Right Elbow Tendinitis Q's

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Pain is nearly unbearable for certain activities, motions and angles. Like extending outward to grip and pick up a 12 oz mug of coffee.

Just say that punching the clown hurts now and you need relief.

[Buzzworthy]

Resurrecting this and checking in with chronic tennis elbow and at a crossroads. Had pretty bad pain last year, cortisone shot in November and after a few days pain was totally gone but still didn’t have mobility to fully lock out elbow. Continued normal activities, mtb, skied, swam, cut wood and then tried wake boarding for first time as a 42 yr old grown idiot and pain from a year ago is back.

Cortisone shot #2, shock wave?, surgery consult?

Pain is nearly unbearable for certain activities, motions and angles. Like extending outward to grip and pick up a 12 oz mug of coffee.

Mine comes and goes still. One thing I did when it got bad last, 5 electro-acupuncture sessions within one month. Have had pain in just shy of a year now.
And strengthening exercises sure do help.

[Buzzworthy]

Have not had pain…

[present tense]

Appreciate all the input, and going to research some non shot/surgery options. Also going to get serious about rehab and exercising to build strength like I should have first go around. Consult scheduled for Monday.

[present tense]

Followed up with Dr. Today, he recommended the PRP treatment that i will get done Thursday AM.

[mcski]

Sounds pricey

[present tense]

Have no idea what to compare it to, but he said bring $750 cash and leave the insurance companies out of it. If I can recover from this perpetual elbow torture I’ll be happy with the $ spent, especially if I’m back close to 100% for fall mountain biking.

[Idyllwild]

If nothing is torn, then generally it is an imbalance. Work those extensors.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dhNDPD...QgaXJvbiBmaXN0

Rice bucket time.

[present tense]

Thanks, I was already halfway down the Ozzy man reviews rabbit hole and now I’m on a rice bucket detour.

Also picked up a set of those foam twist bars, and definitely plan to ease into some sort of PT or rehab regimen.

[Idyllwild]

Maybe 20-30 seconds per movement to start. Goal is to work the imbalance slowly. Every other day ish.

[present tense]

As of this morning my Wallet is slightly lighter and my right elbow has about 4ml of platelet rich plasma in it. Going back in 6 weeks to see if it took or not. No anti-inflammatories for 2 weeks and no real restrictions on light duty or rest.

[present tense]

Back to orthopedic on Monday, roughly 6 wks after the PRP injection. There is zero improvement and as much or more pain and same level of restricted mobility as before. We’ll see what’s next but disappointed in outcomes so far.

[SB]

PRP takes longer, basically you are tricking the body into repair work/ injury site for your problem so the body will use its own stem cells to fix that area. For my knee it was closer to 4-5 months before i noticed improvement which got better as time went on.

Full on stem cell injection is quicker but also add a zero on the end of the price.

Older also generally means heal slower.