Tennis elbow, also known as epicondylitis of the humerus, is a self-limiting condition and mild tennis elbow can usually be treated without medication or injections. Severe symptoms need to be treated with physical therapy, medication and surgery. Tennis elbow is an aseptic inflammation at the junction of the extensor tendon of the forearm and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus due to trauma and chronic strain injury. Common symptoms are pain at the outer side of the elbow and weakening of the grip strength, and pain in rotating and exerting oneself with great force (e.g. wringing out a towel). It is a self-limiting disease, and most of the time it can be cured by resting and applying hot compresses, etc., with a good prognosis in general. Mild tennis elbow should rest in daily life, try to avoid lifting heavy objects and other actions, wear protective gear, hot compresses on the elbow joint every night, under the guidance of the doctor for elbow joint function rehabilitation exercises, especially the wrist extension muscle pulling exercises, no drugs and no injections can be gradually recovered. Severe cases can affect daily activities, the purpose of treatment is to control pain, mainly conservative treatment, 90% of tennis elbow can be relieved by rest, hot compresses and other physical therapy and oral ibuprofen and other pain medication. If conservative treatment is ineffective and the symptoms seriously affect daily life, surgery can be performed, such as local tendon release surgery. If you suffer from tennis elbow with obvious symptoms, you should go to the hospital in time and follow the doctor’s instructions to carry out standardized treatment, do not use your own medication and treatment, so as to avoid delaying the condition.