How to Prevent Epicondylitis

It is always better to prevent tennis elbow or golfer's elbow rather than try to fix them after they happen, however that is not always the situation. In any case, there are a number of things you can do to keep your elbow, wrist and forearm healthy and prevent further damage.

Stabilize Your Elbow Joint

Build Strength and Flexibility

To stabilize your elbow joint and preserve your range of motion, maintain and build the strength and flexibility of your forearm, upper arm and shoulder muscles and tendons.

Strengthening and stretching exercises will help to keep your arm strong and supple, which will prevent further injuries. Also, a regular exercise program that focuses on total body fitness will keep you healthy overall.

Avoid doing too much to soon to give your body an opportunity to build up its endurance, especially when starting a new activity. Gradually increase your participation to prevent overstraining your muscles. Remember to always warm up and cool down your forearm muscles before and after working them.

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Use Correct Technique

Prevent Injury by Utilizing Your Whole Body

Learn and practice proper form and techniques to prevent injuries by utilizing your total body when possible, for example swinging a racquet with your whole arm rather than just your wrist.

Keep your wrist in a neutral and/or slightly rigid position, and use your stronger upper arm muscles, rather than smaller forearm muscles when lifting or twisting.

This is especially important when participating in something new such as a racquet sport, swimming, weightlifting, or throwing sports.

Choose appropriate equipment for your body type, the size and weight of your equipment and tools definitely makes a difference.

Wrist, Elbow and Forearm Pain

If you are suffering from wrist, elbow or forearm pain, decrease, modify and/or avoid any repetitive motions that cause irritation (usually twisting or gripping actions).

If you are required to perform these motions at work or play and can not avoid them, make sure you take frequent breaks and rest your arm to prevent fatigue.

Treat Your Tendon

With Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy

You can help your body repair itself by speeding its natural healing process with Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy.

During normal activities, the movement promotes blood flow through our body. Our body responds to the movement by sending oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the muscles, joints, tendons and other soft tissue in the body.

When at rest, the blood flow to your tendons is greatly reduced. Unfortunately, when your tendon is injured it requires rest but it also needs the blood flow to promote the healing process. Since you can't work your tendon without danger of further injury, you need to stimulate the blood flow another way.

Our innovative Inferno Wrap™ gives you the best Blood Flow Stimulation Therapy available. The Inferno Wrap™ creates energy waves that stimulate blood flow by penetrating through the outer layers of your body. The energy waves reach deep into your muscles, tendons and cartilage, reducing your pain as they heal the inner tissue.

An Inferno Wrap™ gives you unparalleled blood flow stimulation to your injured tendon. Other therapy products can not come close to offering the comfortable, contoured fit and targeted energy treatment an Inferno Wrap™ provides.

Now you can reduce your pain and heal yourself anywhere with the comfortable, light weight Inferno Wrap™.

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Ultrasound Therapy

Relax Tissue and Reduce Scar Tissue

Ultrasound therapy can be performed at home with a portable ultrasound device on a regular basis. If you have chronic epicondylitis symptoms, using ultrasound on a regular basis before your activity will help:

• Relax the tissue
• Prepare your forearm muscles for action
• Reduce scar tissue
• Help diminish pain and inflammation after your activity

If you suffer from mild inflammation or pain after certain activities or movements, implement URICE - use ultrasound therapy when you complete the activity, then rest your arm, apply a cold pack, compress and elevate your arm. You can also use anti-inflammatory medication for pain if required.

If you have been given a treatment plan by your health professional, make sure you adhere to it to ensure pain free living. In general, people who are committed to their therapies and exercises will have the best medical outcomes.

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Cold Compression

Freezie Wraps™: Flexible, Ice Cold and Supportive

Cold Compression Freezie Wraps™ are recommended as the best by several professional sports organizations, and countless medical professionals.

We have noticed over time that our customers are so fond of our Freezie Wraps™ that they are frequently coming back and ordering a second one to ensure they always have one in the freezer while wearing the other.

The wraps are becoming very popular with baseball and tennis trainers, and the wraps can be conveniently stored in a cooler for quick application on the field when needed.

If you suffer from mild inflammation or pain after certain activities or movements use ultrasound therapy when you complete the activity and then rest and elevate your elbow.

Limit the application of ultrasound to a couple of treatments per day (the manual will recommend treatment frequency depending upon the injury). In between ultrasound treatments use the Freezie Wrap™ to maximize your pain relief and injury recovery.

If you have been given a treatment plan by your health professional, make sure you adhere to it to ensure pain free living. In general, people who are committed to their therapies and exercises will have the best medical outcomes.

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