It's like tennis elbow but on the inside of the elbow instead of the outside.

I was wondering if those twisty grip things that induce an eccentric contraction of the forearm work for golfer's elbow as well as tennis elbow?

I was also wondering if maybe those palm grips that gymnasts use for bar work, the ones with with the bit of dowel across the fingers to enhance grip could ameloriate golfers elbow?

It's gout. Get a Urich acid test at the doctors . Drink more water . Put my money on it. Some get it in the toes , some get it other places . I cop the elbow and I don't play golf ..

Massage all the muscles that connect to the elbow (from both ends - forearm and bicep/tricep) and try to locate any muscle knots as a possible cause.

FlySurfer said..

NotWal said..ameloriate golfers elbow?

1.- Don't do pull ups
2.- TheraBand FlexBar
3.- Massage as often as possible to prevent scar tissue laying wrong
4.- Ibuprofen
5.- Takes months to get better, and it reoccurs... welcome to getting old :)

All the above plus see a physio as PRP and shock wave therapy may be the only answer that actually works. Worked with me

SandS said..
dont play golf !

All right I wont :)

Get your arm chopped off mate, no arm no elbow problem simple. Your Welcome!

I had a debilitating pain in both elbows that resembled arthritis. I first noticed it doing curls at the gym and it was extremely painful. I had trouble brushing my teeth or picking up things that required an amount of grip. I went to the doc and got prescribed Celebrex and got immediate relief. The pain is still there but manageable. I will have to take them forever but better than the pain..
TH...

I had the exact same pain on the inside part of my elbow for around a year.

Was told to squeeze a soft ball for around 15 minutes a day.

It was the only thing that worked.

One day in particular the pain was real bad. I sat in a chair and just watched instead of playing whilst squeezing a soft ball for around an hour.

When I got up and swung the racquet I felt no pain whatsoever.

You can buy them from the chemist for five dollars or so.

I agree with pretty much all of the above.

My chronic tennis elbow got to the point where I thought I would never play again. However :

- 2 months rest and physio (with acupuncture to de-spasm); followed by
- gentle ramp up of strengthening with therabands over the course of another 4 months (to ridiculous - I now have muscles I never had);

has 'cured' it.

It still gets sore with too much tennis (arthritic) but it is not a deal breaker.

Now I keep up the resistance training weekly. Building / maintaining muscle bulk is the only way to stimulate / maintain ligaments.

This is one of the reasons resistance training is so important for anyone over the age of 47 years and 3 months...

10MOREKNOTS said..
It's gout. Get a Urich acid test at the doctors . Drink more water . Put my money on it. Some get it in the toes , some get it other places . I cop the elbow and I don't play golf ..

Right on the nail.

After a massive rugby career I put all of my aches and pains, particularly in my knees, down to football. A radical change in diet and not a twinge. Talk to all my mates at reunions and they carry on like old farts. Virtually all of them on pain medication.

Masking the symptoms.

Keeps the pharmaceutical industry ticking over I guess.

And as for Ibuprofen you can stick that fair up your date. I bought some for a painful injury and after taking two spent four hours with incessant migratory itching and the sensation of having a boiled egg lodged in
my gullet coupled with acute stomach pain.