{"id":176,"date":"2026-07-22T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/conditions\/tennis-elbow\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T08:18:44","slug":"tennis-elbow","status":"publish","type":"afectiuni","link":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/conditions\/tennis-elbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pinpoint pain on the outer elbow bone that flares when you shake hands, lift a kettle or carry bags? Lateral epicondylitis \u2014 &#8220;tennis elbow&#8221; \u2014 is the most common form of elbow pain, and for most patients the culprit is not sport but repetitive hand work.<\/p>\n<h2>What is tennis elbow?<\/h2>\n<p>The tendons of the muscles that extend your wrist and fingers attach at the lateral epicondyle. Under repetitive overload this attachment develops micro-damage and degeneration (tendinopathy) \u2014 the characteristic pain with gripping and lifting. It is not simple &#8220;inflammation&#8221; \u2014 which is why anti-inflammatories alone do not fix it.<\/p>\n<h2>Common symptoms<\/h2>\n<p>Pain on the outer elbow when shaking hands, lifting palm-down, pouring, opening jars; weaker grip; pain running down the forearm; pinpoint tenderness on the epicondyle.<\/p>\n<h2>Common causes<\/h2>\n<p>Repetitive grip-and-twist movements (mouse and keyboard, screwdrivers, cooking, gardening, racquet sports with poor technique or equipment), sudden volume increases, unprepared forearm muscles and a C6\u2013C7 neck component sustaining symptoms.<\/p>\n<h2>Can it be treated without surgery?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes \u2014 the progressive extensor-loading programme (isometric \u2192 eccentric \u2192 functional) is the best-evidenced treatment. Cortisone injections give short-term relief but poorer one-year results; surgery is reserved for cases refractory to 6\u201312 months of correct treatment.<\/p>\n<h2>How we treat tennis elbow at Medicine Park<\/h2>\n<p>We assess the elbow, forearm, shoulder and cervical spine, then build your loading programme, adding manual therapy, dry needling for the extensors, a short-term counterforce brace if useful, and ergonomic adjustments (mouse, tools, technique). You keep working \u2014 intelligently dosed. All in English.<\/p>\n<h2>How long does recovery take?<\/h2>\n<p>Recent cases: 6\u20138 weeks. Chronic ones: 3+ months of consistency, with progress measured on grip strength.<\/p>\n<h2>When to seek help<\/h2>\n<p>If every workday reignites elbow pain for more than two weeks, book an assessment. Your first assessment at Medicine Park is free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pain on the outside of your elbow with gripping? Tennis elbow is treated without surgery through progressive loading. Free first assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"regiune":[7],"class_list":["post-176","afectiuni","type-afectiuni","status-publish","hentry","regiune-elbow-wrist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afectiuni\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afectiuni"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/afectiuni"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afectiuni\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/afectiuni\/176\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regiune","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicinepark.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regiune?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}