What is a tennis elbow?

Effective help for epicondylitis

So if tensile forces are the cause of tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow, they should simply be counteracted and rendered harmless. This is the idea behind our unique Masalo Cuff MED. It creates a counter-traction and relieves the tendon insertions immediately and sustainably.
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This is not a conventional brace – unique operating principle amongst ALL medical devices for epicondylitis.

For the outer tendon, at the radial epicondyle, the common name is tennis elbow; for the inner tendon, at the medial epicondyle, the term golfer’s elbow or golf elbow is used.

The name tennis elbow, or golfer’s elbow, incidentally results from the fact that many tennis players and many golfers are confronted with this injury during their active sports careers. The force of the many hits and a possible incorrect racket/club position contribute to the large spread of the injury in sports circles.

A newer name for epicondylitis is mouse arm, as more and more people are exposed to one-sided stresses from computer work.

Just like tennis elbow and golf elbow, the mouse arm in particular is associated with the mechanisms of development of repetitive strain injury syndrome.(RSI syndrome – injury caused by repeated stress or strain. (Source: Wikipedia)

Spread and disease duration

There are numerous dissertations, investigations, studies, etc. on the points of prevalence and duration of the disease, but unfortunately they do not come to a uniform conclusion. There is only agreement that there are currently no really valid figures.
Therefore, we would like to give only a small overview of the extensive information collected by us on the current state of knowledge, whereby we will limit ourselves only in extracts to a few sources.

Spread
Tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow is the most widespread disease/injury in industrialized nations after back problems.

The prevalence (proportion of people suffering from the disease per year) is reported to be between 1.5% and 6% of the general population. Thus, up to 40 million people suffer from epicondylitis in Europe alone.

The incidence (new cases per year) is even put at 1% to 9%. It is assumed that only about 50% of those affected seek medical treatment at all, or discontinue it prematurely after a few failures.

Epicondylitis is most common in the 45-54 age group, and “tennis elbow,” or injury to the radial epicondyle, is statistically 5 times more common than “golfer’s elbow,” or injury to the medial epicondyle.

Work loss / recurrence
According to figures from the CSST, Quebec (2009), the average incapacity to work is 83.7 days and the risk of recurrence is 10.6% for certain occupational groups.

So you realize, epicondylitis is common and requires no short period of time to heal.

The pain can occur at rest and also with exertion, starting from the injured tendons and/or due to inflammation.

Effects of epicondylitis

For patients with tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow, the diagnosis of epicondylitis often means a harsh impact on many areas of life and a significant loss of quality of life.

Depending on the progress and severity of the injury/illness, even simple everyday actions such as lifting a coffee cup, driving a car, setting the table or shaking hands can be associated with severe pain.

The main symptom is a stabbing pain in the area of the elbow, which, depending on the intensity, can also radiate towards the shoulder and hand.

Depending on whether tennis elbow or golf elbow is present, these symptoms may be caused by twisting movements or the like on the outside or inside of the elbow.

Logical therapeutic approach against epicondylitis

Usually, the first treatment of tennis elbow is a cortisone injection against the inflammation. Which, however, does not work against the actual cause and physical forces. Conventional braces or bandages are often prescribed for this purpose. These tennis braces, supports, clasps and orthoses all work on a compression principle. By applying pressure to the muscle bellies, the tendons should be relieved.

The Masalo Cuff works very successfully according to a completely different and novel principle.

The muscles and tendons of the forearm are “attached” to the two tendon insertions at the elbow. Every movement of the fingers, muscles and arm exert tensile forces on these two points. When overstressed, injuries occur there in the form of microcracks / microtears.

You can see the action of these tensile forces on your own arm:
Place the arm on a table and move the fingers, you will see the movement at the outer epicondyle.
Or simply close your hand into a fist a few times and open it again. If you now grab of the lower part of your forearm in the area of the tendon insertions near the elbow with your other hand, you will feel the muscles – the tensile forces – working.

Tensile forces? Counter-traction!

This is exactly what the Masalo Cuff does. The counter-traction system provides immediate and lasting relief to the affected area. The tendons are protected, the pain is relieved and healing is positively supported – although the arm can still be used normally. The unique design of the Masalo Cuff allows it to be worn permanently, day and night.

This new tennis elbow treatment directly combats the cause and follows a logical principle as an alternative or additional therapy. The effect is immediately noticeable.

How does the Masalo Cuff work?

The Masalo Cuff works with the proven Masalo counter-traction principle of action, which is still unique in the field of epicondylitis aids.

Over 70,000 customers have already been able to defeat their injury with the help of our product.

The comfortable forearm cuff of the Masalo Cuff is placed approximately in the middle of the forearm and is fixed with the high-quality and very durable Velcro fastener.
The upper arm strap is then also attached with Velcro and adjusted according to the activity and load.

Due to the unique and patented design, the upper arm strap holds with every movement. The tensile forces are reduced or stopped completely by the proven counter-traction principle, and the affected area is relieved. The negative tensile forces are diverted to the upper arm strap free of negative side-effects.

This gives the affected tendons a chance to heal, although the arm can still be used and loaded normally.

The Masalo Cuff can be worn preventively and provide immediate relief for acute and chronic epicondylitis.

The cuff can and should be worn 24 hours initially, if possible, so that the tendons remain permanently relieved – even at night – and sleep is not disturbed by uncontrolled movements.