While there are many conditions that cause elbow pain, two of the most common are tennis and golf elbow. Both of these conditions occur from the tendons in the forearm and elbow are overloaded, typically from repetitive motion. While these conditions are named after particular athletes, not only athletes, have these conditions. These conditions cause pain, make it difficult to grip or hold on to items.
What are the Common Causes of these conditions?
Both tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow are caused by stress or damage to the tendons in the forearm. Some things that may cause this condition are improper form playing tennis, repetitive and forceful movements, poor conditioning, and not enough warm-up. Your age, occupation, your lifestyle, and playing sports may also put you are at risk for either of these conditions.
What are the Symptoms?
Some common symptoms of tennis elbow include pain and weakness going from your elbow to your wrist. You may also experience difficulty with your grip or shaking hands, turning a knob, or holding items.
Some common symptoms of a golfer’s elbow include pain, tenderness, and stiffness on the inside of the elbow extending down the forearm. You may also experience tingling or numbness in some of your fingers.
What is Red Light Therapy?
Some good news about these conditions is they can be temporary if you pay attention to the pay and it is diagnosed early. In addition, red light therapy has been shown to have tremendous benefits to the healing process and time of these conditions.
Red light therapy is exposing your skin to a red light laser. The mitochondria in your cells soak up the red light and use it to make more energy. This energy helps the cells repair and become healthier. This extra energy can encourage healing of the tissue and skin. This treatment uses low levels of heat and does not burn your skin. Envy Light Capsule offers superior access to red light laser in their innovative capsule. This capsule provides multi-zone technology to the entire body. As a result, it can target specific areas quickly.
How Can it Help?
Envy Light Capsule is a professional grade light therapy bed to provide the most flexible features on the market. It has 24k StimLED diodes to provide optimal healing quickly. This type of therapy is non-invasive and fast-acting. It helps to reduce pain, inflammation and restores range of motion. It can also help to restore the physical functioning of the arm. Red light therapy is an effective and safe treatment of these conditions. Most importantly, this treatment does not cause any additional pain.