Tennis Elbow

morrowsarah

I have a question. I'm pretty sure I have tennis elbow....it runs in my family. I'm not sure what has caused it. I'm about to be 31 and my elbows burn quite often . Anyway I haven't lifted weights in a while and the other night I did a workout video with a class and I used 3# weights the first 25 min and 5# weights the second 25 min. My elbows handled the weights okay while I was using them, but then afterward I had to take some advil just to be able to sleep they were burning so bad. So I am here to ask if anyone has any advice on anything that I can do to alleviate the burn? I love using weights in my workouts but gosh I'm not so sure the burning elbows are worth it.

MarieNevada

i had tennis elbow quite severely when i was in carpenter school. I went to physio and got Active Release Therapy on my elbow. Painful as all hell but it cured the tennis elbow and i worked as a carpenter for 8 yrs and never had so much as a twinge again. Do have it diagnosed properly by your doctor first, then find a physio therapist or a chiropractor who does ART. dont wear those braces that some people wear for tennis elbow. both my therapist and doctor agreed that it usually makes it worse rather than helps.

morrowsarah

Okay. Thanks for the advice!