Tennis elbow is a common condition that causes pain in your forearm and around the outside of your elbow. Despite its name, most people don’t get it from playing tennis. It’s usually caused by repeated movements such as gardening or typing. It is often due to overuse of a group of muscles in your forearm which attach to the outside point of your elbow where the tendon attaching the muscles to the bone develop tiny tears and then thicken and swells causing pain and tenderness. Pain is usually worse when you bend and straighten your elbow and your wrist. It can also progress to getting pain when gripping or twisting your hand. The pain can vary from mild discomfort to severe pain that keeps you awake at night. Often when rest can be helpful to reduce the pain but pain then reappears when you start doing the same movements as was previously painful. Because of this it is useful to see a physiotherapist who can help prescribe exercises to restore function and reduce pain.