Tennis Elbow.. Help!!

Nige said:

hi,

has anyone here successfully recovered from tennis elbow
and if so what recovery routine did you use in the case of
say curls chinups etc.
I have been resting for 4 months now after a bout and when
starting to curl again i can feel tendernous again in the elbow
and i am frightened to over do it,

any replies appreciated ,

If you got it from tennis, start turning your body on your backhand so
that your back is facing the net or almost so. Then use your entire
body (for the backhand) rather than just your arm. Your game will
improve and your tennis elbow will be gone.

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On Fri, 6 May 2005 21:56:54 +0000 (UTC), "Nige" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

hi,

has anyone here successfully recovered from tennis elbow
and if so what recovery routine did you use in the case of
say curls chinups etc.
I have been resting for 4 months now after a bout and when
starting to curl again i can feel tendernous again in the elbow
and i am frightened to over do it,

any replies appreciated ,

thanks,

Nige

If its really bad, you have 2 choices.

My doctor told me that it's permanent, unless I wanted to do like the
major
league pitchers and get surgery. Surgery is 1 option.

After 4 years of mostly getting worse and worse, I went to a surgeon who
said
no, and sent me to his therapy unit.

I got about 6 months of therapy, and that did the trick. They have
specific
light exercises they have you do, they treat with cold and heat, they have
machines that attach electrodes to the area and exercise the muscles
lightly
around the affected area. They told me to ice it 3 times a day for 15
minutes
at a time, so I got some "blue ice" - plastic packets with blue-colored
water
in them and stuck them in the freezer at home and at work, and iced it
while
driving to and from work, and then in the evening.

Even my therapist said at the end of the treatments that it was chronic
and I'd
always have some discomfort with it but it would be manageable, but he was
wrong. He had also suggested weight training afterward, which I signed up
for
with a personal trainer the month following my completion of the therapy.

That did the trick. The tendonitis in my elbow is gone. I can just
barely
feel the difference when lifting really heavy things with my left arm.
But he
was wrong because it does not cause discomfort - at least not more than
other
parts of my body that sometimes object to too much weight!

So, anyway, use your health insurance and get to a professional therapist
and
get rid of the problem.

Dave Head

thanks for all replies.
much appreciated.

nige