{"id":418,"date":"2017-03-26T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T14:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/rheumatology-and-musculoskeletal\/tennis-elbow-lateral-epicondylitis\/"},"modified":"2018-01-18T18:50:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T18:50:31","slug":"tennis-elbow-lateral-epicondylitis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/rheumatology-and-musculoskeletal\/tennis-elbow-lateral-epicondylitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Data gathering<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; fever<\/li>\n<li>Other &#8211; regular sports<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; elbow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Clinical management<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>irritation of the tendon i.e. the tissue that connects muscle to the bone of the elbow, &#8211; it causes pain on the outer part of the elbow and is often worse with twisting movements e.g. opening a jar &#8211; often caused by overuse of the forearm, often seen in manual workers and racquet sports players<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Lifestyle &#8211; Modify activities that bring on symptoms<\/li>\n<li>Medications &#8211; Analgesia<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; Elbow support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow-up \/ Safety-net\n<ul>\n<li>See in 6\/52, refer &#8211; physio, steroid injection, surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; fever Other &#8211; regular sports Examine &#8211; elbow &nbsp; Clinical management Explanation irritation of the tendon i.e. the tissue that connects muscle to the bone of the elbow, &#8211; it causes pain on the outer part of the elbow and is often worse with twisting movements e.g. opening a jar &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/rheumatology-and-musculoskeletal\/tennis-elbow-lateral-epicondylitis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":408,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-418","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2031,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/418\/revisions\/2031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}