Anybody successfully recovered from tennis elbow?

It's kind of related to this, I had golfer's elbow in my right arm as part of the crap that goes with hypermobility.

My final straw was when it was hurting passively and couldn't grip a racket handle properly, so it was bad.

It took around 14 months of no play for it to properly recover.

 

As everyone else said, rest, physio, stretches etc. Once the pain I personally had subsided, I started playing with this particular tennis elbow brace:
https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Band-Braces-Therapeutic-Forearm/dp/B00CSDEDR8

I don't play w/o it anymore. Anytime I do, the pain starts coming back. It's worked for me.

Good luck on finding a solution; hopefully this may help 'cause tennis elbow sucks.

 

I bought that same brace.....along with a few others.....nothing seems to be working.......

 

Honestly you need to stop and let your body heal. Braces will mitigate things, but they won't eliminate the issue.

 

I wish I could stop, but I teach private badminton lessons. Luckily the kids I teach are not that good yet, but just the simple act of doing "drive" or push type shots are really painful right at the bony point where the muscles attach to the joint.

 

I have no answer for you then I'm afraid. I did everything, ibuprofen gel, oral NSAIDs, cushioning, strapping, ice, heat.. At one point I was sleeping with a cushion on my chest so I could rest my arm on it, just to keep it at a more comfortable position.

For me the really bad pain and issues went away after 3 months or so, but there were always niggling bits, and it would hurt to play. I could only last about half a game before I'd start slowing down and having difficulties with pain. You really do have to rest it properly.

 

I struggled with moderate to severe tennis elbow for over a year, after initially tweaking my elbow with a really strong overhead backhand in my first 6 months of playing. The main two things that helped were A) learning proper swing techniques from BC and youtube, and B) switching to a heavier racket, and C) strength exercises. I know, B doesn't seem to make much sense, but, that was actually the thing that helped the most. I think I was having to swing the 4U racket too hard to get it up to speed, and was aggravating the forearm muscles/tendons in the process. Switching to a 3U made a world of difference.

For C, I tried all sorts of strengthening exercises, from hand grippers to dynoball grip strentheners, to pullups, to weights. The thing that seems to work best for me is taking a 10lb dumbell, laying my forearm flat on a surface with just the hand/wrist hanging off, holding the forearm stable so it can't lift up, and doing reps (both with the palm facing up, and the palm facing down). e.g. https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson47.htm .

Using a heading pad or lamp after playing also helps with the circulation, but it did not provide a long-term benefit for me *by itself*. It does help after playing if you use a hockey ball to roll out your forearm muscles. e.g. https://www.tptherapy.com/product/tpmassageball

After finding the right combo for me, my pain is 100% gone.

 

Why would it cause tissue atrophy by the way? The second only happens with a fairly incompetent doctor...

 

I'd like to add, I saw doctors and tried all sorts of everything before I found strengthening exercises, swing alterations, and trigger point massage that actually fixed my tennis elbow. See my post above for more info. The forearm bands/braces worn while playing helped with the pain, but the pain came back after playing. The exercises/massage cured me.

 

How often can one get these jabs? I think is the same meds they use to treat ppl with arthritis. Too much of this med strains ur kidneys...so was told not to do it more than once a yr and only if necessary. Not sure abt dosage though.

 

Have you tried this exercise?
http://www.thera-bandacademy.com/tba-exercise/FlexBar-Tyler-Twist-for-Tennis-Elbow
This got rid of my first bout of tennis elbow.

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