Here’s a scenario we didn’t see coming: Botox vs. Emu oil in a bid to treat tennis elbow. While many people use Emu oil to treat inflammation such as tennis elbow or RSI, a group of researchers at the Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex at Tehran University (Iran) have experimented with Botulinum toxin (also known as Botox) injections to treat tennis elbow.

Tennis elbow is an inflammation based condition that can be very painful and commonly affects the area around the upper arm near the elbow, and is a result from repetitious movement of the wrists or forearm.

The researchers injected 48 patients with the toxin and found that overtime the patients’ tennis elbow pain reduced. However there was one significant side effect to the injections: partial loss of the ability to move the third and fourth fingers. Researchers pointed out that the Botulinum injections were not a suitable treatment for patients who needed to extend their fingers, adding that they are unsure whether the treatment continues to relieve pain after four months.

I don’t know about you, but I would always like to be able to have movement and strength in my fingers (not just some of the time!)

If you are looking for an effective pain relief treatment for tennis elbow that still allows you to move all of your fingers, try Emu oil. Emu oil is an effective natural anti-inflammatory that deeply penetrates the skin, relieving pain in both muscle and joint. Emu oil also reduces swelling and bruising quickly. Even if you have broken skin, Emu oil is a suitable treatment to treat tennis elbow as it is gentle on wounds and sensitive skin.

If I had a choice between the two treatments I know which one I would choose…obviously the Botulinum (just joking).

Source for research: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_98030.html

Here’s a scenario we didn’t see coming: Botox vs. Emu oil in a bid to treat tennis elbow. While many people use Emu oil to treat inflammation such as tennis elbow or RSI, a group of researchers at the Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex at Tehran University (Iran) have experimented with Botulinum toxin (also known as Botox) injections to treat tennis elbow.

Tennis elbow is an inflammation based condition that can be very painful and commonly affects the area around the upper arm near the elbow, and is a result from repetitious movement of the wrists or forearm.

The researchers injected 48 patients with the toxin and found that overtime the patients’ tennis elbow pain reduced. However there was one significant side effect to the injections: partial loss of the ability to move the third and fourth fingers. Researchers pointed out that the Botulinum injections were not a suitable treatment for patients who needed to extend their fingers, adding that they are unsure whether the treatment continues to relieve pain after four months.

I don’t know about you, but I would always like to be able to have movement and strength in my fingers (not just some of the time!)

If you are looking for an effective pain relief treatment for tennis elbow that still allows you to move all of your fingers, try Emu oil. Emu oil is an effective natural anti-inflammatory that deeply penetrates the skin, relieving pain in both muscle and joint. Emu oil also reduces swelling and bruising quickly. Even if you have broken skin, Emu oil is a suitable treatment to treat tennis elbow as it is gentle on wounds and sensitive skin.

If I had a choice between the two treatments I know which one I would choose…obviously the Botulinum (just joking).

Source for research: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_98030.html