Tendonitis (tennis elbow) and pistol shooting

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I didn't get it from tennis either, but repairing some sheetrock walls two months ago. Then I moved out of our house after selling it, and into another. Too much lifting, even though I hired movers for much of it.

My right elbow is downright pi$$ed off and has been for two months. In fact, after shooting a match yesterday, my whole dam^ arm hurts and I don't know that I can shoot pistols anymore until this improves.

Fully extending my arm to properly grip any pistol I own is an extremely unhappy experience.

What's the fix?
 
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I had the same issue after running a weed eater for a few hours around a pond a few years back. Miracle cure for me was "dry needling". Actually had an Orthopedic surgeon recommend it to me. I went to a hospital outpatient rehab department and the Physical Therapist performed the treatment. I had immediate relief. After about a week some of the pain came back so went in for another treatment. Again, immediate relief. I think I had a total of 3 treatments before it went away for good.

I have had others I work with do the same and they all said it was the fix for them as well.

Also, now I wear one of those arm bands that wrap around your elbow and has a pressure pad that you put on the tendon that causes the trouble. I have never had a repeat issue since I wear that arm band anytime I am running the weed eater now.

Edit - this is where I had mine done if you are in the Raleigh area:
http://www.rexhealth.com/rh/care-treatment/rehabilitation/outpatient-rehabilitation/dry-needling/
 
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Couple of things to try:

temp relief:

I have one of these bands and you are welcome to borrow it and see if it helps.

exercise:


You could also massage your forearm - from what you describe, you no doubt have some knots in the muscles. Try massaging by pressing your forearm into a narrow round bar - e.g. a barbell. Will probably hurt, which is a sign there are knots in the muscle.
 
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I didn't get it from tennis either, but repairing some sheetrock walls two months ago. Then I moved out of our house after selling it, and into another. Too much lifting, even though I hired movers for much of it.

My right elbow is downright pi$$ed off and has been for two months. In fact, after shooting a match yesterday, my whole dam^ arm hurts and I don't know that I can shoot pistols anymore until this improves.

Fully extending my arm to properly grip any pistol I own is an extremely unhappy experience.

What's the fix?
Rub some dirt on it.
 
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https://www.amazon.com/Draw-Out-Vet...rd_wg=nwUib&psc=1&refRID=TMC9HKJWRHBD4Z7B5SHR

It works for me and my son has some of his baseball team using it ...
 
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stretching exercises help. as does icing it.
Best thing is to not do anything that aggravates it till it can heal. Wear a compression sleeve

I have had surgery on both of mine to repair tendinitis

And never ever take a fluroquinolone
 
after about a year of shots ,theropy ,acupuncture, braces , different meds. i had a extensor tendon release and had to remove some degenerative tissue doc said if i had saw him sooner it wount have as bad, outpatient surgery two months off work . it was worth it ,it got to hurting so bad i count sleep
 
OK, my job requires me to grab heavy things off the top of a stack of heavy things, pull them off, catch them, carry them around, and put them down. Don't tell me bread isn't heavy with it's 30-40 lbs coming off a stack at you. So the muscles in my hand and forearm are over worked big time. I found a finger extension exercise that basically fixed all of that. Your muscles work in groups. One group to grip, and one group to open the grip. The extensors that open the grip get underworked. That is where a lot of pain comes from. It's not from gripping things exactly. It's from the flexors being over worked and building up while the extensors get underworked and get weak. So at rest the flexors are stronger and instead of having a good balance they pull on the extensors and it's painful.

I used exercise #7 here once or twice a day with a heavy rubber band from the office section at walmart. This is what I recommend to our guys when they start complaining about carpal tunnel. Not that CT isn't real, but a lot of cases are over and underworked muscles fighting each other.

http://www.newhealthguide.org/Exercises-for-Tennis-Elbow.html
 
Learn to switch hands occasionally, it's almost like someone else is doing it for you!!! But for God's sake quit before you go blind.....
 
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OK, my job requires me to grab heavy things off the top of a stack of heavy things, pull them off, catch them, carry them around, and put them down. Don't tell me bread isn't heavy with it's 30-40 lbs coming off a stack at you. So the muscles in my hand and forearm are over worked big time. I found a finger extension exercise that basically fixed all of that. Your muscles work in groups. One group to grip, and one group to open the grip. The extensors that open the grip get underworked. That is where a lot of pain comes from. It's not from gripping things exactly. It's from the flexors being over worked and building up while the extensors get underworked and get weak. So at rest the flexors are stronger and instead of having a good balance they pull on the extensors and it's painful.

I used exercise #7 here once or twice a day with a heavy rubber band from the office section at walmart. This is what I recommend to our guys when they start complaining about carpal tunnel. Not that CT isn't real, but a lot of cases are over and underworked muscles fighting each other.

http://www.newhealthguide.org/Exercises-for-Tennis-Elbow.html
Another source for rubber bands are the ones that come with celery. Or for those who want to get all fancy with a set: http://www.ironmind-store.com/Expand-Your-Hand-Bands153-10-Bands/productinfo/1376/
 
Ordered one of these Therabands,

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...and been doing this starting today, 6-7 times thoughout the day for twenty seconds. It has already helped a lot.

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I don't know if you saw my post on NMR massage. But I was talking to my friend about this issue when I went. She had a mechanic that came in and could not open his grip up. She released on side, and activated the other muscles and sent him home with advice to do the extensor exercises. Basically completely fixed his problem. If you can find someone that does NMR, not just any massage, they might be able to help get it back to normal. Then the exercises can keep it normal.
 
Ashe...follow this link...its the best non-drug treatment you can do. I've used it to manage the tennis elbow I've had in both arms for the last 2 years. It is a major help.
If two of you like this, there must be something to it. Just slogged through the blog, which was worthwhile and watched the videos.

The missus and I gave away a bunch of dumbbells when we moved two weeks ago (they're heavy and I don't like moving "heavy") but my wife kept the 10 lb pair which seems to be ideal to get started with this treatment. I also have one of those green Therabands coming in today that gets a lot of attention online and in this thread.

Onward and upward.
 
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If two of you like this, there must be something to it. Just slogged through the blog, which was worthwhile and watched the videos.

The missus and I gave away a bunch of dumbbells when we moved two weeks ago (they're heavy and I don't like moving "heavy") but my wife kept the 10 lb pair which seems to be ideal to get started with this treatment. I also have one of those green Therabands coming in today that gets a lot of attention online and in this thread.

Onward and upward.
Just make sure you go to failure a couple times a week. Just doing reps will not get the job done.
 
What weight are you using?
10lb, 15lb, 20lb, and 25lb. Go to failure on your last set. Start light. Do 2 sets with the 10, and one set to failure on the 15. Shoot for 15 reps per set. As you get stronger, up the weight. Pay attention to your form on the reverse wrist curls as that exercise is the money shot for tennis elbow.
 
Oh yeah...i did the 4 exercises as a circuit. So one set would be dumbell curls-15 reps, wrist curls-15 reps, reverse wrist curls-15 reps, skull crushers-15 reps. Thats one set...youll need to do 3 sets
 
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