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A member asked:
Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about tennis elbow.
9 doctors weighed in across 7 answers
Ignore: Ask your doctor about how your elbow feels aggravated when you move it a certain way over and over again.
Answered 4/22/2014
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Ignore: Give a good,detailed historyThis will improve the chances of discovering the cause( to be eliminated.
Answered 7/2/2014
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Ask: Ask for tennis elbow splint and anti-inflammatories, should resolve in 2-3 weeks.
Answered 7/30/2014
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Ignore: Show me the wrist flexions, show me wrist extensions. How to stretch and how to rest. Does ice help?
Answered 12/23/2014
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Ignore: With tennis elbow, ask your doc about treatments that cure the problem, not just reduce symptoms.
Answered 8/27/2016
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Ask: Ask your doc if a steroid injection is expected to cure the problem or just temporarily relieve pain.
Answered 6/9/2017
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An: An ultrasound-guided percutaneous tenotomy is minimally-invasive option for chronic tennis elbow.
Answered 2/10/2018
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