tennis elbow problem

[anujtanwar12]

hi all,
i have got tennis elbow problem. somebody told me that i cannot continue with heavy workout now on. Is that true? if anybody have any knowledge or experience pls share.

[BigAl71]

I have same problem... You need to rest your elbow for a while. You can go back to heavy weights for sure...

[Pimp Juice 88]

Try Super Cissus Rx. I have been on it a week now with large doses and I also take large doses of fish oil and it has helped me some but you have to take it 30 minimal so see any changes.

[anujtanwar12]

thanks for replies buddies.....m a bit relaxed now.....u think Super Cissus Rx will work?
can u pls tell me how much time do i need to retain myself from working out?

[ozbilda]

^^ as they said rest up for a while,

when you go back to lifting , dont grip the bar so hard,
maybe change exercise so you can use thumbless grip for a couple of weeks.

[powerman2000]

The most effective thing you can do for yourself is to have a doctor treat you with Prolotherapy.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...ubmed_RVDocSum

[Hwoarang]

There should be any exercises to enhance forearm's muscle to avoid epicondylitis(tennis elbow).
Do you know these?

[JDD3637]

Give your body time to heal. Earlier this year my elbow hurt so bad it hurt like hell when I would pick up a large frying pan. Over time the pain went away and I was able to resume normal training.

[Hwoarang]

Give your body time to heal. Earlier this year my elbow hurt so bad it hurt like hell when I would pick up a large frying pan. Over time the pain went away and I was able to resume normal training.

So, How did you heal? With any medications?

[JDD3637]

So, How did you heal? With any medications?

I took a glucosamine supplement and I also took a week or two off when the pain got bad, then avoided the exercises which caused the most pain. I was able to do Bench Press with no pain but the ones that caused the most pain were hammer curls, side lateral raises, and lying tricep extensions.

I would say it took about 2-3 months for the pain to go away.

[Hwoarang]

I took a glucosamine supplement and I also took a week or two off when the pain got bad, then avoided the exercises which caused the most pain. I was able to do Bench Press with no pain but the ones that caused the most pain were hammer curls, side lateral raises, and lying tricep extensions.

I would say it took about 2-3 months for the pain to go away.

Did you take only glucosamine supplement?

[powerman2000]

So, How did you heal? With any medications?

Since you said "medications", I'm going to say don't ever take an anti-inflammatory drug. Maybe, if you have to for pain, take some tylenol, but I don't like them too much either because they're extremely hard on the liver.

Anti-inflammatories will only inhibit, or stop altogether, the natural healing process that our bodies possess. But the drug companies don't want anyone to know this.

[Hwoarang]

Since you said "medications", I'm going to say don't ever take an anti-inflammatory drug. Maybe, if you have to for pain, take some tylenol, but I don't like them too much either because they're extremely hard on the liver.

Anti-inflammatories will only inhibit, or stop altogether, the natural healing process that our bodies possess. But the drug companies don't want anyone to know this.

Have you ever tried cissus?

[jm1369]

I also have to work around tennis elbow. When it flares up bad enough to interrupt my training, I rest until all pain and discomfort goes away. Exercises I have to avoid are arnold presses, and preacher curls. Doing a bicep, tricep same day workout is what caused it in the first place, so I cant do that anymore either.
I have heard fish oil is good for your joints, which you get if you eat a lot of fish anyway. But for me it is rest, and patience.

[JDD3637]

Did you take only glucosamine supplement?

Yes, but it's hard to say if that helped me or if it healed on its own.

[powerman2000]

Have you ever tried cissus?

No, I have never tried Cissus.

I do know that not one available supplement is capable of causing our bodies to grow new tendon and ligament tissue. Only a natural healing process that our bodies possess can cause new tissue to grow in response to inflammation.

[powerman2000]

Yes, but it's hard to say if that helped me or if it healed on its own.

It healed on it's own.

[Hwoarang]

I also have to work around tennis elbow. When it flares up bad enough to interrupt my training, I rest until all pain and discomfort goes away. Exercises I have to avoid are arnold presses, and preacher curls. Doing a bicep, tricep same day workout is what caused it in the first place, so I cant do that anymore either.
I have heard fish oil is good for your joints, which you get if you eat a lot of fish anyway. But for me it is rest, and patience.

So, there should be any exercises to improve forearm's muscle, do you know them?

[jm1369]

I rarely do any work for my forearms. But I NEVER use wrist straps either. Grip strength has never been an issue. On the occation that I do forearm work, it would be wrist curls, reverse curls, or behind-the-back barbell curls.

[Hwoarang]

I rarely do any work for my forearms. But I NEVER use wrist straps either. Grip strength has never been an issue. On the occation that I do forearm work, it would be wrist curls, reverse curls, or behind-the-back barbell curls.

So, these exercise that you have just mention would be good to avoid tennis elbow?

[gunn23]

I had it in both elbows. It hurt so bad it effected my sleep. You need to take a week or two off and Animal Flex worked wonders for me. I still take it every day and it's around $25 for a 44 pack. Never had it again.

[357mag]

To try...
I have heard resveratrol at a high dose MIGHT help with connective problems.
I had no success with collegan supplements
I have heard gripping and/or wrist is the issue not the actual elbow

Try massaging the tendon, get the blood flowing in the area
Also try wrist exercises/stretching exercises
Try putting a rubber band around your fingers and opening up your fingers, this is the opposite of gripping and actually makes the most logical sense to me. It is like having a quad/ham imbalance can cause knee problems.

Make sure your biceps and triceps are equally balanced

I have also read that around 40 upward, most people will have this at some point due to a "misallignment" of the elbow and usually goes away after about a year. Personally, I have problems off and on and I think it is one of the most common injuries weightlifters have. You could try going lighter for awhile as I have read this can improve joint function. You could also wrap your wrists and/or elbow when working out. I usually notice my elbow hurts most when working biceps and doing deadlifts (chinups and pullups seem to bother me as well).

[jm1369]

So, these exercise that you have just mention would be good to avoid tennis elbow?

The only exercises I avoid are Arnold Presses and Preacher Curls. I also dont do bicep/tricep in the same day.

[arnoldoz]

I've had it for yonks and it now seems to be getting a hell of a lot better.
I stopped doing upright dumbell skull crushers, and close grip upright rows.
I presumed they were the 2 excercises that caused it in the first place.

I have been taking fish oil and MSM Glucosamine - dont think they made any difference!

I eased off on the majority of pulling excercises & biceps work.

Bought a Powerball but this seemed to make it worse - dont buy one, dont believe their hype.

One of the main things that I think helped was taking Voltaren anti inflammatories a couple of days a week when it was at its worst.

I continued limited training throughout and presume the extra stregnth also aided the fix.

Find excercises that dont seem to effect it and go hard.
One such is on a seated bench press machine at the gym which you can do close grip, equivalent to a dipping movement.
This coincided with the biggest improvement of my tendonitis problem.

[thearm95]

Try stretching (every day) all the muscles that cross the elbow joint (biceps/triceps etc) and stretch all the muscles in the forearms ie pull the wrist into a stretch in all different directions + open hand finger stretches for 2-3 minutes every day. Then regularly do finger extensors with rubber bands.

(I agree with the above poster who mentioned keeping the wrist and elbow flexors/extensors in balance)

[Hwoarang]

Has anyone ever tried cissus for this problem?

[jbrowncbr]

I'm going to PT for this problem and some others. For the tennis elbow they are doing ultrasound, cortisone patches (not injections), massage, and I'm told to ice it several times a day (which I rarely do b/c some research says ice and anti inflammatories don't help tennis elbow). I just started doing very high rep bicep curls, I'm at 25-35 reps but I've read up to 100 will help. Stretch the top part of the arm (wrist down). Every exercise I do I use the loosest grip possible, I need to get some wrist straps, I'd rather have a weaker grip than elbow pain. I agree with the others that this is a muscle imbalance because our flexors are constantly being worked by gripping weight while our extensors are being neglected, however I mentioned this to my PT and she disagreed. Check out this exercise, I just started doing it and it actually seemed to provide some relief. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eQA3Igex6A My PT told me to not lift heavy weight/low rep, although that is eventually my goal. I also think laptops cause this pain due to the small keyboard and how close they are to our body causing us to bend our elbows (as I type on my laptop).

[Hwoarang]

I knew that the best therapy for tennis elbow are the shock waves.

[Tstering]

Bought a Powerball but this seemed to make it worse - dont buy one, dont believe their hype.

problem.

A powerball used at moderate speeds should really be very beneficial for this sort of industry. I've met with a physio who highly recommends them, and I can also personally recommend them for this kind of injury. They are usually very good for nearly all wist, forearm and elbow injuries. There are ofcourse exceptions to everything and maybe for your paticular injury it didn't work.

[357mag]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPDw...eature=related

This is pretty informative. In fact, this tendon is sore on me and the doc diagnosed me with it. I would try backing off, maybe doing some lighter weights for awhile. You definitely don't won't your tendon to tear and snap off ( I have heard this could happen but not sure how hard it is to do) so be cautious.