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With tennis elbow, the common extensor tendon origin at the Lateral epicondyle of the humerus is irritated, inflamed, damaged and potentially torn.
Men and women are equally affected and there are two typical patterns of occurrence: as an acute onset typically seen in young athletes, and as a chronic condition seen in older people.
Those tennis players with harder, more forceful serves feel gradually worsening pain after ten to twenty serves have been hit. The stress on the elbow can be great due to the centripetal force applied to it. This force can, over a short period of minutes, develop into the specific problem known as tennis elbow.
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