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yoga? now, six months ago if anyone would have told me this, i am sure i would have had some polite reply and internally thought "what kind of idiot does she think i am? yoga?? i NEED and thrive on COMPETITION!!!" don't hate me for suggesting it, but it has really helped me relax and get...

nice stuff, chess9...you are right on! :)

my sympathies!! i will say, rest it, enjoy some of your other interests and family and friends, it will still be there!! rest it, don't turn a month or so off into a year by playing injured!!! But, at the same time, relax about it all...it's ok, you have lot's of time for many years of more...

dusted my racquet off this am, opened a new can of balls and bounced them on the floor with my racquet, then up, keeping them in the air. wow, one would not think two minutes of this would rattle your cage, but, there is NO strength. the JARRING of that light hitting at impact on my elbow...

:):) fifth visit, and i think we are actually getting somewhere. i am really not in pain!! i feel where the pain WAS, but truly, it doesn't seem to hurt! he said that this is the first time he has gotten the radius to move freely in the socket ! (man, these guys are 'body mechanics'!!)...

markWILLplay (ya like that?) just curious, tried to email you privately to ask, but no email contact. if you would email me, just wondering what part of the country you are in for doctor rec. big OOPS today...mentioned to my massage man that i am doing ART...didn't realize the foot in the...

cubsfan, oh, how i love this board...such comfort in knowing there are other people who are so blasted stubborn to continue to play tennis, that they will (do what i did) and just play through the pain, or as you say, the 'hair of the dog' treatment. i am a few hairs in front of you, and...

no plastic tools yet, deeper yesterday than ever. i'll ask him about that, he actually works with another doctor and they seem to really enjoy the project of 'my elbow'. i know they are going to try something new next time...to break up some hard area. i support your statement to not play...

thanks, i will, actually, icing it now after my stretch routine, i remember he did get a good 'pop' yesterday, it really pleased him! maybe it stretched a little more comfortably today!? it would be alot easier to temporarily let go off tennis, if not for letting go of leagues (by not...

topaz, to answer your question. their reply is that it has been a "chronic problem and will take some time". i truly believe that they are smart and accurate in their treatment. he explained specifics to me, and it makes sense. but no, i wasn't cured after three visits. has me scheduled...

topaz, i didn't really answer your question. in truth, i haven't asked. i will tomorrow!

y'no, topaz, i hate to say "i am not seeing any results". they are working long and hard on me while i am there, and they really do seem to know what they are doing. in truth, i haven't TESTED it yet, y'no, with any weight or stress, so it is hard to say where i am. he told me last time...

only in my dreams, i can't even play it on the Wii !! no, i have only progressed to holding a half of a cup of coffee and turning the cup slightly...(ok, i cheat, i hold my elbow in place with my other hand). let me make sure you know how much this s---s!

cubsfan, please explain...the ART treatment, you say, has lost some of it's effectiveness after three treatments?? do you mean the rate of IMPROVING is slowing, or that the 'cure' you had found doesn't last?? i feel so desparate for improvement, and going into session four of ART tomorrow, i...

didn't scroll thru the posts, but my advise is to FIX IT BEFORE YOU RUIN IT...like i did. STOP! you aren't superman (or are you?) i thought i was, my body has NEVER given out on me, but BINGO, i am out, and have been for awhile. i am doing Active Release Therapy (ART) on my elbow, and if...

if you are anything like me, (49 and counting, not proper form), it is, as someone said, the absorbtion of the motion after hitting the ball. i think that is what has done me in for awhile. i would try to hit the heck out of my serve, and it just wore my arm out. continental grip is...

i do agree, that cortisone is CR*P. think it made my arm alot more 'skin and bones', i'm sure people will say that my comment is bunk, but i won't ever do it again. third treatment on ART, didn't do as much today, as i was pretty tender and swollen from the last treatment. did a bit, and he...

second treatment of a.r.t....probably there an hour and a half, working, $65!! now that right there is a deal!! he really worked the upper connection from the elbow to the bicep/tricep area today, was bruised slightly from the first treatment. deep work, very painful at times, but i think...

tennisdad65, just noticed your sig, and 'australian grip'...is that continental? i am semi to full western on fh, and that is my best, but most painful ground stroke...2h bh is comfortable, serve and overhead ((wrist pronantion and an eastern grip, which i know should be continental! these two...

answers to questions...yes, the first MD was an orthapedic specialized in the 'shoulder down to the hand', the second MD is THE man in town for elbows. both excellent medical reputation. neither mentioned any alternative treatment, including A.R.T. racquet set up WAS babolat pure drive 107...

just went today for my first treatment...was there about two hours! have tried MANY therapies, and am three months away from surgery if i can't seem to improve it. background: started six months ago, xray and medical dr. rule out bone fractures, three months of physical therapy, with a...

mainly top outside, mri said lateral epi., but there is a bit of medial 'involvement', but the tearing is not in the medial area, only this lateral epi... did active release therapy today and need to search threads on this, as i think there is something to it...hopeful!! :)

one i continue to get, from various pros, (am playing with my new prokennex ionic Ki5 racket)...that that racket is bad for tennis elbow...too heavy (and i am not a scrawny person), and that i should play with a lighter racket. "heavy rackets promote tennis elbow. "

zhen...goddess, what in particular did your pro change? sounds like it was very specific, if it was one lesson. just curious, thanks

i was so excited to read this NY Times article, at least this was something new i hadn't tried!! got my kiddo's swim 'noodle' and cut a one foot length and did the exercise as written in the article, and i must say, it hurt like heck!! only could do five, and that was with lots of pain. am...

does it make sense, that the shots that make your tennis elbow hurt the most (for me, serve, overhead and forehand) are the shots where your form is most 'off' and leading to your sore elbow?? most people feel it on their back hand, mine does not hurt, but the above three shots DO hurt...

cubsfan, and, oh yeah, read that same article about eating horse dung, and it, too, did not work! :wink:

cubsfan, did MRI, almost lost my mind doing it, a bit crazy mentally, claustrophobia, but i just kept picturing my reward for doing this....TENNIS. should hear results tomorrow, and have my list ready of questions. don't want to go with cortisone again, did one, and no help. and, as much as...

do you know if you might have cataracts developing?? i do, and notice the same thing, AND with night driving.

i have tried many things topicallly for tennis elbow, and reading this recent thread about DMSO, i thought i would throw this out there. of all the topical things i have used, and that has been quite a few, although i just threw my DMSO away, (((as it said it was to be used only as a solvent...