightening of fingers and wrist, pain when lifting the objects, tenderness outside the elbow, pain while forming a fist, weakness and stiffness and sporadic pain. The tennis elbow can be detected observing symptoms through a medical history and physical examination. For mild cases, home remedies such as icing and heating can be used. For severe cases, physician may recommend medication, steroid injection, ultrasound treatment, physical therapy and rarely surgery.
Cortisones and Tennis Elbow
Cortisone is a natural steroid secreted by the adrenal gland. This steroid is released into the blood stream and is a short-term steroid. Cortisones are used as the inflammatory drugs in treating the tennis elbow. Synthetic cortisones are not injected into the blood streams but into the affected area of inflammation. These are the long-term steroids. Many synthetic types of cortisone are available such as Celestone, Kenelog, etc in the market. Cortisones are not meant for pain relief. They are just anti-inflammatory medications. One can sense that pain is reduced, but pain is decreased due to reduction in the inflammation. When the cortisones are injected into the inflammatory area, a high concentration can be given along with reduction in side-effects.
Features of Cortisone
There is no hard rule on the quantity of cortisones injections. However, physicians may not recommend more than three. According to practical limitations, if a cortisone injection does not help in healing the inflammation area, then frequent use of this injection may not be helpful. Also the repeated cortisone injections increase the risk of potential side effects such as weakening of tendons and softening of cartilage. Due to this reason, physicians may limit on the number of cortisone injections.
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