Golfers Elbow

Where exactly is the pain? And what do you think caused it?

I will keep going until it heals or I rip it to shreds.

If you change your mindset i'll be glad to help.

I have suffered the pain (coming from inside of both of my elbows) for more than a year now. It doesn't bother me most of the time other than when I lift heavy items by bending my elbow with palm facing up or when I stretch out my arm after having rested at a bend position.

I have not taken any OTC meds or seen a specialist. I, however, found some videos online that were somewhat helpful. This is one of them - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngVJPa7-M-A

I'll start taking some ibuprofen and see if it does me any good.

nickkreitzer wrote: »

Has anyone had the fun pleasure of dealing with this? I know it says to rest for 3 weeks but I am a former Marine, I will keep going until it heals or I rip it to shreds. Any thoughts, Advice or general opinions would be appreciated. Thanks. That's assuming, That's what I have though too ha ha.

DO NOT KEEP TRAINING!!!! It will not heal and you will fack yourself up. I developed golfers and tennis elbow simultaneously, and kept training. Bad mistake. I was seeing a physio for massage, acupuncture, and ultrasound therapy for months, but nothing helped. Finally pushed so hard that I reached the point I couldn't pick up a glass. Three months off all training before it was healed, and I still have to be very cautious to ensure it doesn't flare up.

Rest it till its healed, NOW... before you make it worse and need an extensive time off. And pick up a pair of Mcdavid 489 elbow straps. I've tried a lot of straps and these are by far the most effective. They have pads that apply pressure directly on the inner and outer tendons. I wear mine for every workout no matter how good my elbows feel. If you're training lots of volume, you may want to pick up a pair of lifting hooks as well. I use them for about 50% of my pulling sets (not DL or rack pulls) so that the tendons don't become overworked.

Good luck, and heal up.

I have a disease that attacks my joints and tendons, also I'm in my mid 40's. I'm no stranger to golfer's elbow. My last flare up lasted over 6 months.

A couple lifters over at BB.com swore by the TheraBand Azdak mentioned above a few posts up. First its not a band you wear, its a object you twist.

All I can say after 5 minutes of using it, my pain went away completely for the first time in the past twenty years of having pain. I use it once a week or so as preventative exercise.

I lift very heavy and have no problems with either golfer's or tennis elbow ever since. I'm not one to endorse products, but this one is like magic for me.

This is what it looks like, but I use the green one which is a different resistance.

http://www.amazon.com/TheraBand-Y0A2THBFLXRL-Thera-band®-FlexBar®-Red/dp/B00067E4YU

I got golfer's elbow from pull-ups. I was a bad boy and tried to keep doing pull-ups, and it took a lot longer than 3 weeks to get better. Even today, years later, I still have minor nerve problems in my forearm, wrist, and my ring and little finger.