You can be referred by your GP or other referral sources to our team of Physiotherapists.

Try the ones on the website – repeat regularly during the day, little and often ( X5- 10 Repetitions , x3-5 / day)

Tennis elbow is often a self-limiting condition, which means it will eventually get better without treatment, but this could take up to a Year.

However, there are treatment options that can be used to improve your symptoms and speed up your recovery.

• Avoid activities that provoke pain, such as repeated / repetitive movements where possible.
• Do not however stop moving your arm completely – try to continue with normal daily activities
• Use an ice pack (frozen bag of peas) wrapped in a damp t-towel for 10 minutes x 3 times a day
• Seek GP advice on medication such as simple analgesia or anti-inflammatories
• Seek Physiotherapy advice for appropriate treatment and guided rehabilitation
• Surgery may be used as a last resort to remove the damaged part of the tendon.
• Most cases of tennis elbow last between six months and two years. However, in about 9 out of 10 cases, a full recovery is made within a year.

Tennis elbow is a common musculoskeletal condition.  It’s estimated that as many as one in three people have tennis elbow at any given time.

Each year in the UK, about five in every 1,000 people go to see their GP about tennis elbow.

The condition usually affects adults and is more common in people who are 40-60 years of age.  Men and women are equally affected.

You may notice pain on the outer aspect of the forearm near the “bend” of the elbow during functional activities such as;

• Lifting an object or bending the elbow
• When gripping objects
• With twisting movements, such as wringing out a flannel or opening a jar
• Fully straightening your elbow

• Often this is “Tennis Elbow” clinically known as lateral epicondylitis (inflammation of the outer part of the elbow where the common tendon for 7 fore-arm muscles attaches)
• It often occurs following strenuous overuse or the muscles and tendons of the forearm, near the elbow joint