It's like tennis elbow but on the inside of the elbow instead of the outside.
I was wondering if those twisty grip things that induce an eccentric contraction of the forearm work for golfer's elbow as well as tennis elbow?
I was also wondering if maybe those palm grips that gymnasts use for bar work, the ones with with the bit of dowel across the fingers to enhance grip could ameloriate golfers elbow?
It's gout. Get a Urich acid test at the doctors . Drink more water . Put my money on it. Some get it in the toes , some get it other places . I cop the elbow and I don't play golf ..
Massage all the muscles that connect to the elbow (from both ends - forearm and bicep/tricep) and try to locate any muscle knots as a possible cause.
1.- Don't do pull ups
2.- TheraBand FlexBar
3.- Massage as often as possible to prevent scar tissue laying wrong
4.- Ibuprofen
5.- Takes months to get better, and it reoccurs... welcome to getting old :)
1.- Don't do pull ups
2.- TheraBand FlexBar
3.- Massage as often as possible to prevent scar tissue laying wrong
4.- Ibuprofen
5.- Takes months to get better, and it reoccurs... welcome to getting old :)
All the above plus see a physio as PRP and shock wave therapy may be the only answer that actually works. Worked with me ![]()
I had this issue and found a platelet rich plasma injection worked well for me. Any recurrence and I use a strapping to take some of the strain off the tendon/bone attachment points.
I had a debilitating pain in both elbows that resembled arthritis. I first noticed it doing curls at the gym and it was extremely painful. I had trouble brushing my teeth or picking up things that required an amount of grip. I went to the doc and got prescribed Celebrex and got immediate relief. The pain is still there but manageable. I will have to take them forever but better than the pain..
TH...
I had a debilitating pain in both elbows that resembled arthritis. I first noticed it doing curls at the gym and it was extremely painful. I had trouble brushing my teeth or picking up things that required an amount of grip. I went to the doc and got prescribed Celebrex and got immediate relief. The pain is still there but manageable. I will have to take them forever but better than the pain..
TH...
Oh curls at the gym
I read it as girls at the gym, thought your a lucky man ![]()
But both elbows, no option to change hands there
I had the exact same pain on the inside part of my elbow for around a year.
Was told to squeeze a soft ball for around 15 minutes a day.
It was the only thing that worked.
One day in particular the pain was real bad. I sat in a chair and just watched instead of playing whilst squeezing a soft ball for around an hour.
When I got up and swung the racquet I felt no pain whatsoever.
You can buy them from the chemist for five dollars or so.
I have had elbow issues for a long time (Tendonitis and referred nerve pain) which responds to anti-inflammatories like Celebrex. Kiting has been the main cause. Hate taking the drugs so tried all kinds of solutions with the best result being exercise. If I do not do daily stretching, pushups and light weights it comes back. Constant battle. Mine seems to be related to constricted nerves in my neck as well, due to 30 years of sticking my head into scrums. Voltaren gel massage of lower neck relieves the pain in my elbows, go figure ![]()
I agree with pretty much all of the above.
My chronic tennis elbow got to the point where I thought I would never play again. However :
- 2 months rest and physio (with acupuncture to de-spasm); followed by
- gentle ramp up of strengthening with therabands over the course of another 4 months (to ridiculous - I now have muscles I never had);
has 'cured' it.
It still gets sore with too much tennis (arthritic) but it is not a deal breaker.
Now I keep up the resistance training weekly. Building / maintaining muscle bulk is the only way to stimulate / maintain ligaments.
This is one of the reasons resistance training is so important for anyone over the age of 47 years and 3 months...
It's gout. Get a Urich acid test at the doctors . Drink more water . Put my money on it. Some get it in the toes , some get it other places . I cop the elbow and I don't play golf ..
Right on the nail.
After a massive rugby career I put all of my aches and pains, particularly in my knees, down to football. A radical change in diet and not a twinge. Talk to all my mates at reunions and they carry on like old farts. Virtually all of them on pain medication.
Masking the symptoms.
Keeps the pharmaceutical industry ticking over I guess.
And as for Ibuprofen you can stick that fair up your date. I bought some for a painful injury and after taking two spent four hours with incessant migratory itching and the sensation of having a boiled egg lodged in
my gullet coupled with acute stomach pain.