If you are experiencing pain in your arm at the elbow joint and it hurts just to try and lift a cup of tea then you may be suffering from tennis elbow.
You don't have to be a tennis player to contract this medical disorder and you should be sure to have it checked by a doctor to confirm what you already suspect.
Doing so at the onset of symptoms is imperative so that you don't cause further damage that would be much harder to recover from.
If you think you may have tennis elbow go to the doctor immediately, it of course isn't a life threatening condition but you don't want to lose the use of your arm permanently either.
Most common in men and women aged 35-55 and 95% of those do not play tennis...
that's how common a condition it really is.
Though unsure of how it is contracted exactly we do know that it can take a good 2-3 years to fully recover total use of your elbow if you don't have it diagnosed and treated quickly.
Don't ignore the symptoms and the signs you don't want to delay treatment as a progressive disorder it only gets worse when untreated.
Symptoms will gradually worsen over time starting from a sore and tender elbow to the freezing of muscles in your forearm.
If untreated you may not be able to straighten your arm at all without it being extremely painful to do so and what you used to be simple tasks like turning on a light or making a pot of coffee can be torturous.
If any of this sounds as if it fits how you're feeling then go to the doctor today.
You don't want to put it off until tomorrow because tomorrow it will be a day worse!