4 Tennis Elbow Exercises To Strengthen Your Elbow Fast

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Get 4 tennis elbow exercises that will help strengthen your elbow and forearm muscles to help jump start your recovery from tennis elbow.

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Tennis elbow pain is

becoming increasingly

common around the world.

Tennis elbow pain is

becoming increasingly

common around the world.

As a result more and more

sufferers are seeking

treatment for their injury.

I personally believe that one of

the biggest factors for this

increase is due to computer

use, which over-uses the

forearm muscles and

repetitively aggravates the

tendons in your elbow.

Luckily, exercises like the

ones I am going to show you

can treat virtually any elbow

injury and not just tennis

elbow.

Tennis elbow conditions

usually build up over months,

if not years, before they

actually cause pain.

This is especially true of

tennis elbow. You may only

have suffered from tennis

elbow for a few weeks, but in

reality, it is likely to have been

building up for months before

you actually feel the pain.

As a result, many elbow

conditions such as tennis

elbow become chronic and

severe which can last for

months or even years.

As a result, many elbow

conditions such as tennis

elbow become chronic and

severe which can last for

months or even years.

And I’m sure you don’t want

that!

This is why you must take

proactive measures right now

today to stop your tennis

elbow from getting any worse

so your condition doesn’t

continue on for months or

even years.

Before we get into the best

exercises for tennis elbow

Before we get into the best

exercises for tennis elbow

There are some “red flags”

associated with elbow pain

which may indicate a warning

sign of more serious going on

with your elbow.

If you find that any of these

red flags are relevant to you,

check your elbow pain

with your doctor before

starting these tennis elbow

exercises:

1) Elbow and/or arm pain

associated with

breathlessness,

chest pains or in persons with

a history of cardiovascular

disease. Go to hospital

straight away.

2) Elbow pain which shoots

from the neck down into the

arm, potentially indicates

nerve entrapment. You may

have a loss of sensation in

your affected arm/hand and/or

weakness of your affected

arm/hand performing certain

movements.

3) History of malignancy or

symptoms/signs consistent

with weight loss, deformity,

mass or swelling (especially

under the armpit or breast) or

abdominal discomfort or

swelling.

4) Elbow pain associated with

a prolonged fever, a feeling of

lethargy or accompanied with

widespread joint and muscle

aching.

5) A change in elbow contour,

especially after trauma, which

may indicate a dislocation.

5) A change in elbow contour,

especially after trauma, which

may indicate a dislocation.

6) Elbow pain directly related

to eating food, or soon after

eating food.

Now that we have addressed 6

red flags as to why you

shouldn’t start the exercises,

let's get straight to the 4

tennis elbow exercises you

can start with right now:

1) Forearm extensor stretch

1) Forearm extensor stretch

– Raise your affected arm to

about 90 degrees (in line with

your shoulder)

1) Forearm extensor stretch

– Raise your affected arm to

about 90 degrees (in line with

your shoulder)

Turn your hand so that your

thumb is pointing down

Bend your wrist

Bend your wrist

With the unaffected hand,

increase the stretch in the

forearm

Bend your wrist

With the unaffected hand,

increase the stretch in the

forearm

Hold the stretch for 15

seconds and do it 3 times a

day.

2) Strength training

2) Strength training. This can

help heal your arms and

prevent further injury.

2) Strength training. This can

help heal your arms and

prevent further injury.

Place your arm on a bench,

table or armrest and use a

light weight or soup can.

Now curl your wrist and bring

it towards you.

Now curl your wrist and bring

it towards you.

Perform 10 to 15 repetitions

everyday.

Now curl your wrist and bring

it towards you.

Perform 10 to 15 repetitions

everyday.

Do more sets as the pain

subsides.

3) Finger strengthening

exercise

3) Finger strengthening

exercise

Use an elastic band to loop

around the fingers of your

affected arm.

Try to open your fingers out

against the resistance.

Try to open your fingers out

against the resistance.

Perform 10-15 repetitions, 3

times a day.

4) Ball squeeze exercise

4) Ball squeeze exercise

For this you will need a stress

or tennis ball which you can

squeeze that provides some

kind of resistance.

Simply squeeze the ball and

hold for 3 seconds and then

release.

Perform this exercise for 10-15

repetitions 3 times a day.

Perform this exercise for 10-15

repetitions 3 times a day.

This squeezing technique will

help to strengthen your

injured extensor tendons.

Now If you want to learn the

most advanced 5 exercises

that you can do to speed up

your recovery time from your

nagging injury

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