How are tennis elbow and golfers elbow caused?
The name of the condition describes one way in which the injury is caused – tennis elbow can be caused by stress on your tendons from playing too much tennis and golfers elbow from the stress on your tendons caused by playing too much golf. Of course these injuries can be caused in other ways – the most common of which is due to a repetitive strain injury at work or a manual handling injury at work. In other words – for a RSI you must be using your arms over and over to repeat tasks in fast succession. For a manual handling injury – you are most likely overloading the elbow and tendons by moving too heavy a weight. Both repetitive strain and manual handling injuries can occur from your employer having in place a poor system of work – in which case you should be able to claim compensation from your employer.
