Imagine waking up one morning with a slight pain in your elbow. You tell yourself it’s no big deal‚ that it will go away on its own‚ and continue on with your normal everyday activities. But oddly‚ the pain doesn’t go away and instead‚ continuously gets worse. Now you decide you need to rest your arm and manage for a few days brushing your teeth‚ writing‚ and handling food with your left hand. Then‚ you run into a friend who reaches out his right hand and you absentmindedly return the gesture. The
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Tennis elbow typically presents itself with pain on the outer part of the elbow. Common symptoms include radiating pain from the outside of the elbow‚ pain when extending the wrist or gripping objects or a weakness in the forearm. Tennis elbow can be prevented by utilizing stretches and exercises. Following are some practical ways to prevent tennis elbow: Strengthen forearm muscles: Increased muscular strength increases the stability of joints such as the elbow. This includes stretching your arm
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Tennis Elbow ResearvhAshleigh Perriatt March 08‚ 2013 Sports Medicine III 6th period Tennis Elbow What is Tennis Elbow? Tennis elbow or also known as lateral epicondylitis is a very painful condition where the tendons are attached to the bone laterally of the elbow. The tendon is basically a fastener for the muscles to the bone. This is common in most adults whom play sport and young adults. It is an overuse injury in the lateral part of the elbow. It occurs at common extensor tendon that
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Why should you do a tennis elbow test? Lateral epicondylitis‚ commonly known as Tennis Elbow‚ is a type of Tendonitis; caused as a result of damage to the tendons that connect the forearm to your elbow‚ which results in chronic pain near the elbow region. Tennis Elbow is known to affect people who extend and exert their forearms regularly and gets its name from the fact that it usually affects tennis players due to the constant swinging of the racket. Although you too are susceptible to it‚ if you
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Morgan an instructor at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke‚ Mass.‚ decided to blend elements of basketball‚ baseball‚ tennis‚ and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of Volleyball (at that time called mintonette). Morgan borrowed the net from tennis‚ and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor‚ just above the average man’s head. During a demonstration game‚ someone remarked to
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Sports Museums and Halls of Fame Sports museum: “Its collection may contain artefacts‚ documents and relics relating to ordinary mortals as well as the famous or even the infamous” (Redmond‚ 1973:p43) Hall of fame: Are attractions which specifically venerate the famous‚ the gifted or the exceptional. (Gammon‚ 2002) “Sports museums and halls of fame provide a different example of passive sport tourism likely to attract the connoisseur” (Standeven & De Knop‚ 1999:115). Halls of fame and
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affects the performance of a tennis ball. When it comes to the game of tennis it is very serious. So before going out onto the court everything has to be perfect. So many people have wondered if it is good to heat or cool a tennis ball. Well that decision is up to the player. Some of the effects of heating the tennis ball is the increase of air flow. The reason this happens is because when the temperature rises so does the pressurized air inside of the tennis ball. Which just boils down
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The Desire to be a Tennis Player Sports analysts consider tennis to be the most physically demanding sport. Since most sports require team work‚ physical conditioning is not that strict. In tennis‚ the player is forced to run for each ball during the entire match with no other help possible. Also‚ tennis does not have a time limit; it ends when someone wins two sets. In fact‚ the longest match records twelve hours duration. The skills for becoming a good tennis player are complicated
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Elbow Joint The elbow joint is a very complex hinge joint located between the distal end of the humerus in the upper region of the proximal ends of the ulna and radius. The elbow joint allows flexion and extension and rotation of the forearm and wrist. The range of motion of the elbow is limited due to the olecranon of the ulna so that elbow can only extend to 180 degrees. Like most synovial joints‚ a thin layer of articulating cartilage covers the ends of the bones to allow smooth movement.
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Tennis is a complicated intense physical sport that requires hand-eye coordination and participation of running‚ positioning‚ swinging‚ and hitting. Because of these high requirements: endurance‚ flexibility‚ and muscle-conditioning exercises are important to prevent injuries. Some tennis injuries may be random. However‚ most can be minimized or avoided entirely by proper training‚ technique‚ appropriate equipment‚ and seeking medical attention when needed. The most common injuries related with
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