WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: - Tennis elbow, also called lateral
epicondylitis, is a condition that causes pain in your elbow
area. The elbow is a joint where your upper arm bone (humerus)
meets your two lower arm bones (radius and ulna). The bones in
your elbow joint are held together with ligaments. The muscles
that surround your elbow joint are connected to bone by cords of
tissue called tendons. There also are blood vessels and nerves
found in and near your elbow joint. Caregivers believe tennis
elbow is caused by overusing the muscles in your forearm. Fast
repeated arm movements can lead to inflammation (swelling) and
small tears in your tendon. Overuse of the muscles leading to
tennis elbow is common in tennis players and manual labor
workers. - The pain from tennis elbow is often felt in the area
of your lateral epicondyle. The lateral epicondyle is the bony
end of your humerus that you can feel on the outer side of your
elbow. The tendon that connects your muscles to your lateral
epicondyle is the extensor t