That's what they call it. I've never played a lick of tennis.

They said cortisone would last way longer and I'm after round 2. People keep saying "Tommy Johns." Wrong side of the arm, bruh. Dunno who famous has had this issue, but shots and PT ain't doin' it.

I have to wonder if this is just being old, not using it like I used to, or both. High mileage. High. Mileage. Not only did I swing a hammer, but also pump a framer every which way all day. Among a host of things.

Hell, I've dodged back surgery and other things with PT, but this one might be a knife.

My relationship with healthcare, doctors, and pain isn't great. Or rather, people getting how much pain I'm in. Eh. I'll put up with a piece, for a while. So here we are.

Bleh. This might fuck me up with handguns if I can't get it dealt with properly and make a recovery.

It's a good thing I've got SBRs.

I had to give mine a break from any activity that would hurt or aggravate it for about 2 months. I started using these bands lightly to strengthen my tennis elbow and over time it all went away for good. That took about 2 months as well. So 4 months in total. I’m 38, so depending on your age might take longer. Good luck.

https://www.theraband.com/products/flexbar

I’ve had success using the Graston Technique. I’m like you and it wasn’t caused by playing tennis. The bands really didn’t help me but finding a chiropractor that uses the Graston Technique worked in about 3 treatments. Each treatment lasted about 10-15 min.

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I had to give mine a break from any activity that would hurt or aggravate it for about 2 months. I started using these bands lightly to strengthen my tennis elbow and over time it all went away for good. That took about 2 months as well. So 4 months in total. I’m 38, so depending on your age might take longer. Good luck.

https://www.theraband.com/products/flexbar

Dealt with it in my 30's and the Flexbar finally did the trick for me too. The little support straps with the gel pads help too if you are doing something that might trigger a flare up.

I’ve had tennis elbow from actual tennis several times in my 50+ years of playing. The only thing that worked was to R&R the elbow. Lift NOTHING beyond a toothbrush. Ok…a mug of your favorite beverage should be fine…

I hear you about the pain. Mine was a "plumbing Injury", trying to turn a closet wrench under my sink. My PCP suggested wearing the gel strap just below my elbow. I wore it constantly (while awake) for about four months and remarkably, the injury resolved.

I used to get tennis elbow when I had a mower that required constant squeezing of the handle. It seems that the little band with the bubble in it pressed just below the sore spot takes the pain away and relieves the tension. However, resting it is the only thing that actually cured the issue.

Now for some reason, I get golfers elbow. Tennis elbow on the inside instead of the outside part of the elbow. The band still helps but it seems working out (bicep exercises) seems to make it go away.

I have a Dr I’ve been seeing for my back. When it came to PT, he had a unique perspective. “ Not all PT individuals are created equil”. Some are more trained or have more experience with difficult areas of the body. So, during evaluation, questions to ask are “how many visits before I notice an improvement “? “ if I follow your exercise plan, can I expect the injury to heal 100%”?
4-8 weeks depending on injury, if you’re not getting better, move on to another PT.

I had issues in my right elbow for years and had the cortisone injections and wore a brace. I bit the bullet and had a surgical repair, essentially they used a screw and screwed the tendon down into the bone. I had PT for a few months and it quickly was better. I'm about 13 years past the surgery (I'm 66 now) and absolutely no issues since. I've had slight issues with my left arm since, but I'd put it off as long as I could and right now it's fine. For me the surgery was perfect. I'm certain my tennis elbow came from fishing, repetitive casting over and over and over. My issue now is arthritis in my thumbs......and screw surgery for that!

I’ve had it for more than 20 years. Cortisone shots don’t help much anymore. Recovery from surgery is about 13 weeks off work. I don’t exactly have that stuffed under my mattress. It can be debilitating for sure.

Ice.

Framing hammer did me in and I suffered off and on for over 20 years because I'm a guy and can't rest it the way it needs to be rested. So bad at times I couldn't grip enough to lift my favorite beverage. I wound up buying some foam things you twist to exercise the forearm muscles that have seemed to help more than anything else I've tried.

Quit rubbing one out

I thought that is what I had. We injected the area with stem cells then a few weeks later Cortisone and all was well. Then the pain came back so I had a MRI done. Turned out it was a torn tendon right below the elbow that feeds the top forearm and also your fingers. Painful. I just did a platelet injection and need to give it 30-60 days. If that doesn’t repair it, surgery. Get a MRI to confirm.

I have Parkinson's Disease and when I first started trying out different meds one of them caused augmentation and made my tremors worse. They were so bad I got tennis elbow/tendonitis on my bad side. I changed meds which reduced the tremors, but it still took almost a year for the tendonitis to go away. I wore elbow braces for tendonitis the first few months and they really helped. I used both a Kunto brand compression type and a Senteq brand brace type together that I got on Amazon. I'm not advocating these particular brands, they worked fine, but there are many similar products out there.

I have opinion that exact same boat, for me it required cortisone shots and literally not lifting anything heavier than a few pounds for about six months which was a giant pain for me considering I like to work out and stay in shape

I got mine when I built an 900 sqft deck behind my house. I built it in 3 sections, the first two using a hammer. Ouch.

Then I discovered the magic of a nail gun.

An injection, steroid dose pack and a sling for a few weeks were required. Then minimal use for about 6 months.

Still flairs up 20 years later.

It's "shooters elbow" for me. It will flare up if I do lots of presentations/shooting/dryfire.

Honestly a compression wrap and tylenol combined with limiting use for a bit is what works for me.

Hurts like a sonofabitch though.

I've had it flare up, couple of times when trying to remove a stuck sprinkler head, it was in there tight and I had to get an odd angle to get a grasp and then bam, elbow pain, ie Tennis Elbow.

The only thing you can do is take time to not use it and let it recover. The band with the bump on your arm helps, it keeps some of the stress off the muscle when using that arm.

My Chiropractor has a laser tool/machine that uses laser to penetrate deeper into the muscle and stir up the process of healing, it's used in sports therapy and the dang thing works, I've used it for other muscle injury such as pulled back etc. Works wonders one treatment and it will fix it up muy pronto...

Its called an Aspen Class 4 Laser, it works stimulating the recovery, and can shorten the time it takes for that to happen. It stimulates the healing the link will tell you a bit about it, check around see if any of the sports therapy offices have one and will see you, in my case my Chiro is a bit more tech and advanced on this stuff and invested in the hardware and training. Be sure they have Class 4 and not Class 3 cold laser, there is a difference.

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I've had it a couple of times. Cortisone only hides the pain symptom. You need to stop what's causing it in order to give it time to heal.

Pro-tip: if you haven't done so, ask the doctor put some morphine at the front end of the injection needle. Then as the doctor is inserting the needle to where it needs to go, the morphine is injected to numb the path and the final destination.

I needed cortisone shots for my plantar fascitiis and it was a choice between the pain of walking or the pain of the needle. That is, until I got a second podiatrist who did the morphine trick. I wanted to go back to the first doctor to slap him upside the head.