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I've had tennis elbow since I was 13 from playing violin.
It doesn't go away, but you learn to manage it. Plenty of exercise to strengthen the muscles around the elbow and recognising the signs when it's starting to 'go' and stopping whatever it is you're doing.
I recommend ibuprofen and anti inflammatory gel for a temporary fix.
It doesn't go away, but you learn to manage it. Plenty of exercise to strengthen the muscles around the elbow and recognising the signs when it's starting to 'go' and stopping whatever it is you're doing.
I recommend ibuprofen and anti inflammatory gel for a temporary fix.
im a builder,plus i lift weights 2 or 3 times a week,so i get tennis elbow sometimes,i just crack on & ignore it,cant really do much else as im self employed,mountain biking used to be the worse thing for it,so i changed my grips & got better gloves,that worked quite well,when i did rest,it didnt seem to make much difference.
obikaii said:
im a builder,plus i lift weights 2 or 3 times a week,so i get tennis elbow sometimes,i just crack on & ignore it,cant really do much else as im self employed,mountain biking used to be the worse thing for it,so i changed my grips & got better gloves,that worked quite well,when i did rest,it didnt seem to make much difference.
Was the grips thicker you put on your mountain bike? Changing the grip thickness often works.
k off sized needle!sorry, it does go away if you have the correct treatment. its a mechanical injury.
its come about by over use, tension on the tendon and this pulls mostly on the tendon attachment at the bone or tendon to muscle junction or in the muscle its self. require lots of ice - no heat in the painful inflamed stage, also some soft tissue lengthening, occasionally some patients will require cortisone injection but its pointless unless the soft tissues are healthy and lengthened - otherwise they just re pull again at the primary site. you may need a step if you need to continue to work, but normally it comes about from receptive use - i.e. rsi. one can use ibuprofen at the same time but on its own will not help as it does nothing to change the mechanics of the injury. remember most allopathic medicine is about treating the symptom, not addressing the cause.
its come about by over use, tension on the tendon and this pulls mostly on the tendon attachment at the bone or tendon to muscle junction or in the muscle its self. require lots of ice - no heat in the painful inflamed stage, also some soft tissue lengthening, occasionally some patients will require cortisone injection but its pointless unless the soft tissues are healthy and lengthened - otherwise they just re pull again at the primary site. you may need a step if you need to continue to work, but normally it comes about from receptive use - i.e. rsi. one can use ibuprofen at the same time but on its own will not help as it does nothing to change the mechanics of the injury. remember most allopathic medicine is about treating the symptom, not addressing the cause.
Bit late to the party on this, but here's my experience...
I got tennis elbow hitting golf balls on the range on cold winter nights - started as occassional pain and then got gradually worse to the point I couldn't hold a glass in my left hand.
I stopped playing golf completely for almost a year and started with physio through my private health scheme at work... months of rest, massage, manipulation, ultra sound, heat treatment, electric pads etc etc etc did absolutely nothing at all to relieve the pain.
Went to my GP and he gave me a cortizone injection. 24 hours later no pain at all and back to playing golf the following weekend. The pain returned after around 6 months though.
Went back to the GP and he gave me another injection, this time with zero effect.
So booked to see a specialist through my private health scheme... the consultant took much longer than my GP finding out exactly where I felt the pain and then gave me another injection... 24 hours later no pain. That was 5 years ago now and no sign of the problem returning.
The 1st 2 injections were uncomfortable, but manageable. The last one was one of the most painful experiences of my life... the local wore off about an hour after the injection and I was in agony for the rest of the day. But worth it to get rid of the problem.
I got tennis elbow hitting golf balls on the range on cold winter nights - started as occassional pain and then got gradually worse to the point I couldn't hold a glass in my left hand.
I stopped playing golf completely for almost a year and started with physio through my private health scheme at work... months of rest, massage, manipulation, ultra sound, heat treatment, electric pads etc etc etc did absolutely nothing at all to relieve the pain.
Went to my GP and he gave me a cortizone injection. 24 hours later no pain at all and back to playing golf the following weekend. The pain returned after around 6 months though.
Went back to the GP and he gave me another injection, this time with zero effect.
So booked to see a specialist through my private health scheme... the consultant took much longer than my GP finding out exactly where I felt the pain and then gave me another injection... 24 hours later no pain. That was 5 years ago now and no sign of the problem returning.
The 1st 2 injections were uncomfortable, but manageable. The last one was one of the most painful experiences of my life... the local wore off about an hour after the injection and I was in agony for the rest of the day. But worth it to get rid of the problem.
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