Tennis elbow full recovery

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A while back I did a mistake while landing the bar at the end of a deadlifts set - I left all the weight on my right hand. On the spot I didn't feel anything more than a warm sensation under my elbow, but after a while the pain started. Every hand movement was painful. The doc said it is tennis elbow and I started recovery - therapy and a brace to hold the arm muscles. It went away in about a year :( but I never fully recovered and on some heavy lifts I still feel it. Any experience with this and with full recovery? Thanks
 
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I've experienced it without full recovery. After serious lifting, it comes back. I'd be interested to see if anyone else has come back from it.
 
you can add me to your list. I have had it for years, and nothing has helped. I'd love to hear if anyone has had better luck.....
 
It's a pain in the @ss. I'm seeing an elbow doc in a few days. I'm going to see if they can replace my elbow with some sort of hinge.
 
I had tendonitis so bad in my elbow I couldn't pick up a mug of coffee. The pain was so bad, I couldn't clasp my hand around anything. I eventually just used my other hand to do everything.

I spent a fortune on acupuncture and physio, only to be told that they can't really "fix" the problem, they can only give temporary relief (temporary being a few hours ...).

This went on for six months. I was ready to cut my freaking arm off ... I couldn't sleep because it was so incredibly sore. This tendonitis really hampered my life. It owned me.

I eventually told a friend of mine and they said "Get ART". So I went to a chiropractor who specialized in Active Release Technique. (A massage therapist who knows ART could also help.) Two treatments later, my tendonitis was gone. Yep. Gone. Zero pain. I honestly couldn't believe it. I had to go back a couple more times because I irritated my tendon working out, but for the most part, I don't even know it's there.

I do get very minor flare ups from time to time when I'm over-using my forearm but it's nothing like what I had before.

Just find somebody who is GOOD at ART (i.e., lots of experience!) to get relief (not some bozo who took the weekend course and thinks he/she is an expert).
 
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Great information, muscle. Thanks. I'll look into it. My inability to lift effectively is killing my steez.
 
DEF, where do you live? Are you in Canada? Because I can call my chiropractor and ask him if he knows anybody good where you live ... (he used to be the chiro for the swim team here ... he's pretty good).
 
I had it really bad for years. As ILM said there were times it hurt to even hold a cup. Nothing helped until I got the simplest, easiest advice from a guy at the gym:

Get a thick hand towel and roll it up like a newspaper and wring it in each direction until fatigue. I did that once or twice a day for a few months and it went away. I had a couple minor flare ups afterward, then just went back to the towel and now I haven't had a problem for almost 2 years
 
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I had it really bad for years. As ILM said there were times it hurt to even hold a cup. Nothing helped until I got the simplest, easiest advice from a guy at the gym:

Get a thick hand towel and roll it up like a newspaper and wring it in each direction until fatigue. I did that once or twice a day for a few months and it went away. I had a couple minor flare ups afterward, then just went back to the towel and now I haven't had a problem for almost 2 years
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The motion of doing that is very similar to what they do for ART. But you have to twist your wrist and forearm at the end of the wringing movement towards you and then away from you (depending on how you're wringing the towel). That end movement is what counts the most. If you can get somebody to firmly press their fingers into your forearm (where it hurts) while you're wringing the towel, that's pretty much the ART thing right there. But it's not supposed to hurt. If it's hurts, you're applying too much pressure.
 
Interesting, Gooch. I'm going to have to prioritize these until I find one that works. Elbow doc > ART > towel > hinge, I think.
 
Thanks ILM!

I'm definitely going to look into that. It has bothered me for years, and it has kept me awake at night many times.

thanks!
 
I have had tennis elbows in both elbows. It has gone away, but only after keeping off it completely for 1 - 2 months.
 
DEF said:
Salt Lake City

...and thank you. I appreciate it.
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gotfit said:
I'm definitely going to look into that. It has bothered me for years, and it has kept me awake at night many times.

thanks!
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Hey, DEF and Gotfit you're very welcome!

Tendonitis in my elbow was probably the worst injury I've had, mostly because the pain was relentless and I was reduced to living my life as a one armed bandit :D
 
theGOOCH said:
I had it really bad for years. As ILM said there were times it hurt to even hold a cup. Nothing helped until I got the simplest, easiest advice from a guy at the gym:

Get a thick hand towel and roll it up like a newspaper and wring it in each direction until fatigue. I did that once or twice a day for a few months and it went away. I had a couple minor flare ups afterward, then just went back to the towel and now I haven't had a problem for almost 2 years
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Good to know. It is nice to build some knowledge on how to handle it. I am better now but from time to time it comes back.
 
theGOOCH said:
I had it really bad for years. As ILM said there were times it hurt to even hold a cup. Nothing helped until I got the simplest, easiest advice from a guy at the gym:

Get a thick hand towel and roll it up like a newspaper and wring it in each direction until fatigue. I did that once or twice a day for a few months and it went away. I had a couple minor flare ups afterward, then just went back to the towel and now I haven't had a problem for almost 2 years
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So this would be similar to a wrist roller???
 
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