Lateral Epicondylitis

Diagnosis/Definition

• An overuse injury involving the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, the wrist and finger extensor muscles and the supinator muscles.

Initial Diagnosis and management

• History of sudden overload to wrist or finger extensors or the supinators.
• Physical examination.
• Tenderness over the lateral epicondyle of humerus.
• Pain with use of the wrist or finger extensors or supinators.
• Pain with resistance to the finger or wrist extensors or the supinator muscles.
• Loss of function of wrist or finger extension or palpable gap in the muscle.
• History of chronic use of the wrist or finger extensors or supinators.

Ongoing Management and Objective

• Flexibility exercises for wrist and finger extensors and supinator muscles
• Strengthening exercises for wrist and finger extensor and supinator muscles.
• Physical therapy procedures
• Proper conditioning

Indication a profile is needed

• Any limitations that affect strength, range of motion, and general efficiency of upper arms.
• Slightly limited mobility of joints, muscular weakness, or other musculo-skeletal defects that may prevent hand-to-hand fighting and disqualifies for prolonged effort.
• Defects or impairments that require significant restriction of use