Courtney Erickson-Adams, MD

Courtney Erickson-Adams, MD

Courtney Erickson-Adams, MD is a board-certified family medicine, sports medicine and lifestyle medicine physician at Holland Hospital Family Medicine - South Washington. She works closely with Holland Hospital high school athletic trainers as their medical director, ensuring the safety and health of area athletes. She believes in the principles of Lifestyle Medicine which prioritizes preventing and treating (and even reversing) disease with the food you eat, how you sleep, how you move your body and how you manage stress. Dr. Erickson-Adams' goal is to help you avoid or reduce medications whenever possible and help you to lead your happiest and healthiest life! For an appointment call (616) 392-8035 or visit https://www.hollandhospital.org/find-a-service/sports-medicine.

Tennis elbow is one of the most common injuries of the elbow but, despite the name, it's actually more common in non-tennis players than those wielding rackets. The fancy name for tennis elbow is "lateral epicondylitis," which describes the bony area on the elbow (lateral epicondyle) where the tendons become irritated or inflamed ("itis" means inflammation).

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