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QUESTION:  Hello,

    I need advice here and hope you may help.   I have chronic pain (tennis elbow) from my right elbow because I play of badminton three times a week. There is minor pain and tenderness on the outer side of the elbow;
There is apparent swelling out joint-area of the elbow.  I am playing badminton with elbow brace, and normally the pain will be gone after warm up.
     But recently, I have some strange sensations feeling after the game, Such as clicking, grinding from upper lateral epicondylitis area when I bended my elbow.  Those symptoms will be gone after two days of good rest. However those symptoms will came back again after I play badminton.

I am still able to left/hold more than 30lb with no pain but not for long and feel tire (feel likes lost strength). There is pain from my elbow when throwing stuff or hold a racket and swing), but no pain when I straighten or raise my wrist and hand.  No pain when I make a fist, grip an object, shake hands, or turn door handles. No lost of motion from my elbow too.  


Best regards

Wai


ANSWER: It sounds as if there is a repetitive motion injury to the elbow (lateral epicondylitis).  It can be simple tendonitis, or there may be misalignment associated with it causing the tendonitis to stay and not heal.  A good chiropractor should be able to assess and treat it, as well as setting you up in a good rehab program to help strengthen the elbow.

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QUESTION: Thanks for helpful replied, here I have couple questions will like to ask too.

1)what cause/how does sensations feeling - clicking, grinding, pop sound come up?  I am really what to know about it

2) to give time for the tendon to heal, how long (how many weeks) should I rest my elbow (without sport activity)?

plus, I am taking "triplex" for lubricate the joint, and "collagen+c" to strength ligaments, bones, joints, muscles, tendons. One of my friend told me that I should eat 3 months of the medical, then stop taking for six months and retake the medical again, is it true?

Answer
I don't feel there is a need to cycle off of taking the supplements.  The clicking, grinding, etc., are caused by undue stress from the inflammation, causing the joint to move unevenly.  With no treatment whatsoever, the tendon would heal in 6-8 weeks.  with treatment, you could conceivably go back to playing in just over a week