Tennis Elbow?

[Solowhunter]

I tore something in my forearm elbow last summer, I blame it on every day archery practice and the the handheld release (Stan Onnex) I was using. I go back/forth to an index finger release and that makes a huge difference using different muscels to avoid irritating the damaged area. As I was nursing the forearm and elbow I ended up tearing the front of my shoulder doing incline butterfly lifts, I kept pushing for a few weeks before I accepted that I had done serious damage to my shoulder/rotator cuff????

So I got off the weights and drawing my compound bow for 30 days (all of January) thinking for sure all would heal and I'd be back at it 100%............... Negative. Here it is March and I've found a stretching/excerise routine and learned what not to do with every day tasks to irritate the elbow and shoulder, advil works well. I hate taking pills (even advil/asprin) and dont want to go under the knife, but am getting closer every day to scheduling an MRI.

Everyone and every situation is different, imo if you find the right orthopedic doctor with a good amount of experience and references it could be benifica. My wife had rotator cuff surgery, it was an outpatient operation (scoped) and shes money now. I'm a procrastinator and stubborn but........... if 6+ months of pain doesn't tell you to get that MRI then eat it like that 2024 Eastern Idaho deer tag.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I haven't played tennis in 45 years but I get it occasionally, mostly from chopping too much kindling at once. Now I regulate that. The arm band with the small pressure thing helps greatly for me. I also have not played golf in 25 years but get "golf elbow" now and again. That's the pain in the inner side of the elbow on the bony knob. There seems to be no treatment for that.

 

[manitou1]

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.

Yeah, having t-rex arms after going poo poses quite the dilemma. Thought I was going to have to do the "carpet scoot" like a dog, lol.

Thankfully no stones during the t-rex chapter. .. and not all came at once or I believe it would have killed me.

I used to snack on nuts a LOT. Loved spinach too. No doctor ever questioned my diet, but after researching I discovered that almonds and peanuts cause kidney stones... spinach as well.

Eating healthy is baaad!

 

[manitou1]

I haven't played tennis in 45 years but I get it occasionally, mostly from chopping too much kindling at once. Now I regulate that. The arm band with the small pressure thing helps greatly for me. I also have not played golf in 25 years but get "golf elbow" now and again. That's the pain in the inner side of the elbow on the bony knob. There seems to be no treatment for that.

Yeah, I get golfer's elbow if curling a lot of weight (for me). Hurts pretty bad.
I feel for ya

 

[twall13]

I used to snack on nuts a LOT. Loved spinach too. No doctor ever questioned my diet, but after researching I discovered that almonds and peanuts cause kidney stones... spinach as well.

Eating healthy is baaad!

I eat almonds almost daily as a snack. now you have me worried that kidney stones are in my future...

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[manitou1]

I eat almonds almost daily as a snack. now you have me worried that kidney stones are in my future...

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Ha, my old boss called me into his office to ask about the stones after I spent a night in the E.R. and a few days in agony.

He was eating almonds. I told him eating certain nuts, especially peanuts and almonds can cause kidney stones. Within weeks he was in the hospital with kidney stones.
We both ate almonds and peanuts for snacks every day.

Some people are more susceptible than others. Other factors such as: dehydration and high calcium levels can contribute also.

I spent over three decades in the military and have had some pretty painful injuries and nine surgeries.

I had no idea what pain was until I started having kidney stones. The ones shaped like meteors and cuckleburrs are a real treat.

I gotta say, the T-rex incident was a real close second though, and was even worse than the smaller stones.

 

[Rem6br]

I’ve had it twice and it does indeed suck and takes forever to heal. I used the recommended exercises
and the best one was the twist flex thing it works.