tennis elbow treatment - honest product endorsement

[snagged in outlet 3]

Call in sick to work because your elbow hurts and sleep off the beers. 

I shoulda been a doctor. 

Pete

[Ham]

I purchased the Theraband thingy. I got the green (Medium) one. I'm a few days in on my rehab. So far so good. That sucker could double as a personal defense item though. You could deliver a serious beatdown with it. I am hopeful that I can work out the soreness and then stay ahead of it.

[Mitch f]

Hoglaw, I get tennis elbow every once in a while, but I don't have it now. I wonder if you can use it for preventative maintenance?

[Ham]

It might take the new daddy a while to notice so I'll jump in. That is part of my plan to strengthen and maintain the muscles around that tendon so that I don't always have nagging fishing elbow pain.

 

[Mitch f]

21 minutes ago, Ham said:

It might take the new daddy a while to notice so I'll jump in. That is part of my plan to strengthen and maintain the muscles around that tendon so that I don't always have nagging fishing elbow pain.

 

I know when I use a spinning reel, I notice there is forearm pain the next day. I'm thinking the guys who use a Ned a lot might benefit from a lighter action rod to help load the bait with less strain on the forearm. I guess your Nanofil will help counteract the lightness of the rod.

[Ham]

It may very well be shock from no stretch lines that has made this a re-occuring problem. I guess I should fly fish and do the tenkara deal a lot more than now to give that arm a chance to heal. And ice. And Nsaids. And the flexi. And shooting stars. And 4 leaf clovers. And....

[Plastic_worm]

9 minutes ago, Ham said:

It may very well be shock from no stretch lines that has made this a re-occuring problem. I guess I should fly fish and do the tenkara deal a lot more than now to give that arm a chance to heal. And ice. And Nsaids. And the flexi. And shooting stars. And 4 leaf clovers. And....

Maybe Tenkara, b/c mine has been killing me since I got back from SELA.  I have an ace band from WM that helps some...but not enough.  I'll google this!

[Ham]

4 minutes ago, Plastic_worm said:

Maybe Tenkara, b/c mine has been killing me since I got back from SELA.  I have an ace band from WM that helps some...but not enough.  I'll google this!

I'll risk it to wrestle with some of the copper demons that you captured.

[Ham]

A little further explanation. It is my left arm that is in need of repair. I cast spinning and baitcasting with my left arm.

 I fly fish and will likely do the Ten Kara deal with my right arm. I'll get a shoulder impingment syndrome IF I use the fly rod a lot. The main nerve to my arm gets pinched because my shoulder joint has a little too much slack in it and the ball slides in the socket and pinches that nerve. It gets angry about it and swells up which just means it gets pinched some more. Good times.

 

[hoglaw]

I don't see why it couldn't be used for "prevention."  The explanation I got on why the exercise works is that it has something to do with stretching the tendons (even though tendons don't really "stretch").  It's all range of motion and support strength stuff.  It will definitely make your forearms stronger too.

I never had this problem until I started fishing a ned rig on a spinning rod with nanofil.  Maybe we can get a class action product liability case together against Berkley

It's only my right arm which I hold the rod with.  The hookset and fish fighting is what kills it.  A softer action rod might be helpful since the bite sensitivity should still be there. 

Ham is right.  You could deliver a serious beat-down with the thing.