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Report: Tom Brady battling case of ‘tennis elbow’

New England Patriots QB Tom Brady is battling a case of tennis elbow.

There has been much speculation as to the health of Tom Brady’s elbow in 2019. It keeps popping up in stories and reports. Now, on Saturday, comes news the New Patriots’ great is dealing with “tennis elbow.”

More from Dr. Flynn on the condition: These tendons allow the athlete to extend or cock back the wrist and supinate the forearm (rotate the palm up). Over time, the tendons can develop tiny micro-tears from repetitive work (throwing) and the area around the bony attachment gets inflamed. Patients I see complain that they can’t lift a jug of milk or even a cup off coffee without pain, it hurts to shake hands or grip. “The treatment? Immobilize the wrist. … I know, it’s weird for an elbow issue to be treated with a wrist brace, but remember those tendons are under stress when they’re moving the wrist. Therapy, pliability work on the muscles that attach to those tendons and TIME. Lots of patients want to hurry things up with a steroid injection, but I always try to avoid it. Steroids stop the healing process. The body needs to make a big deal about an injury like this, with swelling and irritation, to get growth factors to the area to fix the problem for good. Steroid injections stop that process.”

Brady and the Patriots face the Buffalo Bills in their Week 16 game.