The Myth Of Tennis Elbow “Inflammation” – And Why You Can Stop “Fighting” It

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Research has unequivocally shown that chronic Tennis Elbow is usually NOT inflammatory in nature, so isn’t it high time to abandon the inflammation-fighting approach – And the myth it’s based on?

TennisElbowClassroom‘s insight:

Medical researchers have been reporting for decades that Tennis Elbow (at least in its chronic form) is rarely an inflammatory condition, and that the terms ‘TendonITIS’ and ‘EpicondylITIS’ are misnomers – but is anyone listening? Are the prescriptions for anti-inflammatories and the Cortisone shots decreasing? Does the "Left hand" of medicine know what the "Right hand" is doing and writing?

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