{"id":2364,"date":"2023-02-06T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T13:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/?page_id=2364"},"modified":"2023-05-18T16:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:53:59","slug":"epicondylitis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/pathologies\/epicondylitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Epicondylitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as tennis elbow<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Epicondylitis<\/h3>\n<p>Also known as tennis elbow.<\/p>\n<h4>Causes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Overuse, overstress, overexertion of the extensor muscles of the fingers and wrist;<\/li>\n<li>Incorrect technical gestures;<\/li>\n<li>Use of inappropriate equipment;<\/li>\n<li>Bad ergonomic design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cenario-04-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1357\" src=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cenario-04-2-1200x795.jpg\" alt=\"Epicondylitis\" width=\"489\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cenario-04-2-1200x795.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cenario-04-2-1600x1060.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cenario-04-2-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cenario-04-2-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cenario-04-2-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Symptoms<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Pain on the lateral side of the elbow when doing simple tasks such as picking up an object (kitchen plate);<\/li>\n<li>Pain when playing sports such as tennis, paddle, windsurfing;<\/li>\n<li>Pain on the lateral side of the elbow with extension of the wrist extensors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Treatment<\/h4>\n<p>Treat the inflammation with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical agents (<a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/electrotherapy\/\">electrotherapy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/mesotherapy\/\">mesotherapy<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Strategies for strengthening the epicondyle muscles during <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/physiotherapy\/\">physiotherapy<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Restoring the biomechanical balance of the periarticular muscles of the elbow;<\/li>\n<li>Specific stretching techniques.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of the treatment, it is important to start a <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/customised-programmes\/\">customised programme<\/a> to return to activity and prevent further injury.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you need treatment for epicondylitis, <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/contacts\/\">contact<\/a> our <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/\">physiotherapy clinics in Lisbon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as tennis elbow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1958,"parent":2045,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2364","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2364\/revisions\/2366"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}