can a vibration dampener affect tennis elbow?

[MTXR]

I received minor golfers elbow last summer. I was using an "O" damp the whole summer. The damp does make it feel different; the racquet hitting the ball, but i don't believe it makes any significant difference. I think you get injuries from overuse, not warming up, and improper technique. When i was playing every day 4 hours a day after about 2 months of that i started to feel the golfers elbow.

Now i make sure to get proper rest. No injuries since then. Make sure you do some weight training also just incase.

[LuckyR]

Originally Posted by heycal

I meant your weight lifting routine actually.

This is what I posted to you on 2/2/07:


Originally Posted by heycal
Can you tell us how many curls, what type, what weight, for how long/often, cured the TE? What was your recipe for success?


I don't necessarily have a lot of upper body strength (although I have a very strong grip), think Davydenko...

I used a set of dumbells from 15 - 35 pounds. I used the higher weights for wrist curls, 2 - 4 sets of 10 - 12 reps (to failure). And the medium weights same sets and reps for regular curls. I did it every other night for about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks. That is when I noticed my arm pain (when not playing) was gone.

I used racquet switching and string switching (no change in tension, I string kind of high at 60#s) to get the arm pain to go away when playing.

[vegitiger]

In clinical trials, a placebo effect is the best effect since there is no side effect. So, if you think and feel a damperner can help, then use it; if not, don't use it.

[heycal]

Originally Posted by LuckyR

This is what I posted to you on 2/2/07:


Originally Posted by heycal
Can you tell us how many curls, what type, what weight, for how long/often, cured the TE? What was your recipe for success?


I don't necessarily have a lot of upper body strength (although I have a very strong grip), think Davydenko...

I used a set of dumbells from 15 - 35 pounds. I used the higher weights for wrist curls, 2 - 4 sets of 10 - 12 reps (to failure). And the medium weights same sets and reps for regular curls. I did it every other night for about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks. That is when I noticed my arm pain (when not playing) was gone.

I used racquet switching and string switching (no change in tension, I string kind of high at 60#s) to get the arm pain to go away when playing.

Ah, yes, I remember now. the heavy weight for wrist curls... Are you confident doing this weight routine helped your TE, or is it possible it just coincidentally got better?

[scotus]

Originally Posted by vegitiger

In clinical trials, a placebo effect is the best effect since there is no side effect. So, if you think and feel a damperner can help, then use it; if not, don't use it.

Well, aren't placebo side effects also possible if the patients are aware of what side effects the medicine can produce?

[heycal]

Originally Posted by scotus

Well, aren't placebo side effects also possible if the patients are aware of what side effects the medicine can produce?

I believe there's an old saying from Confucious about this: "Is better to suffer from imaginary side effects than suffer from real ones!"

[LuckyR]

Originally Posted by heycal

Ah, yes, I remember now. the heavy weight for wrist curls... Are you confident doing this weight routine helped your TE, or is it possible it just coincidentally got better?

The timing made sense for it to have. As I mentioned it got rid of the pain between matches. It still hurt with the "pain stick" while playing, until I got the ProKennex.

[Tennisguy3000]

Bumping for a more recent input on current experience. I cant play with my racquet without a dampener. Well, I can but I can feel the extra vibration aggravating my tennis elbow & hate the ping sound

For those of you who have tennis elbow, do you find a dampener makes a difference?

[corbind]

There was only a five-year hiatus in this thread ...

[LuckyR]

Originally Posted by Tennisguy3000

Bumping for a more recent input on current experience. I cant play with my racquet without a dampener. Well, I can but I can feel the extra vibration aggravating my tennis elbow & hate the ping sound

For those of you who have tennis elbow, do you find a dampener makes a difference?

Well, the Laws of Physics have not been recinded in the last 5 years...

[mbm0912]

natural gut & drop tension?

[tlm]

Originally Posted by Bobble

I use poly strings and dont want to switch because I play so well with them. But I use a babolat pure control + with a 1 handed bh and don't use a dampener. I have been making slight adjustments to my form but im wondering is use of a dampener can have any effect. thanks

Dampeners do nothing but change the sound of the strings. It does absolutely nothing to prevent arm damage NOTHING! I can't believe there are still that many here who actually think it does.

[JW10S]

Originally Posted by tlm

Dampeners do nothing but change the sound of the strings. It does absolutely nothing to prevent arm damage NOTHING! I can't believe there are still that many here who actually think it does.

This is true. It's astounding to me the almost magical powers people will attribute to a little piece of rubber that probably cost 2 cents to manufacture.

[jxs653]

Originally Posted by tlm

Dampeners do nothing but change the sound of the strings. It does absolutely nothing to prevent arm damage NOTHING! I can't believe there are still that many here who actually think it does.

Well, not only change of the sound but there is definitely change of the feel too when hitting with and without dampener. So who knows? It might indeed prevent arm injury.

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

LOL at people who think an eraser does anything for their elbows.