WHAT IS IT?
Lateral Epidondylitis is commonly known as Tennis Elbow. While this condition can be caused by playing tennis, it is more commonly caused by work and other daily activities involving the wrist and the hand. The lateral epicondyle is the the part of your arm bone that is on the outside of your elbow. Multiple muscles join together as they turn into a tendon and attach into the lateral epicondyle. When this tendon gets irritated it can produce inflammation or degeneration of the tendon which results in the common symptoms of tennis elbow: