Reply to: Tennis elbow anyone?

[bogeyman]

Only suffer from housemaids knee myself. That and the odd case of badgers arse after too much Guinness.

[expat]

99, change hands.

HTH

maybe we need a coffee-on-keyboard smiley?

[DodgyAgent]

Just got it for over working my right arm (oo-er)

Anyone had it, got any tips for a fast cure?

Tennis elbow is usually caused by gripping a racket with too thin a grip. Whatever it is you are gripping regularly I suggest that you wrap a few layers of tape around it.

[Sausage Surprise]

I get it through playing golf.
Do not go down the injections route as it's only a temporary fix.
I tried physio which sort of helped but I ended up having a minor op which sorted it. I was told there was only a 2/3 chance of the op working but in my case it did.

[ChimpMaster]

The tendons and muscles on my forearm near to the elbow are sore to touch when pressed, and its been like this for nearly 2 months now. However, I've not given it much rest, playing squash twice a week and badminton once a week.

The longest break I had was for about two weeks, at which point it felt good, but weak, and stupidly I decided to play Badminton, which put me back to square one.

If you keep on working the elbow aggressively (as you did) the problem with escalated into tendonitis or tendonosis, which is chronic pain that cannot be cured.

So take a break and get it seen to.

I've had my pain for a week and have already got physio lined up through my GP.

[crimdon]

I got my tennis elbow from playing the Mario Olympics on my daughter's Wii. I heard from a few people that you can get injections into your elbow that bring the swelling down but I didn't bother. Rested it for a couple of months and it seemed to put itself right.

At its worse, making a fist or casting a fly rod was really painful

[Weltchy]

I got it more from weight lifting/training rather than the tennis... but I don't really want to rest it for very long.

How long have you had to rest it to get back close to 100%?

The tendons and muscles on my forearm near to the elbow are sore to touch when pressed, and its been like this for nearly 2 months now. However, I've not given it much rest, playing squash twice a week and badminton once a week.

The longest break I had was for about two weeks, at which point it felt good, but weak, and stupidly I decided to play Badminton, which put me back to square one.

[oracleslave]

Not yet, but sasguru is on his way.

[DimPrawn]

Is there a doctor in the house? A priceless cuk diagnosis is imminent I am sure.

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Not yet, but sasguru is on his way.

[oracleslave]

I got it more from weight lifting/training rather than the tennis... but I don't really want to rest it for very long.

How long have you had to rest it to get back close to 100%?

Is there a doctor in the house? A priceless cuk diagnosis is imminent I am sure.

FWIW I rested mine for 1.5 months before it got better. Daily stretching definitely helped in that time.

[ChimpMaster]

I got it more from weight lifting/training rather than the tennis... but I don't really want to rest it for very long.

How long have you had to rest it to get back close to 100%?

[Weltchy]

The elbow supports are good if you need to continue playing and you can play through the pain, however, resting the elbow is the only way to cure it.

[Paddy]

It also reduces the inflammation...

good for the economy then

[DimPrawn]

Just got it for over working my right arm (oo-er)

Anyone had it, got any tips for a fast cure?

99, change hands.

HTH

[Moscow Mule]

You want codeine for reducing the pain, and ibuprofen for reducing the swelling.

Comes in a handy tablet called Nurofen Plus.