The fact is, that when you have tennis elbow it totally prevents you from playing the game.
I am not talking about people planning months ahead to have tennis elbow treated or a wart removed.
Of course, it is not a panacea for all the problems and ills of local government; it will not cure housemaid's knee or tennis elbow.
The information available centrally does not separately identify lateral epicondylitis, also known as "tennis elbow".
If young people get tennis elbow, they do not go to a doctor: if they did they would not be allowed to play tennis again that season.
On the other hand, tennis elbow is indicated by the presence of lateral epicondylar pain precipitated by resisted wrist extension.
Epicondylitis is much more common on the lateral side of the elbow (tennis elbow), rather than the medial side.
It is in some ways similar to tennis elbow.