Natural Treatment for Tennis Elbow

It is obvious that surgery is an expensive (and not always100% effective) solution to pains and problems in the human body. Many peoplewho suffer from the symptomsof tennis elbow turn to either medication or surgery... not everconsidering the option of naturalhealing for tennis elbow and related symptoms. It is also a fact thattennis elbow is often mis-diagnosed or looked over by many doctors as thesymptoms aren't always constant.

"Tenniselbow" is actually a bit of a misnomer, as it only occurs in approximately5% of people who play tennis. This namewas given to the pains and symptoms caused by repetitive use of the muscles inthe forearm (which can happen from many different strenuous tasks) that oftendamage the tendons around the elbow. Small repetitive tasks such as vacuuming,ironing, scrubbing, painting, etc. can cause tennis elbow symptoms, as they areall repetitive tasks using the same forearm muscles. Holistic cures for tennis elbow start with diagnosing the symptomsand continue with treating the cause of those symptoms, not just treating thepain caused by symptoms.

The symptoms often experienced by those suffering fromtennis elbow include pain expanding from the outer elbow into their forearm andwrist as well as weakness in the hand that makes it difficult to grasp smallobjects, turn a doorknob, or even shake someone's hand. This pain is caused bythe straining of tendons in your forearm that are attached to the bony areas onthe outer elbow. Healing and naturaltreatments for tennis elbow are sometimes difficult to come by, which iswhy our experienced staff at Alternative Health ClinicMyrtle Beach has doctors who specialize in naturalhealing processes. A holistic health care professional or chiropractor willbe able to determine if there is a pinched nerve or misalignment in your spine,neck or shoulders that is causing pains sometimes categorized as an"overcompensation injury" or if the pain is from tendon damage in theelbow. In some cases of natural treatment for tennis elbow, a basicchiropractic adjustment may be all you really need to stop those painfulsymptoms.

Treating tennis elbowis just the first step in a process of naturalchiropractic treatments. It is important that your trigger activities arepinpointed so that you can avoid those particular strenuous activities. Naturalhealing for tennis elbow should start with your chiropractor, and at Alternative Health Clinic, we have justthe right holistic healers to help you alleviate your tennis elbow pains!