Tennis Elbow?

[Lvthntitall]

Only thing that fixed mine was surgery

 

[Bubblehide]

Yennis elbow is a non diagnosis, diagnosis. I would never be satisified with such a catch all term. You obviously have insurance, they owe you and actually diagnosis of what the problem actually is. Tennis elbow can be anything from a bruse, arthritis, to full tears of muscle from bone and everything in between. Simply put, make the meficalbsystem do their job and reach an actual diagnosis. Granted, you need to go through their steps to get to a diagnosis. But you need to advocate for yourself so you get the appropriate treatment you deserve.

With that said, a steroid injection, as previously mentioned will likely help despite the cause/proper diagones, but I would add an anti inflamitory like Toradol to that injection. But, without an accurate diagnosis, you issue is highly likely to reoccure numerous times. Please don't ask me how I know.

 

[displacedtexan]

x2 on the armbands. Wear it 24/7 if possible and it will go away over time.

X3

Mine has been gone 2 years. Plus?

 

[Walkstoomuch]

I dealt with this for 8-10 months, couldn’t drink a cup of coffee with that hand. Did a bunch of pt, rest, heat, ice, strap all of the things. Ultimately got PRP shot, it hurt like hell but healed. I know of two people, one is a pt, who have dealt with it for prolonged periods and eventually got PRP, both healed. Get the shot

 

[Loper]

Made mine worse. Been fighting this for about two years now.

That sounds brutal!

 

[JasonT]

These really worked for me when I had it.

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Shots worked short term, but would never last

 

[Titan_Bow]

I’ve dealt with tendinitis in my elbow for a while now, it sort of comes and goes depending on what I’m doing. It seems to get really bad after shooting one of my longbows. Recurves and compounds don’t seem to irritate it nearly as bad.
One thing that has helped me is using a voodoo band and doing Ischemic compressions with it when I’m feeling pain.
You wrap the band around your arm to completely cover your elbow, and wrap it super tight to the point you are cutting off blood flow. Then after a minute or so, release the band and the sudden rush of blood back into the area is supposed to help with healing. There’s tons of YouTube vids about using voodoo bands to help with joint pain. For me, it hasn’t cured it, but it does help for sure.


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[Tod osier]

Love these threads when I can participate.

I have one elbow that I messed up fishing in Alaska in 2018 (probably flossing reds) that still gives me trouble. Certain things like raking, really set it off to the point I was nonfunctional. I can manage it now, but it flares up when I overwork it. My left elbow is now giving me some trouble as well.

I went to an orthopedic/sports medicine doc and physical therapy and didn't feel like anyone was taking it seriously. I've been functional more-or-less and between the bands and half-assed stretching I've been able to get by.

The day it hinders my hunting, I'll get serious and hold their feet to the fire for a resolution.

 

[Gbrecka]

I had good luck with dry needling, then the PT hooked up a TENS unit to the needles, and that really helped. At home I used a tendon scraper.

 

[Decker9]

I just passed the 4 month mark off work from what the doctor calls, tennis elbow. A constant nagging stabbing pain in my elbow, I can manage it but work (shift millwright) says no work until it’s 100% gone away, so here I sit.

Been seeing the physiotherapist, who thinks it’s stemming from a pinched nerve in my neck (no neck pain at all). Had a MRI, it shows issues in my neck, but on the opposite side. He shot cortisone in it 3 weeks ago, I think it helped for a week or so, but is back to where it was now.

It’s been a real pita, it’s no issue unless I work it, then within a hour I have a serious dead arm.

Another doctor appointment this morning to tryn get it figured out.

 

[kpk]

Fought elbow issues for a full year from golfing. Nothing I tried helped.
My neighbor who has a masters in ortho told me to put a tennis ball on a table, forearm straight up, and basically roll the back of my triceps with it. Then take my hand (from injured arm) to back of the neck, reach up with other hand and pull down and out to "release" whatever was going on. My issues were completely gone in week or two.

Obviously, you may not have the same thing going on that I did, but I was shocked that it was so easily resolved once I started doing the right things.

 

[twall13]

I've had it a couple of times. It's frustrating for sure. My Dr. initially told me it can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 9 months to heal. Mine took about 5 months the first time. He said they don't typically do the shot until you've been dealing with it for 9 months so they know it's not healing on its own. Seems crazy. An elbow brace helped, and rest, which was really hard for me to do. Simple tasks like just taking milk out of the fridge or trying to unscrew a nalgene bottle were super painful.

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[bigv]

I had this in a severe way. I couldn't grasp or grab anything without feeling a lightning bolt through elbow. I had to go to my bros military retirement ceremony. Many came to honor him. I had to get in line and be congratulated (for what-i don't know) and shake hands with about 50-60 of the military guys under him. Thought I would die. A friend had same issue but not as bad. He had surgery. I went to my trusted ortho and he said don't waste time on surgery. 80% of time it heals on its own. I had two cortizone shots in elbow. One lasted a year one lasted about 6 months. Those hurt in elbow. But it did heal. Kind of. I now had a tad less range of motion in elbow and may go numb as times when my arm is bent too long. Like if holding my chin on hand while reading or something. But not really any elbow pain anymore. The band worked well for me!

 

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[dylanvb]

I haven't had a bad case of this but I have used Ryan's videos to help with pain.

 

[Burnsie]

These really worked for me when I had it.

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Shots worked short term, but would never last

^^^^^
This
I used the red colored Theraband Flex Bar. It took several weeks, but started to get better. Also did the scraping thing down my forearm with the handle of a butter knife - look it up on YouTube.
All I know, is it sucks!! When its bad, I can't even lift a glass of milk at the dinner table without practically pissing my pants.

 

[Coach Chris]

Anyone have any tips or tricks to healing faster?

Resting it is the obvious answer, but I don't have that option unfortunately.

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Lateral Epicondylitis is a chronic use injury.
Unfortunately the only cure for a chronic use injury is to stop using it.

I understand the reality of rest not being an option.
I suffered with lateral and medial epicondylitis for over a decade.
When I shoot a lot the medial epicondylitis flares back up in my left elbow from squeezing my rear bag.
Ice, ice massage and NSAID's will help manage the discomfort. Only rest will cure it.

Good Journey!

 

[manitou1]

Mine were initially caused from trekking poles.

I use the heck out of them trying to save my knees here in the mountains.

Now just about anything flares them up. Lifting my pack, carrying a bow while hunting, working in my shop.

I had PRP injections... twice.
First go was not so bad. The second time I just about went to the ER. I have passed 26 kidney stones. some were 10mm and I passed them naturally. (Think about a 9mm bullet, only bigger!)

The last PRP injections hurt worse than most of my kidney stones! Not at the time of injection, but by the time I had left the Dr office and walked to my truck. Both arms drew up like a T-Rex and I could not even begin to straighten them for 3-4 days.

I was in excruciating pain for ten days. Here we are five months later and they still hurt 24-7. It is worse in the a.m. and I stretch them and it helps.

I spoke to my wife's spine surgeon who was giving her stem cell therapy and told him about my PRP experience (he specializes in PRP and Stem cell) and he indicated that my issue was NOT NORMAL and that things were "questionable" about my procedure if it hurt that bad and drew my arms up like that.

My right (drawing arm) elbow loosens up when I shoot my recurve. I'm happy about that.

 

[nodakian]

Bands and rest for 6-9 months fixed mine, mostly.

I still use a band on the left when lifting weights and one on the right when using a hammer or hatchet.

 

[Solowhunter]

Mine were initially caused from trekking poles.

I use the heck out of them trying to save my knees here in the mountains.

Now just about anything flares them up. Lifting my pack, carrying a bow while hunting, working in my shop.

I had PRP injections... twice.
First go was not so bad. The second time I just about went to the ER. I have passed 26 kidney stones. some were 10mm and I passed them naturally. (Think about a 9mm bullet, only bigger!)

The last PRP injections hurt worse than most of my kidney stones! Not at the time of injection, but by the time I had left the Dr office and walked to my truck. Both arms drew up like a T-Rex and I could not even begin to straighten them for 3-4 days.

I was in excruciating pain for ten days. Here we are five months later and they still hurt 24-7. It is worse in the a.m. and I stretch them and it helps.

I spoke to my wife's spine surgeon who was giving her stem cell therapy and told him about my PRP experience (he specializes in PRP and Stem cell) and he indicated that my issue was NOT NORMAL and that things were "questionable" about my procedure if it hurt that bad and drew my arms up like that.

My right (drawing arm) elbow loosens up when I shoot my recurve. I'm happy about that.

Your a warrior @manitou1 ! I gotta laugh at the thought of running around like a t-rex for 3 days, hopefully the kidney stones didnt occur during that time.

I've had shoulder and elbow pain for +-6 months and as much as it hurts I'm still shooting the compound daily.