Thread: tendonitis of elbow

Ive done everything under the sun to fix it. Rested it for 8 weeks, chiropractor, even a cortisone shot (that did help for a few weeks) but it came back. Doc says its here to stay. It SUCKS! I cant even pull the blankets off. Its a matter of blocking out the pain for me now. Somehow I can psych myself up so much at the gym I can do everything except heavy biceps, and wide grip back exercises. I'm at that age where things either don't heal or take a LONG time. Its crazy, I can hardly shake hands, yet it still get killer workouts.

Had golfers elbow bout a year ago. Pull ups where the cause of it and any type of pulling movements. I wore grip straps when I did pull ups it took the stress of the tendon. It took bout 4-5 months to heal up. Rest is key the more you use it the harder it is to heal. Stretching helps too

Triamcinolone Acetonide injections ...... no more pain

Acetonide injections is my next step Doc's telling me

Im dealing with tennis elbow in my right elbow. I have 2 herniated discs at L3 and 4 which I had finally completed chiropractic and physical therapy for. Been dealing with that since 2008 and was as pain free as im gonna be with that and I had bought a house and was just really overdoing it and developed the tendonitis. Had been runnin cjc 1295 and ghrp6 hoping to speed things up but I know these type of injuries can take a long time or linger on and off indefinitely. Sux for sure

The only thing that worked for me was cortisone shot and rest

My friend said accupunture solved his pain. I just recently experience tennis elbow pain too. Think its from increasing weight on bench pressing too quickly. I'll give accupunture a try.

ve been in therapy for the last 4 months for lateral epicondalitis in both elbows. (Tennis elbow) Stretching, rasting, ice, tens unit, laser and exercise have been an every other day regime. You have a repetitive use injury and the only way to help it is to keep the inflammation down with ice after your workout. The tendons need to heal and since there is very little blood flow to the tendons, it takes a long time. Deep massage and myofascial release helps to get the blood flowing. Rasting helps break apart the scar tissue and realign the tendons the way they're supposed to line up. If you can get a flex bar and strengthen the forearm muscles including the supinator this will definitely help. STAY AWAY FROM CORTISONE SHOTS!!! They will break down the tendon even more and you'll go from tendinitis to tendinosis, cellular death of the tendon.
Ice and exercise is your best friend. I could hardly pick up a coffee cup or lift a gallon of milk without extreme pain but after a few months of therapy I'm back to about 75% (because I keep lifting anyways or I'd be at 90%] See a sports therapist bro, you'll be glad you did.
Hope you feel better soon!

Hgh is also a great help to rebuild connective tissue!

Originally Posted by wook

Deca helps big time!

I keep seeing deca recommended...why does it help tendinitis??