Golfers Elbow

Robster59

Robster59

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Had sharp pains down my left forearm for the last week or so and booked in to see the doctors yesterday. In the morning the missus noticed a big bruise on my left elbow. Went in to see the doc, told him all this. Diagnosis? Golfers elbow.

So I'm on some Naproxen Anti-Inflammatories. Still damned sore though but it's not going to stop me from playing tomorrow.
 
Not had that, had tennis elbow and flippin Eck. Slowly went with exercise. Then lo and behold, when it went out of my right elbow, it started in my left one.
Good luck me man.
 
I suffer with tennis elbow and find that naproxen helps me out. Bizarrely, mine is caused by sleeping on my arm and pulling my hand up to my shoulder. Apparently it puts too much stress on the muscle. I need to get a brace to stop me from doing it in my sleep!
 
I have had it for about 10 months it does not effect my golf but down the gym it effects my lifting.
I have tried all the creams and pills and I can tell you now save your money none of them work.
I believe rest and complete rest is the only real answer.
 
I've had think it was tennis elbow before. Went Drs felt was a waste of time he wanted to sin my off work for a week as I have a physical job and if it didn't die down use steroid injections... Went to Physio after a recommendation and he used that tape stuff athletes us alongside a deep full massage and after a couple sessions the pain went. Never been back since and this was back in 2012
 
pokerjoke said:
I have had it for about 10 months it does not effect my golf but down the gym it effects my lifting.
I have tried all the creams and pills and I can tell you now save your money none of them work.
I believe rest and complete rest is the only real answer.
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Ever tried acupuncture .............................. it worked for my wife's tennis elbow.
 
I get it from time to time if I hit too many range balls or off dry hard ground in the summer. Tends to go after some rest and with anti-inflammatories. Fortunately it's not something that happens very often and seems bearable enough to play with. Good reminder for me that I need to hit the course and not the range
 
Had it in my right elbow 25 years ago, I got a steroid injection, never bothered me since, I had it in my left elbow last summer, I got a steroid injection & it disappeared within a week, not been bothered since.
 
I have tennis elbow in my left arm at the moment. You can buy a strap which helps a lot. Fortunately it hasn't stopped me playing golf. Putting ice on it for 20 minutes a day also helps. There is an exercise that I shall try and explain. Stand with the palm of your hand pressed against a wall for 10 seconds, then flip your hand over so the back of your hand is pressed against the wall for 10 seconds, then the palm of your hand pointing sideways, and the back of your hand pointing sideways. Then shake your hand vigorously. Do this several times a day. It genuinely helps.
 
I have had tennis elbow in both elbows as a result of playing golf, but never golfers elbow! Tennis elbow is an excruciating pain on the outside of the elbow, apparently caused by a tendon trying to tear itself off the bone. Golfers elbow is the equivalent on the inside of the joint. I got over tennis elbow by physiotherapy stretching exercises and wearing a tennis elbow brace when playing golf for a few months. Incidentally, I think the TE in my left arm was caused by trying to hack a ball out of really deep rough, which is another good reason for not having the stuff on a golf course! :(
 
WWG said:
For game that is meant to be good for us, it's not very good for us :)
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Golfers with repeating swings are prone to repetitive strain injuries, often to the joints. My non-golfing physiotherapist thinks I should alternate between playing right handed and left handed to even out the wear and tear a bit, but this is not a very practical suggestion. Most people can go on playing golf into quite old age, which can't be said of many sports. :)
 
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delc said:
Golfers with repeating swings are prone to repetitive strain injuries, often to the joints. My non-golfing physiotherapist thinks I should alternate between playing right handed and left handed to even out the wear and tear a bit, but this is not a very practical suggestion. Most people can go on playing golf into quite old age, which can't be said of many sports. :)
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My best friend (a senior golf pro) once advised me to periodically swing the club left handed, albeit without a ball in front of me. I play regularly with a chap of 77, and he doesn't get any aches and pains. That said, his back swing is only about 15 inches long, and he only hits the ball about 50 yards
 
I got this in my left arm back in August last year after hitting a lot of balls off grass at the range. It was really painful, Trying to pick the club up with my left arm only was impossible. Rest is the only answer & right now it feels ready to go again.
 
I have had it in my left elbow for about 3-4 years. I need to relax my grip more. I will try some of the exercise suggestions on here as the standard ones have not helped me. My Dr and NHS physios are hugely against the steroid injections for this despite having only heard good things from people who have had them. Very annoying.
 
My doctor will give me a steroid injection but prefers to see that as a last resort, which I agree with.
I've got a month or so till the first medal but will be hitting different clubs at the Scottish Golf Show on 18th March so hope I have some recovery by then.
 
Robster59 said:
My doctor will give me a steroid injection but prefers to see that as a last resort, which I agree with.
I've got a month or so till the first medal but will be hitting different clubs at the Scottish Golf Show on 18th March so hope I have some recovery by then.
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Good luck!

Will prob bump into you on the 18th.
 
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