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**lalffibra** · 09-26-2012, 09:01 AM

I've had the exact same thing affect me a few times in the past. Comes from a variety of things including a lot of golf. Mine was a mixed bag of golf and the use of the weed-eater and leaf blower in the summer months. Two ways you can go about it to help and correct the problem. Massage the area that hurts for several minutes pretty aggresively (per my wife she is a physcial therapist) a few times a day, wear a arm strap directly over the area that hurts designed for tennis elbow along with ibuprofen or stop all activities involving the affected limb for a few months. I opted for the first option, helped immediately.

This is the route I'm going with for now. I think it is Tennis Elbow, probably mostly brought on by the day job sitting at a computer and typing a lot (I haven't picked up a tennis racket in 12 years). I got a tennis elbow support wrap last night and it seems to help. Doing the massage, Aspercream, brace, and rest when I can. Hopefully I'll be back out on the course next weekend. If it doesn't improve I'll go to the Doctor. (I'm no stranger to PT - had plenty of it for knee and shoulder injuries over the last five years, but I would much rather avoid the time and money it would cost if at all possible right now.)

Thanks everyone for the help.

09-26-2012, 09:01 AM	#6
lalffibra Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 373 Senior Member	I've had the exact same thing affect me a few times in the past. Comes from a variety of things including a lot of golf. Mine was a mixed bag of golf and the use of the weed-eater and leaf blower in the summer months. Two ways you can go about it to help and correct the problem. Massage the area that hurts for several minutes pretty aggresively (per my wife she is a physcial therapist) a few times a day, wear a arm strap directly over the area that hurts designed for tennis elbow along with ibuprofen or stop all activities involving the affected limb for a few months. I opted for the first option, helped immediately. This is the route I'm going with for now. I think it is Tennis Elbow, probably mostly brought on by the day job sitting at a computer and typing a lot (I haven't picked up a tennis racket in 12 years). I got a tennis elbow support wrap last night and it seems to help. Doing the massage, Aspercream, brace, and rest when I can. Hopefully I'll be back out on the course next weekend. If it doesn't improve I'll go to the Doctor. (I'm no stranger to PT - had plenty of it for knee and shoulder injuries over the last five years, but I would much rather avoid the time and money it would cost if at all possible right now.) Thanks everyone for the help.
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