Tennis elbow help?

[Barricade V]

I've recently been playing a lot in the past two weeks with the pure storm tour plus gt strung with babolat revenge at 57 pounds. I'm switching to the aeropro tour with hurricane tour at 54 and I'm worried that my tennis elbow will only get worse (its been hurting a lot lately). I don't want to give up my equipment for something arm related. I played though it for three months last time (until it went away) when I switched to the k90. The question is this - is there any way to offset the pain without sacrificing equipment?

 

[dennis1188]

This info about preventing tennis-elbow also works for wrist problem.
I use a made in China metal coil/spring (w/pvc handgrips) can be
bought cheap at hk local sports shops and (china products) store.
BTW, u know alot of daily wk/flex at gym helps avoid bk and arm problems.
take care, dennis

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/phys-ed-an-easy-fix-for-tennis-elbow/

 

[mikeler]

I've recently been playing a lot in the past two weeks with the pure storm tour plus gt strung with babolat revenge at 57 pounds. I'm switching to the aeropro tour with hurricane tour at 54 and I'm worried that my tennis elbow will only get worse (its been hurting a lot lately). I don't want to give up my equipment for something arm related. I played though it for three months last time (until it went away) when I switched to the k90. The question is this - is there any way to offset the pain without sacrificing equipment?

Would you rather switch equipment or not play tennis? You can adjust to new equipment, you can't adjust to an elbow that gets so inflammed it hurts to do every day tasks.

 

[Barricade V]

Would you rather switch equipment or not play tennis? You can adjust to new equipment, you can't adjust to an elbow that gets so inflammed it hurts to do every day tasks.

last time I had tennis elbow, it was mild, and I played through it and it went away. I'm pretty sure that's tennis elbow.. And I think I have the same thing. If it gets worse I'll obviously have to change something, but I'm just looking into alternitives so I won't have to deal with the pain.

 

[Barricade V]

This info about preventing tennis-elbow also works for wrist problem.
I use a made in China metal coil/spring (w/pvc handgrips) can be
bought cheap at hk local sports shops and (china products) store.
BTW, u know alot of daily wk/flex at gym helps avoid bk and arm problems.
take care, dennis

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/phys-ed-an-easy-fix-for-tennis-elbow/

thanks, I'll look into that!

 

[charliefedererer]

Building up your forearm muscles with that Flexbar is a good idea. If you are reasonably strong get the Flexbar blue; otherwise get the green.
Other exercises to build up the forearm include wrist curls/reverse curls and pronation/supination with dumbells; and doing tricep pulldowns.

If you get strong forearms you may be able to play with that very stiff stiff racquet and string combination. But strongly consider getting a frame that has a flex rating in the low 60's. Then you won't have to play with a poly for control and can lower your string tension as well.

 

[Barricade V]

Building up your forearm muscles with that Flexbar is a good idea. If you are reasonably strong get the Flexbar blue; otherwise get the green.
Other exercises to build up the forearm include wrist curls/reverse curls and pronation/supination with dumbells; and doing tricep pulldowns.

If you get strong forearms you may be able to play with that very stiff stiff racquet and string combination. But strongly consider getting a frame that has a flex rating in the low 60's. Then you won't have to play with a poly for control and can lower your string tension as well.

Thanks for the input, I appreciate it!

 

[Slazenger07]

Tennis elbow has been an issue for me for a long time. Play with a heavy stick and hit a one-handed backhand, probably why its an issue for me. I use an elbow brace whenever I play, it helps soooo much. I have a Mc David brace, check it out.

 

[Barricade V]

I'll definetly check it out. Thanks!

 

[Slazenger07]

Try Penetrex Cream as well, I just started using it a couple days ago but it supposedly will fully repair the tendon damage that is done with tennis elbow with in a relatively short period of time. Im really hoping this is the case, but it was only 20 bucks, so I feel its worth a shot anyways.

 

[onehandbh]

To anyone w/tennis elbow, I would not ignore it. If you hit w/a 1 hander,
it could be technique related. Are you leading elbow and straightening your
arm as you make contact? If you are, you are putting your elbow in a
dangerously weak, and poorly leveraged position.

It could also be string/racquet related, too. You should not be feeling pain
after your tennis sessions. Instead of finding ways to mask the pain,
mitigate the pain, I would recommend a) healing your body first and then
b) finding the source of it (technique, overuse, equipment?)