How to Prevent and or Recover from Tennis & Golf Elbow

Tennis/golfer elbow, more officially known as lateral/medial epicondylitis is completely preventable and reversible. It by no means is only a product of too much tennis or golf; it can occur anytime you repetitively stress your forearms for a long period of time. It can be prevented by

• Avoid repetitive movement, the body despises it. Duh
• Be sure to mobilize your wrist and lengthen the tissues in your forearm after performing any activity that is repetitively straining on the forearm.
• Perform self massage on a regular basis to keep tissue layers hydrated and sliding across one another.
• Drink enough water focus on eating “anti-inflammatory” food such as olive oil, almonds, avocados, cod liver oil. Think Omega-3 fatty acids to reduce inflammation.
• Keep shoulders and neck relaxed; if you have tension above it will lurk below as well.

The key is to challenge our bodies on a very regular basis with a variety of functional and fun movements. Ditch the exercise machines!

Think of dynamic movement as your pump and your tissues as a pond. We need a powerful pump to circulate the whole system on a regular basis. Repetition leads to stagnation, which leads to dysfunction. Mix it up