Tendonitis, what worked best for you?

Question

I have tendonitis in my biceps (at the shoulder) and I'm wondering what works best to heal it. Please be as detailed as possible and only speak from your experience (no theories please).

Thanks in advance.

Ron

Answer 1

The Thermacare wraps are awesome! Also, I bought a little wrist/elbow cushon, I'm sure even a towel folded a few times would give you good leverage and ease the strain. Hope this helps you!

Answer 2

I have it in my elbow and the only thing that helped me was a cortisone shot. Long term, that's not a good solution though, so the only way to prevent re-occurrences is to strengthen the muscles around it. A physical therapist can recommend specific exercises to do this. Also, taking the maximum dosage of ibuprofen (800 mg) before bed and putting ice on it helped the inflammation and pain. Unfortunately in my case, it helped but wouldn't go away completely. Also, try to figure out what activities aggravate it - in my case using the computer mouse made mine worse, so now I either use the touch pad or an ergonomic mouse. That has helped quite a bit. Good luck, I know how painful it can be.