• Pain about 1-2 cm down from bony area at the outside of the elbow (lateral epicondyle)
• Weakness in the wrist with difficulty doing simple tasks such as opening a door handle or shaking hands with someone.
• Pain on the outside of the elbow when the hand is bent back (extended) at the wrist against resistance.
• Pain on the outside of the elbow when trying to straighten the fingers against resistance.
• Pain when pressing (palpating) just below the lateral epicondyle on the outside of the elbow..

Other injuries and conditions with similar symptoms :

• The symptoms for this injury are very similar to Entrapment of the radial nerve which we recommend you also have a look at.
• It is important to have the neck examined as well as elbow pain can be referred from problems in this region. See the neck pain page for further details.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 10:36 am and is filed under Tennis Elbow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.