can the now acceptable elbow greeting contact lead to golf/tennis elbow?
I felt a bit of late.

Give up tennis

Masturbate with your other hand.

Who's hand ? The golfers ?

If anyone is collecting data on this, I have it at the moment.

Never had it before and its a bloody pain in the ar......m.

I always figured it was just a thing that hurt when you overdid it and moved your elbow too much, but my elbow is fine. Unless I do really mundane things like lift a mug of coffee or use grip strength. Shaking hands is agony and my wife now opens jars herself...

I've got it too.
Treated it with Bowen therapy. 95% healed instantly. Just not quite, and really annoying.
The only good thing about the covid lockdown is I'm forced to take it easy.

I had that, golfer's elbow from overuse. It took ages to go away. It interrupted my training program by ten months.

You can ease the immediate discomfort by flossing or by using one of those twisty rubber sticks (see youtube) but that doesn't actually fix it. As soon as you do any gripping+pulling it's back. Didn't stop me sailing though but I had to take it easy.

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NotWal said..
Didn't stop me sailing though but I had to take it easy.

Yep was mild and hadn't even thought about what it was, then went for a week sailing on a friends cat. I was winchman. Came back completely stuffed.

Try a tenex elbow shock absorber strap. Worked for me...

Had PRP on both. Fixed it .... mostly

Had it really bad for years (Windsurf and kite) tried cortisone injections and the like with no luck until I worked out it was referred pain from my neck. Still get it but can relieve it with better posture (Stand up desk) and core exercises like planking and push-ups. I discovered it when a physio worked on my stiff sore neck freed up my elbows was weird. Many years of rugby scrums and hunching over driving and working with laptop are the main culprits for me now.

Had it really bad with overuse due to cutting artificial grass with a Stanley knife daily. Tried everything then acupuncture fixed it instantly.

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Clarky said..
Had it really bad with overuse due to cutting artificial grass with a Stanley knife daily. Tried everything then acupuncture fixed it instantly.

WHy didn't you use a lawnmower

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GWatto said..

Clarky said..
Had it really bad with overuse due to cutting artificial grass with a Stanley knife daily. Tried everything then acupuncture fixed it instantly.

WHy didn't you use a lawnmower

What are you guys on about ?
Im sure you don't need to cut artificial grass .
And I'm even more sure acupuncture doesn't stop artificial grass growing .
You guys are high !

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Imax1 said..

GWatto said..

Clarky said..
Had it really bad with overuse due to cutting artificial grass with a Stanley knife daily. Tried everything then acupuncture fixed it instantly.

WHy didn't you use a lawnmower

What are you guys on about ?
Im sure you don't need to cut artificial grass .
And I'm even more sure acupuncture doesn't stop artificial grass growing .
You guys are high !

Funny

This topic comes up with monotonous regularity. I had it so bad from tennis that I couldn't pour the kettle.

My physio says if you get onto it pronto he can fix it in three sessions + 6 weeks or so (like any ligament damage). Mine took longer because I let it get chronic.

Generally repair and recovery involves:
1. Physio ('deknotting'/spasm release with massage, needling)
2. Rest - up to 6 weeks to allow ligament micro tears to heal.
3. A program of strengthening- gentle at first, tougher progressively. Physio made me use those stretchy theraband things - easy red one initially building up to the black one. Muscle and new stronger ligament is best created in extension. I took a couple of years to really build up my elbow to the point where it is now bulletproof - I still use the theraband a couple of times a week as part of my regular weights routine, to maintain it.

As per the last SB thread on this topic, you solve tennis elbow and generally progress straight to golfers elbow. Same solution, strengthen strengthen strengthen.

As an aside, the evidence Is that over the age of 50, a regular resistance training program is a must - otherwise we lose 2% muscle bulk per year. That quickly adds up. Muscle is an important organ for processing stuff in the body. Regular resistance training makes you feel so much better.