Tennis players get it. Golfers get it. Carpenters get it. The clinical name is lateral epicondylitis, but it's commonly known as tennis elbow.
"Tennis elbow is caused by repetitive stress at the site where the muscles of the forearm attach to the elbow joint," said Brian Day, MD, an Orthopedic Surgeon. "It's very common in workers and athletes and it's very troublesome and difficult to treat."
In Vancouver, British Columbia, doctors are using a space age looking device that's called the Sonocur Basic, as an alternative to surgery and other treatments to relieve the pain of tennis elbow. It was recently approved by the FDA in the US, has been in use in Europe and Canada for about 5 years and is gaining in popularity.
"There are approximately 4 million cases of tennis elbow and only about 5 percent of those are people who really play tennis," said Anne Marie Keevins of Siemens, "so this technology, similar to that used to treat kidney stones but at much lower energy will bring relief to many individuals."
The machine sends pulses into the patient's elbow at the site of the pain, helping to deliver immediate and long-term relief from the chronic pain, by giving a slight anesthetic effect right where it hurts.
This new non-invasive technology is good news for athletes and others who suffer from tennis elbow, and who are looking for a way to get back on the courts and back into the game.
Find a health care professional who uses Sonocur Basic at the Sonorex Web site.
