Word: forearmed
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...handshake becomes an ordeal. Turning a doorknob sends twinges of pain through the forearm. Swinging a racket at a tennis ball-especially if the ball hits off center-causes a sensation that some players compare with being hit in the elbow by a hammer. These are all symptoms of an ailment that has long been familiar to doctors and athletes but is now becoming epidemic in America: tennis elbow...
...racket. The shock is transmitted to the arm, where it raises havoc-for reasons that doctors, despite long experience with tennis-elbow victims, still do not fully understand. Most of the pain seems to be caused by inflammation of the ligaments that join the two bones of the forearm-the radius and ulna-to the two spurs, or epicondyles, on the end of the humerus, or upper arm bone (see diagram...
...influenced by folklore, wear copper bracelets and report beneficial effects-despite the scoffing of medical scientists. A few doctors and many tennis pros suggest a more practical remedy: wearing a tight elastic band below the elbow, on the theory that compression of the arm decreases the tension on the forearm muscles...
...Jeffrey Minkoff, orthopedic surgeon at the new Institute of Sports Medicine at New York City's Lenox Hill Hospital, believes that the best cure for tennis elbow is prevention. He points out that weak forearm muscles, an improper grip or a tendency to hit the ball incorrectly can all contribute to tennis elbow. He recommends exercises to strengthen arm muscles and lessons that will improve stroking and serving, thus reducing shock to the arm. In support of his treatment, he notes that professionals seldom suffer from tennis elbow;* the ailment is endemic among once-a-week players and hackers...
Almost a year has passed since a deranged Hungarian-born Australian named Lászlo Toth attacked Michelangelo's Pietà in its chapel at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. With 15 hammer blows Toth knocked off the Madonna's left forearm, dented her veil, smashed her nose and chipped her left cheek (left...