The extensor carpi radialis longus is a muscle in the forearm that helps control wrist movements. Learn more about this muscle, how it works, and how to improve its function.

Background Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylopathy (LE) is experienced as the lateral elbow has a reported prevalence of 1.3%, with symptoms lasting up to 18 months. LE is most commonly attributed to ...

Extension of the wrist, meanwhile, hits up the extensor carpi radialis. In order to recruit this muscle in the same curl, all you have to do is lift your wrists up at the top end of the movement.

Tennis elbow often occurs when a specific muscle in the forearm, the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) muscle, is damaged. The ECRB helps raise the wrist.