Tennis/Golfer's Elbow - help!

[innercityteacher]

Ditto to the profesional exam.

Long ago, when I played college Div III tennis for lunch money, chicks, and an easy grade, we did lots of pushups at different angles and different weight loads, and lots of lat pulls, curls, etc with bands and weights.

Please see your doctor or at least several WebMD articles given the state of socialized medicine in your area.

Pat

[GPStyles]

ok guys, will see the doc but I know how it was caused and have looked at the web article below which is an accurate diagnosis of my symptoms so am pretty confident with what I have.

Tennis Elbow Injury
Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis) is a common cause of elbow pain, which can radiate down the forearm from the outer side of the elbow. Tennis Elbow tends to be caused by prolonged gripping activities. There is also elbow pain if the elbow is straight and the hand is moved forward and back at the wrist. Despite the name, Tennis Elbow doesn't just affect tennis players.

A severe episode of Tennis Elbow usually requires a course of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) prescribed by a doctor and a period of rest from activities that may aggravate the injury. Where complete rest is not possible a Compression Strap (elbow support) can relieve stress and reduce symptoms. Ice Therapy is excellent for relieving the pain of Tennis Elbow. Once the severe elbow pain has settled, progressive strengthening exercises can completely cure Tennis Elbow.

Common Tennis Elbow injury signs & symptoms:

Elbow pain located on the outer side of the elbow.
Elbow pain that is aggravated by gripping activities

[golfguru]

Best thing is you are a swinger.

As the guys said above, go see the doc first. Knowing the NHS, you need to make clear to him that you will need a ultrasound scan too as you are a high ranking golfer in season prep time so you REALLY need to be precise with the diagnosis and the fix as "take 8 week rest" does not cut it unless totally necessary.

[mb6606]

If there is no tendon ligament damage you probably have trigger points that are simple to de-activate. You can do it yourself at home in a few days/weeks. Do an online search "tennis elbow trigger points". There are several good sites to treat this.

[GPStyles]

thanks guru and mb.

[mb6606]

Few people realize the effect of trigger points on the body and suffer needlessly. Golfers are susceptible to neck, back and arm injuries. Most can be treated sucessfully at home with trigger point therapy.

[GPStyles]

tried the trigger point massage techniques and have to say the pain has eased.

Used a TENS machine as well and an ice pack so hard to say which should get the most credit!

Thanks for the advice though