Month: January 2019

You may not be a tennis player. But that does not mean that you will never have tennis elbow. Rather it has become almost a common disease among the adults at some stage of life. With the increase of the inflictment, tennis elbow treatment has become more available. As a matter of fact, the name tennis elbow has been derived from tennis itself as this problem previously used to be frequent among the tennis players. This is also known as golfer’s elbow. At the very initial stage the treatment mandates proper rest and stopping of all activities that cause pain around the elbow. But in a later stage the tennis elbow treatment cure is all about cortisone injections and often surgery. Since this disease can not be diagnosed by any pathological test, it is very necessary to understand the nature of your elbow pain and to describe it to the doctor. Diagnosis is simply based on this description. So, whenever you feel a pain around your elbow, see a doctor.

Now, what is tennis elbow?

Tennis elbow is actually a pain in elbow muscle which is generally thought to be caused by overuse of arm and forearm muscles. According to medical definition, it is an injury in the muscle and the tendon area of the elbow. Over work consisting of repeated movements of the elbow area develop tears in the tendons and that is why movement becomes painful. Since, it is caused by over work, over use and over exercise, dominant hands are likely to be affected by it. So, if a right handed person develops tennis elbow, it must be in his right hand in most cases. Tennis elbow symptoms include pain around the outside of the elbow which increases slowly. The pain becomes sharp at the time of performing activities that involve the participation of the elbow. Even, holding a cup may seem to be painful at the time. Shaking hands is more painful. Lifting something becomes almost next to impossible. Understanding these symptoms is very crucial because most often people tend to overlook the symptoms as normal elbow pain as they refuse to understand the facet that anyone can develop it.

It is obvious that tennis players are more prone to develop this pain than others. But, athletes too have a tendency. Apart from that household jobs that need one to move heavy machines and tools may result in tennis elbow. Even moving the mouse continuously may get you this pain. Along with an acutely increasing pain, inflammation is likely to happen in the primary stage. If you are experiencing such a pain and have not yet visited a physician, you can apply ice to the paining area to get relief instantly from the pain as well as from the inflammation. After the pain being diagnosed, doctors advise to take proper rest. But if you are an athlete and need to perform your sports, you can take help of proper sports tools. Tennis elbow cure actually depends on the age of the person. The profession and the extent of the disease are also taken care of before the treatment is started for tennis elbow cure.

Who remembers John McEnroe’s famous “You cannot be serious!” rant at Wimbledon 1981 when disputing a close line call with the officials? That, and many other similar incidents involving any number of other players throughout the years have provided an interesting sideshow to the tennis action. But when was the last time you saw such a heated exchange over a close line call?

Not for a couple of years, I’m willing to bet. The reason? The adoption of the Hawk-Eye computer system which tracks the position of the ball and is able to display instant replays of where each shot lands in the case of disputed line calls. At the start of each set, each player is allocated two chances to challenge a call which they believe to be incorrect and get instant objective feedback that demonstrates whether the ball was in or out. If the challenge is upheld the call is overruled and the player retains the challenge; otherwise the player loses one challenge.

This now forces players to either “put up or shut up” when it comes to line calls. If the player genuinely believes the call to be wrong he or she can dispute it in a legitimate way and either be vindicated immediately or have the call confirmed. The result may at times genuinely shock the player – but it’s not surprising that he or she will sometimes believe a ball to favour them simply because they desperately need it to, regardless of whether it actually does or not.

Either way, having objective proof that the umpire and line judges are not out to get them can help players channel their thoughts and energy into the match rather than directing it at the officials, and can also help the line judges to call it as they see it and not allow themselves to be intimidated by the players.

The fact that there is now a legitimate process for dealing with disputes also undermines the negative tactics of players who in the past may have gotten away with causing an on-court disturbance for no other reason than to disrupt their opponent’s rhythm, regardless of whether the player truly believed the call to be wrong. Many have used such underhand tactics to great effect to unsettle their opponent, and in my opinion there is no room in tennis for subtle cheating of this kind.

For these reasons I believe the adoption of this technology to be a good development and one that enhances rather than detracts from the wonderful game of tennis.