Tennis elbow ?

Question

What can I do to help the pain and healing process?

Thank you for your advice.

Answer 1

This is a common condition due to inflammation of the insertion point of the muscles into the lateral epicondyle of the elbow.

There are 2 basic treatment options,1) physio, which is very effective but time consuming.2) Local steroid injection, this has a 30% fail rate, but may work very rapidly.

Answer 2

I had a cortisone shot 5 weeks ago, my elbow felt fine for 3 weeks but then my elbow pain came roaring back worse than before the injection. I have been using this tennis elbow secrets program now for 5 days and my elbow feels much better. I can really feel my arm getting stronger as each day passes.

Cure Tennis Elbow?

Answer 3

Most people have no idea how they develop this nagging injury but depending on the severity it can take up to 2 years to fully recover if you keep ignoring the warning signs and symptoms. And to make matters worse, this condition progressively gets worse over time if left untreated.

Symptoms can develop gradually over time with some slight soreness and tenderness on the outside of the elbow, which then leads to tightness of the muscles in the forearm. If left untreated, you may experience the misfortune of not being able to straighten your arm out when you wake in the morning without extreme pain and discomfort.

Check out this video by Geoff Hunt http://www.tenniselbowtips.net It's about how to eliminate your tennis elbow pain in under 72 hours and how to cure it completely within 30 days.

Answer 4

There are there commonly accepted routes in the treatment of Tennis Elbow:
1. Surgery- Only required for 10% of the population of T.E. sufferers.

2. Cortosteroid Injections- Which have shown superior in the short term fot the relief of T.E., but have ended in a very high reoccurance rate of T.E.

3. Physiotherapy (through a Physical or Occupational Therapist). While a much slower relief rate than steroid injections mentioned above, this treatment option produces the best long term results, with the least number of reoccurances of T.E..

Parts of a good physiotherpy plan of care of T.E. usually include:
superficial heat and cold,
ultrasound,
electrotherapy,
transdermal drug delivery,
transverse friction massage and soft tissue mobilization, splinting,
therapeutic exercise and neuromuscular conditioning,
and lastly, work and sports modifications

Cold Laser Therapy (low level laser) is also an emerging modality which being shown to promote healing from T.E. Check out my site:
http://www.a-body-for-living.com/laser-therapy-melbourne.html
(Cold Laser Therapy for the treament of Tennis Elbow is what I am currently working on for my Master's Thesis.)

My suggestion is that if you go the route of physiotherapy, go to a Certified Hand Therapist, usually an Occupational Therapist, but sometimes a Physical Therapist. Both are experts in the rehabilitation of the hand and arm.

Hope this helps

Answer 5

After exercise or strenuos activity if it hurts more, ice and rest your elbow. If the injury is over 48 hours old, use a heat pack.
I've got a stitched bag containing wheat which I heat in the microvave for two minutes and apply at night which really seems to alliviate the pain.
I also used an anti-inflammatory cream called
Voltaren Emulgel which worked wonders also.
good luck

Answer 6

Take some anti-inflammatories, and do stretches, they will help, other than that, it takes time.