Tennis elbow can be tackled with Botox.

Iranian doctors are injecting Botox into people suffering from tennis elbow.

According to Med India, doctors in Tehran have started using Botox injections to help relieve the suffering of those with tennis elbow as the condition can put a person in significant pain.

However, the paralysing qualities of Botox injections has been harnessed in these treatments to reduce inflammation and numb the affected nerve endings.

“We found that pain at rest and pain during maximum pinch were significantly reduced in patients with lateral epicondylitis [tennis elbow] after botulinum toxin was injected at the site,” commented Dr Mortazavi of Imam Khomeini Hospital.

The only drawback of the treatment is that can cause a decline in maximum strength in the affected area, but once the problem is healed the injections would no longer be needed and a person could go back to playing their game normally.

Elsewhere, the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Centre at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix has begun offering Botox injections to sufferers of Parkinson’s disease, as it has been found to help alleviate muscle rigidity and tremors.