[WournGona]

Thanks Idrops. Fortunately the combination of cutting back on play, continued strengthening of the muscles around the joint, treatment and support when I do anything is yielding positive results. Pain and discomfort has been much reduced. However if I regress at all from here I will have no choice but to hang it up for awhile.

Gray is right I believe. I am not sure about whether golfers elbow is caused by a swing flaw but I do think that tennis elbow in a golfer is caused in part by a swing flaw. I think the other reason that it has improved for me is that my swing is much improved over where it was this winter. Mine never got to be anything like as uncomfortable as what Gray is describing and I have clearly turned the corner at this point.

I am actually now torn with regard to winter practice sessions here in the Northeast. You cannot get in enough work to do anything other than keep some semblance of a hand in the game. However you are stuck with mats. Even though I doubled up on the mats I still ultimately came away with some discomfort and I really did not get much of anything accomplished of a positive nature.

My experience this past winter was that I could not use the tools I had that would have kept my swing in line and just kept repeating bad swing habits all winter long to the point of causing a physical issue.

On the other hand my game has turned a significant corner as well. I do not believe I will lose ground over the winter as long as I do some things that will maintain some semblance of tempo and rhythm. I needed some tools to help me find my way out of the woods when I get there. I was worried last winter because I did not have the tools I needed to work my way into shape and convinced myself that I would give back much of the ground that I had gained last year.

No longer as worried about that as I now have some good tools to help me get back on track in the spring. I will never be threatening the Tour but I now have a swing that I can repeat and that I know how to find when it has gone away on me.

When I get to winter this year I am going to cut back much more than I did last winter.

Gray I wish I had something for you regarding wrist issues but I don't know of anything that is designed to help support your wrist during an activity like golf . There are plenty of good wrist supports out there that will help you rest and support the wrist while getting through the day but I don't know of any that will allow you to swing the club.