Tennis elbow

[Rob D]

I had tennis elbow badly a couple of years ago and it was getting to the point I could not reach out and lift any sort of weight - had to keep it close to the body.

 

Then I found an excellent physio who did sports massage. Basically it's caused by the small forearm muscles getting overworked. The surrounding muscles tighten up and this causes the tendons to start pulling at their attachments in the elbow.

 

Over a few months with a treatment a week it totally disappeared (even though I was still working hard throughout). Worth every penny but very painful. Was contemplating the steriod injections at one point but these were never needed.

 

But word of warning - the physio I found before this did some massage, acupunture and a couple of other things - didn't work so you need the right person who knows their stuff.

 

Haven't been for 9 months and despite doing the stretches the old niggles are coming back so looks as if I'll be going back again soon! Really you want a session a week as maintenace IMO.

[Rob D]

Tough tree cutters?!?!?!?!

I laugh in the face of girly tree surgeons!

You felt the weight of a brick whilst standing on a nice secure scaffold?

LOL.

 

Jellystock

 

 

I did a weeks bricklaying once - what a lovely holiday it was! Really refreshed when I went back to tree work

[MasterBlaster]

Tennis elbow is a serious injury that should not be taken lightly lest it become a permanent disability. You need to let it heal or it never will. This brace really helped me to heal. I posted this failed thread a while back. There's a lotta info about TE on youtube/ the internet.

[Steve Bullman]

can we get this back on topic please

[Jellystock]

can we get this back on topic please

 

Sorry, my fault.

[Mesterh]

So what are the best ways to try and prevent tennis elbow?

 

Those that do have it is it in your favoured arm ie right or left handed.

[Steve Bullman]

im not sure if ive had tennis elbow, but i did used to get a lot of problems with my elbows at one point. they dissappeared at the same time that i ditched prusseks funnily enough....using a v.t coupled with a ropeguide ive never had elbow trouble in the past 6 years

[Jellystock]

So what are the best ways to try and prevent tennis elbow?

 

Those that do have it is it in your favoured arm ie right or left handed.

 

I had trouble with my most dominant arm. First signs of it, follow my stretching guide as posted yesterday.

[MasterBlaster]

One thing that helped me was to one hand my saw AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. Even when I could easily reach out and one hand cut something, I would FORCE MYSELF to use two hands.

 

Plus, they say it's safer that way.

[Rich Rule]

One thing that helped me was to one hand my saw AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. Even when I could easily reach out and one hand cut something, I would FORCE MYSELF to use two hands.

 

Plus, they say it's safer that way.

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