When you hear someone talk about swimmer’s ear, you think ear infection from water getting in the ear canal. You don’t need to be a swimmer to get water in your ear. If you get an ear infection, you wouldn’t ignore it because you don’t swim. You would go to the doctor!
The same can be said for tennis elbow. Just because you don’t play tennis, or any racquet sport for that matter, doesn’t mean you can’t develop tennis elbow. In fact, 95% of all cases are people who aren’t tennis players.
People between the ages of 35 and 55 are the most commonly affected by tennis elbow. Unfortunately, many people just think that it is just the aches and pains of getting older. This can be a problem. If you ignore the symptoms, they can worsen. If you wait too long, by the time you actually go to a doctor, it can take years to fix. Financially it can take a toll as well, as you find yourself handing over hundreds of dollars to find a cure. So before you wake up and can’t stretch your arm out or open the door on your own, here are some symptoms you should look out for.
At first, you may just feel a little tender in the elbow area. From there, it may progress to the forearm, where the muscles start to feel tight. Unfortunately, this is one of those injuries that will get worse without treatment. So if you start to get symptoms similar to this, rather than just ignore them, have them looked at. The worst thing that can happen is it turns out you are fine.