Tennis Elbow

Acupuncture Treatment for Tennis Elbow

Traditional treatment of tennis elbow consists of therapies such as braces, medications, heat, physical therapy and rest, the majority of which are effective in relieving pain but do very little to prevent the condition from recurring.  Now a day Physicians suggests that acupuncture not only relieves the symptoms of tennis elbow, it appears to resolve the condition completely. Usage of “rounded" acupuncture needles, which are designed to pierce the skin and enter the muscle with as little damage as possible. Each patient was treated between 2-10 times at an average of 3.9 treatments. A "maximal response" was achieved, with every patient reporting a disappearance of their symptoms. This response also appeared to last much longer than that usually seen in patients using painkillers, braces or other traditional methods.