How Tennis Elbow Can Be Helped By Acupuncture

Tennis elbow is typically a sports/activity based injury that is the direct result of the overuse of muscles, tendons, and ligaments putting an unnatural and excessive strain on your elbow and forearm. While this injury is typically seen on active tennis players, hence the name, the issue can affect anyone that is used to a repetitive motion putting stress on their forearms during work, especially if your job has you coding or working very fine machinery for long hours. Some hobbies can even lead to tennis elbow such as knitting or crocheting. 

How can acupuncture help with tennis elbow? Most treatments that are prescribed by medical doctors involve a spectrum of options ranging from over-the-counter medications to surgeries, depending on how severe the issue is. While anti-inflammatory medications do a good job at reducing pain, the problem is that long term prescription drug use, even over the counter ones, put a strain on other places in your body, mainly your filtering organs such as liver and kidneys. Surgeries can often be pricey and sometimes risky, involve the use of even stronger prescription drugs during post-op physical therapy, and physical therapy may take months. These solutions all breed newer issues long term. 

Acupuncture is a much more safe and holistic approach to the problem of tennis elbow. Sports acupuncture can help reduce the causes and symptoms of tennis elbow by stimulating the energy and blood circulation around the area of interest, as well as the reduction of inflammation and lactic acid build-up which contributes to stiffness and pain. Over time, this inflammation goes down and stays down, making the treatment more preventative. Alongside recommended exercise habits, stretching techniques, holistic herbs, ointments, and supplements, and some recommended dietary changes, our expert team of acupuncture physicians will be able to help guide you through your healing so that you can continue doing what you love doing with no fear of pain or discomfort impeding you!

Call Acupuncture and Holistic Health Center today at (904) 296-9545 and schedule your consultation today! 

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