Help with tennis elbow

[gronkus]

At home I was doing the following:
1) bad arm straight out, push wrist downwards with other hand and hold for 20 seconds x 3
2) bad arm straight out, pull wrist backwards with other hand and hold for 20 seconds x 3
3) hold some longer object out with straight arm with thumb inward, rotate hand over till thumb outwards and back and forth x 20
4) bicep curl with very light weight x 20
5) curl up dish towel and squeeze with bad arm's hand on and off

At PT also did different stuff with bands, pulleys, etc... and got graston technique done each time.

 

[ilmcgee]

^^ thanks

 

[Dan Ensor]

I've been told that tennis elbow is from repeating the same elbow motion, and having the same repetition of the elbow in the opposite motion will at least mitigate the effects.

 

[ranger]

Flexbar

No more issues for me

 

[ilmcgee]

What color? Or did you progress through them all?

 

[flightpath]

Get a compression and support elbow brace if you need to play...rest gets rid of tennis elbow. It is an over/misuse injury

 

[ilmcgee]

I have sleeves, braces, and the tennis elbow wraps. I use them regularly to no avail. I'm a steelworker and between hammering, wrenching, and everything else, my elbows and wrists are falling apart.

 

[@iDiscGolf]

Haha. This is the AD s on this thread now.

"Magnetic Bracelets"

 

[ilmcgee]

Big Brother?!?

 

[TAFL]

At home I was doing the following:
1) bad arm straight out, push wrist downwards with other hand and hold for 20 seconds x 3
2) bad arm straight out, pull wrist backwards with other hand and hold for 20 seconds x 3
3) hold some longer object out with straight arm with thumb inward, rotate hand over till thumb outwards and back and forth x 20

This is the sort of thing I do when warming up to play.

I suspect it would be useful to assemble a list of stretches and such to do regularly once one has levelled up to Fogey (40) and wants to continue playing. I had elbow issues after deciding to try develop a forehand and figure that came about due to the tendons just not being as flexible now that I'm over 50, so I need to stretch a great deal more often and throw fewer forehands at a time (meaning I should have a developed forehand sometime in 2018).

How does "A Fogey's Guide to Playing Without Breaking" sound?

 

[gronkus]

Haha... Fogey at 40. So TAFL, what are we feeling 50+'s called?

 

[TAFL]

Haha... Fogey at 40. So TAFL, what are we feeling 50+'s called?

Old & Busted.

That's how I feel now that I'm recovering from today's round, anyhow.

 

[Shamis]

Reverse wrist curls and a theraband flexbar. Tennis elbow is a thing of the past.

 

[ilmcgee]

^^ What color flexbar did you use?