00:00Can you describe exactly what this elbow injury is because Stanton is saying he can't open up a bag of
00:08potato chips without being in pain, but he'll be fine when he steps up to hit home runs.
00:14So the question is, what is tennis elbow? So it's known for us in the medical field as lateral epicondylitis.
00:19And it's a very common elbow kind of injury and issue. We see it in the office all the time
00:25and athletes deal with it as well.
00:26It's inflammation and changes in the tent and in architecture that leads to pain and weakness and inability to do
00:35simple things like write, type and open a bag of chips or whatever it is.
00:39So how is it going to impact them at the plate? Well, that's to be determined.
00:43What would you treat and advise a non-professional athlete with tennis elbow?
00:48We typically just recommend physical therapy now, along with bracing options. There's a tennis elbow strap. There's a night splint
00:56on the wrist that I tell people to wear, because again, the wrist strength and grip is controlled by the
01:02forearm muscles, which start at the lateral epicondyle.
01:05And usually that gets better. Now, there are some other treatment options, including shockwave, which is like delivering sound waves
01:12to help stimulate healing and inflammation.
01:15That's a non-surgical technique. PRP injections, which is where we take your own blood, we spin it and we
01:20inject the growth factors, you know, but all of these things are hit or miss.
01:24Some of them have been shown to work, but other studies show they didn't work and you just have to
01:28wait it out.
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