Tennis elbow

[jdish]

Lots of Motrin 800mg or so. Complete layoff of anything that causes the pain inflammation for 1 month. Work on your putting. Keep takin the Motrin throughout this time.

If you recover--good to go. If not you need to change the motion that causes the inflammation.

Look up mark rippetoe tendonitus recovery. I've have dealt with this frequently in the weight lifting realm, but not golf.

 

[AndyC]

I can't imagine why anyone would want to have a steady diet of pain killing drugs as opposed to fixing the root cause of the problem.

 

[Keefer]

I can't imagine why anyone would want to have a steady diet of pain killing drugs as opposed to fixing the root cause of the problem.

That and there is evidence now that inflammation isn't present in most cases. Thus the diagnosis of tendonosis (dead tissue) rather than tendonitis (inflamed tissue).

Again, there's still a lot they don't know about this. One is why does cortisone work in killing pain when there's no inflammation present? I know the last cortisone shot I got gave me the worst case of cortison flare. My elbow was in the worst pain you could imagine. Felt like a broken arm for a few days. They now know cortisone degenerates tissue and makes the condition worse in the long run.

Again, every treatment has it's proponents who say it worked for them. I would just stay away for cortisone unless the pain is unbearable.

 

[jdish]

I can't imagine why anyone would want to have a steady diet of pain killing drugs as opposed to fixing the root cause of the problem.

Well I think the fix is laying off what causes the pain. There is no real fix. I don't think cortisone shot/surgery have shown to be great options

 

[AndyC]

Well I think the fix is laying off what causes the pain. There is no real fix. I don't think cortisone shot/surgery have shown to be great options

If your car is out of alignment and the tires wear out, parking the car in the garage and putting new tires on the car doesn't solve the alignment problem. Getting your body aligned, specifically the shoulders, will take pressure off of the elbows and fix the problem. Of course that is not an easy fix, but it is doable with hard work and certainly preferable to cortisone, surgery, or daily pain medication.

 

[Keefer]

Bottom line is in most cases it's an over-use injury and you can get it from multiple type repetitive motions including those having nothing to do with sports.

 

[wolfdog]

Several years ago I had what I though was tennis elbow in my right elbow. My doc referred me to a specialist who did a bunch of tests and therapy then finally said I had an entrapped ulnar nerve. He said I could have it re-routed through my elbow with surgery or take pain meds. Not liking either option I was talking to a friend in a bar who said he had the same trouble with his elbow after a cross-country trip in his dad's van from resting his arm on the arm rest.

Back then my Suburban had a right-side arm rest. I flipped it up out of the way and in a month I was cured.

Pretty glad a didn't let them cut on me.

Wolf