[bambam]

It seems most people who have elbow problems have pain in the outer area of the elbow, but mine is on the inside.

Golfer's elbow is typically pain on the inside of the elbow; tennis elbow is the outside.

Also, I know an elbow strap won't cure the problem, but would it help to stop any further damage?

I used an elbow strap when I had a similar problem in the spring (golf and raquetball). I found it most useful after I had let the tendons rest for a week or two and began to play again. If you can't let it rest, I'd avoid any practice on mats or hard pan until things feel better. If rest and other typical tendinitis treatments don't help and it's been more than a couple weeks, you should get with a doc or personal trainer that knows what they're doing, as it could be tendinosis instead of tendinitis (Vickie might have some good feedback here).

These stretches helped me:
http://forums.jpfitness.com/training...-elbows.html#3

that's for tennis elbow. The stretch for golfer's elbow is basically reverse of that; he mentions it here: http://forums.jpfitness.com/training...-elbows.html#7