Determine tennis elbow mainly based on symptoms, physical examination, auxiliary examination to determine whether it is a tennis elbow.
1. Symptoms: pain on the outside of the elbow joint, pain when making a fist or stretching the wrist, pain aggravated by sweeping the floor or wringing out a towel. Some people may experience elbow popping when they move their elbow joints.
2. Physical examination: there is obvious pressure pain on the lateral side of the elbow joint, and obvious pain caused by stretching the extensor tendon.
3. Auxiliary examination: MRI examination of the elbow joint can find edema of the forearm extensor muscles and the surrounding soft tissues, tendon degeneration, partial rupture or complete rupture.
These are the main points to confirm the diagnosis of tennis elbow, pain should pay attention to rest, reduce elbow joint activities, take ultrasound physiotherapy or shock wave treatment, application of blood-activating pain-relieving drugs, such as panax ginseng injury tablets, serious need for surgery.
If you have elbow pain and are not sure if it is tennis elbow, it is recommended to go to the hospital.