Jensen
Tour Rookie
Think I've got tennis elbow. Been on NHS website and just started doing the exercises.
How long did it take you to recover ?
How long did it take you to recover ?
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Slime
Tour Winner
In one elbow it took a year, in the other it was 18 months!
Best exercise I did was ringing out a face cloth with arms outstretched.
10 seconds one way, ten seconds the other way ..................... three or four times a day.
Good luck.
Best exercise I did was ringing out a face cloth with arms outstretched.
10 seconds one way, ten seconds the other way ..................... three or four times a day.
Good luck.
connor
Tour Rookie
I used to have this quite bad due to my job and was in a lot of pain. I had a deep tissue sports massage done then Kinsinology tape. Felt loads better afterwards but probably took a 3-4 sessions to fully get rid of it.
hovis
Tour Winner
I've helped lots of people with this.
1. Stop doing if possible what aggravates it
2. Apply a generous amount of voltaroll to it a few times per day
3. Ice it a few times a day. Best way is to put a polystyrene cup filled with water in the freezer. Once frozen score and remove about half inch off the bottom and expose the ice. Holding onto the cup rub the ice deep into the area forwards and backwards for 5 minutes a few times per day. Put it back in the freezer and cut more cup off as needed!!!!
1. Stop doing if possible what aggravates it
2. Apply a generous amount of voltaroll to it a few times per day
3. Ice it a few times a day. Best way is to put a polystyrene cup filled with water in the freezer. Once frozen score and remove about half inch off the bottom and expose the ice. Holding onto the cup rub the ice deep into the area forwards and backwards for 5 minutes a few times per day. Put it back in the freezer and cut more cup off as needed!!!!
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had it really bad in my right elbow a couple of years ago a few months of the arm up wrist bent exercise with the finger tips touching my shoulder, really worked.
now have golfers elbow in my left and thats not got any better at all
now have golfers elbow in my left and thats not got any better at all
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Had it in both elbows for a year, right side first - about a month after that finished it began in the left.
Ice and Ibuprofen and massage kept it bearable.
I get twinges in both elbows from time to time and it feels like it's coming back but, thankfully, it fades after a day or two.
I know I didn't have it particularly badly - some can't even hold a cup with it.
Good luck.
Ice and Ibuprofen and massage kept it bearable.
I get twinges in both elbows from time to time and it feels like it's coming back but, thankfully, it fades after a day or two.
I know I didn't have it particularly badly - some can't even hold a cup with it.
Good luck.
Robin Hood
Well-known member
As well appropriate excercises and anti-imflamatories, you might benefit from a tennis elbow brace.
tennis elbow braces typically put pressure on the outside of your forearm muscle to limit tension on the muscle and relieve the pain.
Any good pharmacy will have them in stock
tennis elbow braces typically put pressure on the outside of your forearm muscle to limit tension on the muscle and relieve the pain.
Any good pharmacy will have them in stock
Following recommendations on here I bought a Flexbar, green version. That has worked very well for me so far. It's a fancier version of what Slime suggested.
I've had it for quite a few years but haven't kept the exercises up. Only recently since I've consistently used the Flexbar has it improved.
I've had it for quite a few years but haven't kept the exercises up. Only recently since I've consistently used the Flexbar has it improved.
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IanM
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Deep tissue/sports massage....a decent therapists will speed up the recovery considerably
Roops
Head Pro
Another vote for a brace. Helps relieve the stress on the tendon. Also, I found that gym exercises like arm curls aggravate it a lot. if you do go to the gym, just be careful of what you are doing as that is probably causing more stress on the tendon, than golf.
ademac
Q-School Graduate
I had/have tendinitis in my right elbow in the middle of last summer, it took having half a summer and a full winter off of golf and plenty of physio and massage to get back to being able to play golf.
I still do the exercises and have massages to keep it at bay but it can still “twinge†every now and then.
I now have tendinitis in my left knee and am in the same process of physio/massage/healing time, luckily it doesn’t stop the golf!
It is just a slow recovery process unfortunately.
I still do the exercises and have massages to keep it at bay but it can still “twinge†every now and then.
I now have tendinitis in my left knee and am in the same process of physio/massage/healing time, luckily it doesn’t stop the golf!
It is just a slow recovery process unfortunately.
glynntaylor
Head Pro
Green Flexbar along with taking Devils Claw helped mine! Works a treat all the time.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Maybe you guys should take up golf instead of tennis.
Kyle47
Newbie
Brace or tape it when playing, Cold always after. consider a blood flow stimulation wrap for at home treatment vs going to PT or massage.
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
It depends on the cause.
Mine was diagnosed as the muscles not working in the correct order, couple of simple exercises to get them working in the correct order and it was gone (in the main) quite quickly.
Mine was diagnosed as the muscles not working in the correct order, couple of simple exercises to get them working in the correct order and it was gone (in the main) quite quickly.
Capella
Journeyman Pro
About four months in my case. I did try to give it rest and not play at first, but it turned out that that really did not make much of a difference for the amount of pain or duration of the healing process. I used a brace for a while and it did help me a bit (maybe that was more of a confidence thing, though ... just made it feel more stable). What actually did help me in the end was Voltaren gel. I used it for about two weeks, applying it two to three times a day and after that the pain was finally gone and hasn't come back.
