● Warm up before exercise, and then pull the forearm muscles.
● Learn correct technical movements when engaging in sports that require forearm activities.
● If you are a tennis fan, please ask a tennis expert to check whether the hitting technique (especially backhand), racket size, net tension and racket frame material are appropriate.
● Enhance the awareness of self-protection, fully understand the consequences of elbow joint injury, understand and master the basic knowledge and methods of preventing elbow joint injury, and make preparations in training, master the correct techniques, and develop good habits such as not hitting the ball and not serving indiscriminately. If elbow joint injury occurs, take active rest and treatment. At the same time, wrist guards and elbow guards can be used to protect the wrist and elbow, which have good support and limit the turnover of the wrist and elbow. Lateral epicondylitis of humerus, also known as lateral elbow pain syndrome, commonly known as tennis elbow. The main clinical manifestations are lateral pain of elbow joint, fist clenching and forearm stretching (such as wringing towels and sweeping the floor), which can be aggravated, and there are many tenderness in some places, but the appearance is normal. Lateral epicondylitis of humerus belongs to the category of elbow pain caused by tendon injury in traditional Chinese medicine. It is believed that this disease is caused by elbow trauma or strain, or exogenous pathogenic wind, cold and dampness, which leads to local qi and blood stasis and collateral stasis blocking collaterals. Early acupuncture or moxibustion is relatively simple. In recent years, not only a variety of acupoint stimulation methods have been used for this disease, but also comprehensive and complementary, or acupuncture combined, or pricking blood and cupping, aiming at dredging local qi and blood and improving curative effect.