My racket (blade 98 18x20 from Wilson, 304grams) is now approximately 10 to 12 years old I guess. It is in good shape because I haven't played for years. Now starting to pick up tennis again but my elbow keeps hurting. Been to the physio because it got too bad a year ago. Afterwards it was completely gone but now it's coming back again. Would buying a newer model of the racket help (or another model/brand) with this issue?
Playing around once a week nowadays.
Thanks in advance
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The idea came from an observation of mine after switching back and forth 2 different pull up bar for enough time. The thicker one causes discomfort while doing pull ups while the smaller one doesn't, could this actually be linked or is it just me?
Hey all, I'm an Aussie Physio whose really passionate about understanding the underlying cause of injury and dysfunction. My role as a senior Physio has often included trying to get to the bottom of why my patients are having the issues they are and one that I feel quite interested in at the moment is Tennis Elbow.
Clearly TE is a local issue and we have many useful treatments surrounding support, strengthening, mobilising etc that we employ. No news to anyone of course!
But clinically I keep coming back to the neck and it's potential role in things. I'm keen to hear eveyone's thoughts as I'm finding the neck may have a strong influence on the onset and persistence of TE.
If anyone is interested I've taken the time to put my thoughts into an informal article here: http://yourwellnessnerd.com/tennis-elbow/
But what I'm thinking is that if a patient has accrued some underlying mechanical issues - neck stiffness and tightness - in the areas that relate to the lateral elbow (dermatomes, myotomes, radial nerve etc) then it may set it up to fail. It may be the rust that short-circuits the normal function at the elbow.
Clearly the elbow is still the primary symptomatic area, but there's a chance its a consequence of something broader rather than an insidious local failure to tolerate load/repetition.
Clinically I find that mobilising my patient's neck in the relevant areas can show an immediate and repeatable improvement in symptoms like strength, pain and function. Again there's obviously still the need to rehab the soft tissue at the elbow but it seems like the neck could be a piece of the equation that's genuinely underrated. Or at least that's what I'm finding.
I'm keen to know if anyone is finding this or even looking at TE in this way?
Either way I'd urge anyone to test this out for themselves and let me know what you think.
Cheers,
Grant 👍
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I'm a 23 year old male, 5'10", 165 lbs, white, who's been struggling with elbow pain for the last 2 1/2 years.
It was first injured about 3 years ago. I had a simple trip and fall and landed directly on my RIGHT elbow. It hurt a lot, but I didn't go to the doc, the next day or two it started to feel better, BUT it was unable to be straightened all the way. (Only for about a 3 weeks - a month.
A few days after the fall, and still being unable to extend the arm all the way, I brought it to my Physical Therapist's attention (who I was seeing for an unrelated back injury). I let him know that it only hurt a little bit, that it felt like it needed to pop when I extended it, but that it wouldn't extend all the way or pop if I tried. To which he replied essentially, "okay, let's pop it" with a determined demeanor. He sat there for about 4 or 5 minutes slowly applying tension to the joint, trying to "pop" it straight. It hurt terribly, never was popped, and I eventually told him that I didn't think I could take any more.
Fast forward 2 or 3 months, the elbow injury seemed to be completely healed, or at least 99.8% healed. I continued doing activities like lifting weights and jujitsu and what not.
Now about a year ago, I re-injured the elbow at jujitsu class (I had started going more regularly now, and it had started hurting a tiny tiny bit more). But I re-injured by someone doing a fast and almost inadvertent "arm-bar" which is a hyper-extension of the elbow joint. There was acute pain and I made an audible "ow!". I took a break, and the next day it felt completely healed. SO, I continued going about 1-2 times a week, but something was different, the pain would persist in the area. Symptoms essentially identical to temporary tendinitis from the pushing motions of the sport. (like a push-up but often with your hands pushing on someones chest to create distance) I would notice pain while pushing, and soreness after the sessions. This was the beginning of the worst part of this injury.
I would take a few breaks from the sport and started scheduling doc appointments. It was diagnosed by the first doctor as bursitis (without an xray). They took an xray after, but never called to re-diagnose me. After 4 or so months of no jujitsu and modified weight lifting routines, icing, and rest, and NSADs, I went back to a different doc with no improvement. The NEW doctor said "no, that's not bursitis". I was so surprised. He explained how I have a bone spur under th
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I have problems with my elbows. Three times I've took a week off till discomfort in my elbows subside. But each times discomfort returns back, and I kind of tired of it. And as I see it is a common problem here on BFW. Even our God /u/antranik (nothing personal mods, you are also divine creatures) had this problem for a long period of time and even dedicated tutorial on this problem. I've even heard that there is almost no way to eschew this issues even if you try to keep a perfect form.
But my friends who do barbell weighted fitness says that they don't have such problems in their gym community. Is it really so, or he and his peers are just lucky bustards?
I was coming out of the bottom and was pressing the bar into my back real hard as I was straining to stand. Racked the weight and noticed my elbow felt like I had pulled a muscle or maybe hit my funny bone. Makes no sense. Wasnt too bad, but i aborted the session at that point. Didnt want to risk a real injury.
I've recently started doing bodyweight exercise 3x a week. A problem I've always had is when my hands lay flat (push-ups, carrying plates of food are the best examples) my fingers can feel like they're going to lock in place, and I end up having to quickly retract them. Not too often, but enough to make me wary of it.
Now something a little more serious, after doing negative chin-ups (I was managing 8 in the first set, then 5, then 3/4) I've started having discomfort on the inside of my elbow and slightly on the upper forearm. I'm assuming this is a mild case of golfers elbow? I think I had something similar before when trying to curl a weight too heavy for me.
My questions are, can these two problems be related to the same issue? And, how can I avoid this? Is their a problem with poor form during a chin-up? I haven't really looked into it much apart from jumping up, and lowering myself. Will doing pull-ups instead of chin-ups reduce the stress on them? I think I was doing chin-ups slightly under shoulder width apart, assuming that the closer the grip the easier it was, can that be a problem?
I've read a few posts here on stretching, icing and resting, but I'm more looking for prevention when I get back into them.
Thanks for any help.
I've sacrificed my skin to show where abouts it is. It's quite hard to pin-point it without doing chin-ups to aggravate it, but it roughly here: http://i.imgur.com/pa9Add1.jpg maybe a little more to the left at times.
My lips and eyelids have become very irritated this week. They aren't flaking, but they are borderline cracking and have developed almost like a glossy, hard layer of skin over them that doesn't allow moisture in. I am currently using Avene thermal water and hydrating lotion to restore moisture but it is getting unbearable. I also haven't been wearing make up. Is there anything I can do to make this go away? This has never happened before.
I've been working backhand drives (primary is forehand/flick) and just playing a lot of rounds in general. Two weeks ago I was experiencing a lot of pain in the elbow region and completely lost my ability to grip and flick my drives properly. Last week I played a few rounds with it wrapped tightly to provide counter-force brace and it helped a great deal! The next day I was still sore, but it did seem to mitigate further damage.
tl;dr Tennis elbow from hard driving, use a strap/wrap like commonly suggested to help prevent further damage.
Anyone else have some discgolf related injuries or relief techniques?
