Help with tendonitis

[Midnight Oil]

Hey folks.

I've had this really freakin' annoying case of tendonitis in my elbow for about 6 weeks. I've stopped any sort of upper body workout, and I've been iciing it daily.

Any advice on how to speed the recovery process?

Any help is appreciated.

[No_Know]

Yhre answers This person got might be adaptable to your situation.
Manuel's knee tendonitis

General info +herbal cure~?

And I would see if I could do some distance Hands-Over-by Ernie Moore Jr.

If your elbow works better by tomorrow (Friday 22 August 2003A)afternoon and you were not doing any thing really different with it to heal it; it would be nice~ to be informed.

[tanglang]

means: relax and don't do anything exept icing of course, no weight-lifting at all- which tendon by the way? Where does it hurt exactly...? Sounds like a so called tennis- or golfer-ellbow- depends on where it hurts- and after 6 weeks allready? Hmm- maybe no more icing- did you go to a physiotherapist allready or to a doctor? You know it's allways difficult to make a diagnosis without seeing the arm..? I'd beginn to carefully get the muscle -tonus down by easy easy stretching- and massage of the hypertone musclegroups.. but first let someone have a LOOK on your ellbow, and let him tell you HOW, before you do that, also frictions with an ice-lolly ( ask a physiotherapist for that ) might help. Also something like ipuprophen-do you have it in the US? or rheumatic cremes for a better blood-circulation: and: there is always the discussion of ice or warmth in that cases- after 6 weeks it depends on how your ellbow looks like.

[Midnight Oil]

Thanks for info guys!

I'm not sure which tendon it is, but my doc did diagnose it as being "tennis elbow". I've only recently started icing it, and I think that's helping.

No physio yet.

[tanglang]

It's not only because it's my own profession: I think it wouldn't be bad to go to a physio, too.. But if you just started icing and allready have the feeling that it helps it sounds like the right therapy for your ellbow! How many minutes do you use ice?

[No_Know]

Does the elbow area feel any worse today? Worse seems not nice. Not worse seems good.