Tennis elbow from golf

Very painful cortisone shot. Ice often. Good stretches. No heavy lifting for 4-6 weeks. Wear brace when playing.

Theraband flex bar, wear the arm straps, ice, rest

3 Aleve pills each morning for about two weeks helps, but does not cure.

I’ve got it and I can’t get rid of it.

This type of sleeve helps A LOT with pain in round

Pads and Straps help while playing.

But a steroid shot is the only thing that knocks it out fast and completely.

I bet that I have had 20 of them over the years.

If you get the shot, wait a full week before playing

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But a steroid shot is the only thing that knocks it out fast and completely. I bet that I have had 20 of them over the years.

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If it knocks it out completely why have you had to have 20 shots over the years?

I got tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) from golf also. Hopefully, your course of healing is shorter than mine was. There are many treatments for it, which means that none of them work all the time. I tried ice, rest, stretching, strengthening, steroid shots, fresh frozen plasma injections. Had surgery after 2 years, when I couldn’t hold a pen normally or shake hands. It took another 6 months to heal. I can play golf without a problem from it, but every now and then, when I feel some pain, I shut down whatever I’m doing.

My advice would be to avoid doing anything that makes the pain worse. If you have to play golf with it, use the forearm band. It lessens the stress on the inflamed tendon. While steroids do help knock out the pain initially, there is at least one study that shows that chance of recurrence increases some with steroid injections.

Sorry for the long, somewhat pessimistic reply. I will say that I’ve yet to meet anyone whose tennis elbow was as bad as mine. Hopefully, your recovery will be quick.

I've had tendonitis in several locations in the past - elbow, wrist, foot and I always go in and get a cortisone shot and it's gone is a day or two. And, I go right back to golf as soon as I get the shot. I used to try all of the wraps, bands, ice, pain meds, etc... and you go several weeks doing that crap and then it doesn't work. No sense waisting time. Just get the shot and move on.

I have way too much familiarity with tennis elbow. Have had it on both elbows and fought it off and on for about a decade. Please trust me when I say …. Just say no to cortisone. It only masks the pain and actually slows the healing process.

To truly solve the problem, I would recommend a regimen of friction massage and stretching. Thera-band is a good tool to help in this process. The tendons get very little blood flowing to them, so the healing will be slow and gradual. Time and patience are your friend.

If you feel good enough to play or hit balls, you can wear a compression strap on the tendon, just below where the pain is, to relieve the stress to the joint upon impact.

I had it once and it lasted about a year and half. Finally, woke up one day and it didn't hurt. Same thing with plantar's in my feet. Hurt like hell some days and then one day, it was a miracle, and stopped hurting.