Tennis elbow 5: tennis elbow & radial tunnel syndrome massage
video#003e Massage works best when we learn to "focus the pain" and thereby optimise relaxation of knots and tight bands in the muscles...
Tennis elbow & radial tunnel syndrome massage is the fifth video in our series that puts together a short daily strategy for repairing and maintaining your tennis elbow and pinched radial tunnel nerve.
Tennis elbow massage explained
Tennis elbow is a pain on the lateral bony bump of the elbow joint. If you grasp your elbow with your own hand, your first or middle finger will be over the tennis elbow sore spot. When you massage the muscles on the hairy side of your forearm (the ones that insert onto the tennis elbow pain spot), you loosen any tight bands in the muscles that insert onto the bone. This reduces the constant pull of tight bands at the insertion site and permits weak spots in the tendon insertions to heal.
Full tennis elbow series:
Tennis elbow 1: posture sets up a reliable base for arm and wrist movement
Tennis elbow 3: tennis elbow and shoulder impingement often go together
Tennis elbow 5: tennis elbow & radial tunnel syndrome massage
References
Dr Graeme: Self massage and trigger point therapy for tennis elbow (good summary and teaching article).
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