Tennis elbow also called Lateral epicondilytis is characterised by pain over the outer aspect of the elbow joint. This happens due to excessive use of muscles/tendons in the forearm which probably causes microtrauma2. The pathology is no longer thought to be inflammatory thus the "itis" in epicondilytis is a misnomer. The pathology is more accurately described as partially reversible but degnerative overuse-underuse tendinopathy5.

Episodes can last 6 months to 2 years but usually resolved within a year. Acute pain usually lasts less than 12 weeks and most people find over the counter pain killers give them adequate pain relief.

Having taken up playing squash you want to know what injuries are common in the sport and how to prevent them.

Here we look at common injuires sustained playing squash in comparison to tennis and badminton. The graph illustrate that injuries in the knee, back [lumbar]  are quiet common.

Sexual predominance of injuries

The acromioclavicular joint strain is seen relatively commonly in squash and predominants more in males than females who tend to suffer more with rotator cuff tears. In fact one of the squash players I  play with realising he had trouble hitting the lob shots due to pain when he raised his racket above his head had a MRI scan which show arthritis in the acromioclavicular joint.

Knee injuries in squash are given below.

Another study below compares injuries between trained squash players [TM] and untrained squash players [UM] . LBP = Low Back Pain

References:

1] Br J Sports Med 1987;21:150-153 doi:10.1136/bjsm.21.4.150

2] Okhovatian F, Ezatolahi AH. Sport injuries in squash. Pak J Med Sci 2009;25(3):413-417