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Symptoms
What are the symptoms of tennis elbow?
Tennis elbow symptoms usually start gradually. The main symptom is pain. It may start with a dull aching or soreness on the outer part of the elbow that goes away within 24 hours after an activity. Over time, it may take longer for the pain to go away. Later you may feel pain with any movement, even during everyday activities, such as lifting a jug of milk. Pain may spread to the hand, the wrist, other parts of the arm, the shoulder, or the neck.
Tennis elbow pain:
- Usually occurs in the dominant arm (your right arm if you are right-handed, or left arm if you are left-handed).
- Affects the outside of the elbow (the side away from your body). Pain gets worse when that area is pressed or when you grasp or twist objects.
- May increase in the evening and make it hard to sleep. The elbow might be stiff in the morning.
- Over time may occur with mild activity, such as when you pick up a coffee cup, turn a jar lid or doorknob or key, or shake hands. Simply starting your car could hurt. You may even have pain when you aren't using your elbow.
Other parts of the arm, shoulder, and neck may also be sore or painful as the body tries to make up for the loss of elbow movement and strength.
Swelling rarely occurs with tennis elbow. If your elbow is swollen, you may have another type of condition, such as arthritis.
Radial tunnel syndrome is an unusual type of nerve entrapment that is sometimes confused with or can happen at the same time as tennis elbow.