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Tendonitis - Golfers Elbow

Rest and relaxation is the only thing that fixes tendonitis. Otherwise, you need to stop the aggravating activity- which we don't want to do.

I have never been one to game graphite shafts, but there are several "younger" members here who have used or currently use graphite. Perhaps the "feel" will come along with using the clubs for a period of time?
 
RxGus said:
Rest and relaxation is the only thing that fixes tendonitis. Otherwise, you need to stop the aggravating activity- which we don't want to do.

I have never been one to game graphite shafts, but there are several "younger" members here who have used or currently use graphite. Perhaps the "feel" will come along with using the clubs for a period of time?
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Gus speaks the truth. I had tendinitis for about 3 weeks cause I kept playing and kept aggravating it. It's tough to put down, but I'm glad I stopped to let the inflammation go down.


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pmoa said:
Gus speaks the truth. I had tendinitis for about 3 weeks cause I kept playing and kept aggravating it. It's tough to put down, but I'm glad I stopped to let the inflammation go down.


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Sounds exactly like my shin splints from running. Rest. There is no other quick fix!
 
Thanks for the advice. Graphite fixed my problem almost instantly, but the feel, not so much. I just wondered if there was an alternative.
 
Jjmorris9 said:
Sounds exactly like my shin splints from running. Rest. There is no other quick fix!
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This is the answer. I had severe pain in both elbows starting last summer and through the winter and finally had to just stop hitting balls for about 2 months. Now I am back at it with no pain at all.
 
I'm in the medical field, so I tried rest to no avail. Just hoping you guys knew of an alternative!
 
drgonzo said:
I'm in the medical field, so I tried rest to no avail. Just hoping you guys knew of an alternative!
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Well best of luck!! One of those compression bands for tennis elbow?
 
Jjmorris9 said:
Well best of luck!! One of those compression bands for tennis elbow?
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I used those with bowling (when it flared up the most) and a few times playing golf. Ironically, the worst I got was from playing with my phone too much. I just rested it and that did the trick.

drgonzo...Have you tried anti-inflammatory pills...being in the medical field, I know that is a stupid question.

You don't have the pain anymore with the graphite, is there any chance you could get used to the feel of the graphite to give up the pain?

I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way, and I mean nothing by it, but is it more in your head and an ego thing not wanting graphite shafted irons? There are pros using them now and I have a couple of buddies (younger) that switched to them with great results. Some said they didn't like the feel at first as well, but have since grown to love and rave about them. It might be worth giving them more of a shake...simply knowing you won't have that pain anymore is a sensational reason to stick with them. You seem to have exhausted a lot of the other alternatives.
 
If you have lateral epicondilitits, google eccentric wrist extension with rubber bar. It's the only thing that helped me.
 
Smallville said:
Ooops.
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Did you jinx yourself Smalls?

By the way, what do you consider dart elbow? If I wasn't practicing enough, I would get a tight sensation between my bicep and inside of my elbow, which basically made it feel weird to either fully extend or fully bend my throwing arm.
 
SharkHat said:
Did you jinx yourself Smalls?

By the way, what do you consider dart elbow? If I wasn't practicing enough, I would get a tight sensation between my bicep and inside of my elbow, which basically made it feel weird to either fully extend or fully bend my throwing arm.
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Yep, I sure did. Ice and resting the arm since last Thursday. Probably should have started when it first showed up, five or six days before that.

I figured darter's elbow was the same as tennis/golf elbow, and yeah it is.
 
When min bothers me my chiropractor stretches the muscle and the tendon. Hurts like heck when he does it but with ice and rest I am good to go in a week.

How heavy are your darts that you get elbow and arm problems throwing them? I throw 23's and have never had an elbow issues even when I play a lot of darts.
 
Tedfroop said:
How heavy are your darts that you get elbow and arm problems throwing them? I throw 23's and have never had an elbow issues even when I play a lot of darts.
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I use 25 to 26 gram darts but I've only had dart elbow once, and that was a long time ago. I don't thinks it's the weight of the dart so much, it's more the repetitive motion (overuse).
 
Tedfroop said:
When min bothers me my chiropractor stretches the muscle and the tendon. Hurts like heck when he does it but with ice and rest I am good to go in a week.

How heavy are your darts that you get elbow and arm problems throwing them? I throw 23's and have never had an elbow issues even when I play a lot of darts.
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I've thrown a lot of different weights. From 18g Black Widows with conversion points up to 26g Hammerheads. The only time it really bothered me was when I would let my practice lapse, and then it would basically feel like the stiffness you get from your first time back to the gym.
 
jnug said:
I just wanted to update folks mainly because since I am a tennis elbow sufferer, I realize how difficult it is to deal with and if I can help anybody cope with it better than that would be great.

I know last I posted I mentioned the Epitrain full elbow sleeve and the Epitrain band. While the band is in all likelihood the best band ever designed, the sleeve is unbelievably effective at protecting the elbow and allowing for some play while heeling. I am not recommending that people continue to play with this malady especially if it is advanced. In my case I began treating it pretty early.

I now use the sleeve when playing and the band if I anticipate some discomfort from some activity that is not as strenuous on the elbow as playing golf.

I would also have to say the exercises built around the use of the Teriband Flexbar have turned out to be very effective as part of the recovery process. Theriband provides instructions on how you are supposed to use it for tennis elbow related exercise.


The combination I have found to be most effective has been:
- the mendmeshop.com freeze wrap for ice and compression immediately following any activity, like a round of golf
- the Tenease portable treatment unit that uses focused vibration to encourage blood to the elbow speeding up the healing
- heat via a good heating pad (recommend caution here. Too much heat will not improve or speed the healing process
- the Theriband Flexbar (medium weight which is green is best for me)

I use the freeze wrap every time after activity. I use the Tenease unit three to four times per day, ten minutes duration of treatment each time. I will treat with the heating pad for an additional five minutes per treatment also four times per day. Finally along with any other exercises I might be doing, I will do 10 reps of the Flexbar almost every chance I get, maybe up to ten times per day. It is easy to do and extremely effective.I flex my forearm whenever possible doing so in such a way as to duplicate the Flexbar exercise.

I cannot express in strong enough terms the need to get to this injury early as the longer you wait the longer it will take to heal and the less likely you are to improve while still being able to play some.

Right now I would say that the pain and discomfort are about half of what they were at their worst and improving every day. Pain and discomfort after play is also much reduced.

I do want to thank all the folks that made suggestions and contributed to this thread and to the success I have enjoyed fighting back the ailment.
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some awesome advice, as i have "golfers elbow" now in both arms.
 
Another thing I found helps is keeping your right (for right handers) elbow tucked in when you swing. Getting it out of shape and coming over the top really aggravates the problem as you put a lot of torque on your elbow trying to get back to the ball.
 
Tendonitis/ Tennis elbow

Tendonitis/ Tennis elbow

Anyone have a good method of dealing with this ?
i don't really want to go down the hydrocortisone injection route but ibuprofen gel and pills not even touching it now :beat-up:
 
Try a strap such as the Band it. Search you tube for stretching excercises. Make sure u stretch as many times possible throughout the day. Limit practice good time to practice the short game and putting. Also have your swing checked. I have a tendency of coming over the top which they say doesn't help.

I use 500 mgs. of naproxen when it gets bad. Please post if you find something better or shoot me a pm.
 
Unfortunately the only real help is the answer that you dont want to hear and that is to go see a medical professional. Best of luck, hope it improves.
 
I've had it... Had to stop the inflammatory activity (tennis), anti-inflam meds, and then the very nifty cortisone shot into the elbow.

Then more rest.

The only fix for tendinitis is rest... And pain management
 
Is it Tennis elbow (outer elbow that faces away from body), or golfers elbow (enter elbow facing body), either one is about the same treatment. I started hurting about a month ago, and found out I have golfer's elbow in both arms.

Rest - Stay away from activities that cause any discomfort in the area of the pain 2-3 weeks which meant full swing practicing, heavy lifting in gym etc...
ICE - 2 or 3 times a day, about 10 min at a time. I have an ice pack here in the office and at home.
Stretches- Plenty of videos for each trouble area, plus I picked up a Thera-Band Flex bar and did this exercise below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtR8fYEUnXI

Doctor said a treatment of ibuprofen, even if not hurting, take 3 times a day for about 6 days. I know you guys have the ibuprofen cream over on that side of the pond, so not sure how that treatment correlates vs. the other.

Now I got pretty down when it happened, but since then I started to work on my game in other areas. Short game, pitching, chipping and putting, not so much sand shots as that still requires a full swing with power some times. I also got in the gym more, and worked on core strength and stretching increased 10 fold.

Last but not least, look into the bands that support those forearm muscles as you work your way back as discribed.
 
First you need to make absolutely sure that is it tendonitis.
I was told by 2 different doctors that I had tendonits in my right elbow for just over a year.
They tried therapy, pills, elbow pads, rest, injections....nothing fixed the issue.
I finally talked one of the docs into sending me to a specialist.
He saw me for less than a minute and said..."you don't have tendonitis, you have a torn ligament."

Tommy John surgery the next week fixed it.
 
Smallville can give you lot's of insight on this issue. He was in pain for most of the Morgan Cup 2012.
 
sharkwrestler said:
Smallville can give you lot's of insight on this issue. He was in pain for most of the Morgan Cup 2012.
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No doubt Jim (hehehe).

I merged this thread with another as well.

Mine started in the middle of June. Took two weeks off but couldn't take any more off to continue my prep for the Morgan Cup. Just fought through the pain until I finally got an arm band (the kind that goes just below the elbow on the forearm, not one that covers the entire elbow). That helped a lot. Finally, I went to the Chiropractor the day before my flight to Myrtle Beach to get my back cracked, and he also popped my elbow, which helped immensely. He told me that he wished I had come in after it hurt for a week because I would have saved several weeks of pain.

While it felt a lot better, I still needed time off, which at this point, I couldn't do. During our rain delay Saturday afternoon, I was icing the elbow every 30 minutes or so until it was time to go back out. I hate to say it affected me during the event, but the truth is that it did, especially when I hit one fat. I haven't hit a ball since Sunday afternoon and plan to not touch a club until the week before Labor Day. Hope that's enough time to heal, because I want to have a little prep before the Des Moines Tour Van stop.

I'd say if regular treatment doesn't make it feel better in a week, go to the chiropractor and have them pop it back.
 
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