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When I was climbing a lot I use to suffer with this a lot, it can be bloody horrible when it’s bad.
There are lots of different exercise videos for it on YouTube, everyone’s different so you might need to try a few different ones but I got to a point where I could manage it very well.
There are lots of different exercise videos for it on YouTube, everyone’s different so you might need to try a few different ones but I got to a point where I could manage it very well.
Hugo Stiglitz said:
So after fracturing my radial head at the end of November I discovered today one of the residual after effects is tennis elbow.
Never played it in my life
What does this mean? Can I resume hobbies? Doc says lay off press ups
Suffered from this in 2019 in my right (dominant) arm. No idea what brought it on. Never played it in my life
What does this mean? Can I resume hobbies? Doc says lay off press ups
In summary it pretty much f
ked up my gym routine. Treatment consisted of a number of physio sessions, I also invested in a flex bar which helped and also strapped the elbow. Main thing is just time took c.9 months for the immediate symptoms to get better.Depends on what your hobbies are and which arm you use 
It takes a long time to fully heal in my experience, with golf it was two years before I was 100% and able to play full rounds without any issue. But in day-to-day normal life, I was pain-free after a few weeks of rest.
I'm 18 months into having tennis elbow for a second time, and have been seeing a physio for it, have had various massages and acupuncture, but I'm not overly convinced that any of this has had any additional benefit over just resting, to be honest. My timeline to recovery seems to be exactly the same as last time when I had no treatment.
One thing I would recommend is a Theraband Flexbar - I have built noticeably more muscle around the elbow joint, which I guess can only be a good thing for reducing the chance of further injury.
It takes a long time to fully heal in my experience, with golf it was two years before I was 100% and able to play full rounds without any issue. But in day-to-day normal life, I was pain-free after a few weeks of rest.
I'm 18 months into having tennis elbow for a second time, and have been seeing a physio for it, have had various massages and acupuncture, but I'm not overly convinced that any of this has had any additional benefit over just resting, to be honest. My timeline to recovery seems to be exactly the same as last time when I had no treatment.
One thing I would recommend is a Theraband Flexbar - I have built noticeably more muscle around the elbow joint, which I guess can only be a good thing for reducing the chance of further injury.
Get some physio, do the exercises and stick to the schedule (My physio reckons that most of people he sees do not do this). Also, try to use the bad elbow less than usual.
It does work but takes a long time, as others have noted.
You also need to keep doing the exercises at a lower frequency if you don't want it to come back. It's a real nuisance but can be managed. Good luck!
It does work but takes a long time, as others have noted.
You also need to keep doing the exercises at a lower frequency if you don't want it to come back. It's a real nuisance but can be managed. Good luck!
It's really bloody annoying. I got it in my right elbow years ago and made my job as a TV cameraman, mainly handheld, a right pain....literally.
Tried straps, cold and warm compresses, physio and acupuncture. It still took about 2 years to get better.
I now have it in my left elbow and boy! is it painful, from my elbow right down to my fingers.
I have never played tennis.
Tried straps, cold and warm compresses, physio and acupuncture. It still took about 2 years to get better.
I now have it in my left elbow and boy! is it painful, from my elbow right down to my fingers.
I have never played tennis.
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