Has anyone here every had tennis elbow?  |
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|  Last year I had tennis elbow in my right arm. I don't know how I got it. I went to physiotherapy but had to stop when the insurance ran out. The pain eventually went away.
I have now developed tennis elbow in my left arm (I am right-handed) and it is driving me crazy. My insurance ran out at the end of December but it is now a new year so insurance has picked up again and I am back in physio. The pain is becoming excruciating. It actually woke me up at 5am. I am getting so frustrated. I just want this to stop.
I remember my mother having tennis elbow 30 years ago. I remember her getting a cortisone shot and coming home crying from the pain of the shot. I have considered having the cortisone shot as I have heard it works, but the memory of my mother scares me.
Any input?
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 patgalca (6608)
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6 years ago
| | I think I will pass on the surgery. But I may try acupuncture. I had a sample needle put in my hand at a meeting last night and it is completely painless. | | | |
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2.  ernst111 (4134)
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5 years ago
| |  You keep feeling pain in your elbow and can not figure out why. You are in great physical condition and play tennis every weekend with friends when the weather is nice. You have even joined a tennis club to have access to better inside courts. Now, you are in pain and do not know why. What is even more important to you is that you can not play tennis without the pain becoming more severe. It is time to see the doctor and hopefully get a pill to get better. Unfortunately, after extensive testing, the doctor tells you that you have tennis elbow-something you thought was just a joke or an excuse for not playing the game well.
Okay, so what is going on in your elbow? Tennis elbow occurs when tiny tears occur in a certain part of the tendon and in the muscle coverings. Even after letting everything heal and taking care of your injury, you will be prone to this condition for the rest of your life.
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| patgalca (6608)
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5 years ago
| | At this point, the pain in my left elbow is almost completely gone (hope I don't jinx myself). I haven't been in physio for awhile now so it just went away on its own, but I'm guessing the treatment I did receive was of some benefit. | | | |
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| 3. ElusiveButterfly (9602)
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5 years ago
| |  I used an band that is put out by Hely-Weber. I wear it whenever I have a flare-up. It is a pull on type that velcroes around to firm it up. There is a cushioned area that you put on the spot that is bothering you. It applies pressure to the tendon to keep it from moving so much.
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| patgalca (6608)
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5 years ago
| | I have one of those and wore it all the time when I had it in my right arm, but it just hurt when I wore in on my left arm. I have been out of physio for a couple of months now and it is almost healed. My massage therapist said sometimes if you leave it alone for awhile (ie no physio) then it will get better on its own. That happened the last time too. | | | |
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| 4. tess1960 (1579)
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5 years ago
| |  Tennis elbow, also referred to as tendinitis, is very painful. It is caused by repetitious movement. My son-in-law just got back to work after being off for 6 weeks. He has had several shots to the elbow area and did 6 weeks of rehab. He is back in the same job and so far is doing well. He has had to learn new ways of reaching and extending his arms to handle his job. Ice packs helped him a lot.
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