TennisCanada1
Professional
Sorry Chastennis, I just saw that you replied to the thread. I can't identify a specific part of the service motion that gives me pain. My serving technique is great actually. Before, I used way too much arm, which was one of my initial theories of how I got my injury, but I went for a few lessons with a great coach who cleaned it up quite nicely. I also never had any elbow injuries before this.
From the advice of the second surgeon, I took a 6 week break, and I just resumed to practice on Wednesday. I played lightly Wednesday, and I was full speed by Friday. I was perfectly fine with no elbow issues at all. Then, I took serves and my elbow felt terrible a few hours after practice.
This supports my theory, being that the first surgeon is right, because I predicted that it IS the pronator/lacertus fibrosis syndrome, which involves too much muscle mass in the elbow so there is pain because there is a lack of blood supply/oxygen because the fascia won't stretch to compensate, so I knew that after the 6 week break that I would most likely feel the pain again. I just took the break to satisfy the surgeon and to rule out anything else.
RogueFLIP, thank you for taking the time to read the thread. I actually did exactly what you suggested, as it is a great idea, but unfortunately it didn't work. I went for several sessions.
My follow up is on March 2nd, but at this point, I'm so frustrated on court that it's getting to me. It's bringing me stress, and I don't think it's worth it to go for surgery and risk nerve damage and go through the whole surgery process just so I can serve again. It's really sad for me, because I've played at top competitive level in Canada for 15 years now, but at this point I'm contemplating quitting. Given that I have FAI in my hip, and now this, I don't know what I could do for exercise as I need to stay away from lunges and squats, yoga, bicycle, kickboxing (because of the kicks) and more, so ANY advice is appreciated because I still want to find something new to put my effort into and keep in shape.
Thanks all.
From the advice of the second surgeon, I took a 6 week break, and I just resumed to practice on Wednesday. I played lightly Wednesday, and I was full speed by Friday. I was perfectly fine with no elbow issues at all. Then, I took serves and my elbow felt terrible a few hours after practice.
This supports my theory, being that the first surgeon is right, because I predicted that it IS the pronator/lacertus fibrosis syndrome, which involves too much muscle mass in the elbow so there is pain because there is a lack of blood supply/oxygen because the fascia won't stretch to compensate, so I knew that after the 6 week break that I would most likely feel the pain again. I just took the break to satisfy the surgeon and to rule out anything else.
RogueFLIP, thank you for taking the time to read the thread. I actually did exactly what you suggested, as it is a great idea, but unfortunately it didn't work. I went for several sessions.
My follow up is on March 2nd, but at this point, I'm so frustrated on court that it's getting to me. It's bringing me stress, and I don't think it's worth it to go for surgery and risk nerve damage and go through the whole surgery process just so I can serve again. It's really sad for me, because I've played at top competitive level in Canada for 15 years now, but at this point I'm contemplating quitting. Given that I have FAI in my hip, and now this, I don't know what I could do for exercise as I need to stay away from lunges and squats, yoga, bicycle, kickboxing (because of the kicks) and more, so ANY advice is appreciated because I still want to find something new to put my effort into and keep in shape.
Thanks all.