Golf elbow is also known as medial epicondylitis of the humerus or injury to the total tendon of the flexor muscle. It is an injury caused by excessive fatigue in the tendon starting part of the arm pronounced flexor group. Because when the golfing arm swings to the highest point, this muscle is under the pressure of flipping, which runs through the entire hem until it hits the golf ball. It is mainly manifested as localized pain and tenderness in the medial epicondyle, and local swelling is mostly not obvious. During examination, if the forearm rotates to the outside of the body, extends the wrist joint back (a posture of waving to the side of the waist with the wrist), and straightens the elbow joint, it can cause local pain to intensify. So how can this pain be relieved?
Stretching exercise is one of the rehabilitation training methods, and it has the characteristics of safety and speed. Reasonable stretching can improve body softness, strengthen muscle and tendon elasticity, and prevent sports injuries. After the golf elbow occurs, reasonable stretching can clear the meridians, make the qi and blood run smoothly, accelerate metabolism, and promote tissue absorption. Accelerate the excretion of lactic acid in muscles, improve the microcirculation of blood flow velocity and flow mode, and accelerate the degradation and transport of active substances in the body and the excretion of inflammatory substances. Let’s take a look at how to do stretching exercises:
1. The affected arm bends the wrist against stretching: The patient lies the palm of the affected arm facing upwards, lie flat on the table, and clenchs his fists tightly. The family members fixed the patient's forearm with one hand and made the back of the forearm tightly against the table; the other hand pressed the patient's fist of the patient's arm. At this time, the patient made wrist bending movements and fought against the family members, repeating 6 times for 15 seconds each time.
2. The patient's other hand holds the affected hand, and the affected hand is completely straightened. The affected hand performs excessive rotation from internal to external rotation until the ulnar side of the forearm (when the palm is facing upward, the outer arm of the body) has a feeling of soreness and swelling caused by obvious stretching. Keep it for 15 seconds and repeat 6 times.
3. Hold the horizontal bar on one side of the affected arm, perform resistance stretching and pulling the elbow and shoulders: hold the horizontal bar flat on the affected arm, perform external rotation movements to fight stretching. After a feeling of soreness and swelling, perform single-arm pull-up hanging according to personal tolerance, for 5-15 seconds, repeat 5 times.