Tennis elbow from golf
grandpoobah
close together at address and during the swing and also went to a finger
grip on the club. I am striking the ball better as a result and my hadicap
has come down 2 strokes to 13. Thats the good news.
The bad news is that from going to an "elbows in" from an "elbows out"
swing, I'm getting pain on the ouside of my left (non dominant arm) elbow.
The pain is more debilitating than I want to admit, even if I am shooting in
the low 80's consistently. I understand from my limited research that pain
on the inside of the elbow is "golfers elbow" and that pain on the outside,
which I have, is "tennis elbow".
The surprise for me as a righty is that its my left elbow thats suffering. I
played tennis (and darts!) which caused some discomfort in my right elbow
years ago. I've never had problems with either elbow until now playing golf
over almost 20 years.
So, any suggestions for getting rid of the pain? I've tried going back to my
old swing but thats not helping.
cheers, John
wtrplnet
"grandpoobah" <grandpoo...@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
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I've had pretty much the same problem recently, pain on the outside of my
left elbow. What worked for me is partial 'immobilization' by buying (and
wearing) a cheap neoprene elbow support:
http://www.joessports.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1822145
The support isn't all that comfortable, and doesn't seem to give that much
actual "support" but what it does do is keep me aware to minimize activity
with my left arm. This seems to have helped a lot and I now have very
little pain in the elbow. It only took a couple of weeks wearing this item,
and I didn't limit my golf during the process. (I didn't wear it during
golf.)
Good luck!
Alan
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Tom K
I had it 3 years ago.
There were 2 parts of making it go away.
First, there is very specific brace that you wear near your elbow while
golfing... it effectively shortens the tendon so that the elbow isn't
impacted by the stretching of the tendon. This lets you play through it
while the body heals itself. Wearing the brace prevents you from
re-aggravating it.
The second... and MORE important part... is to prevent what caused it in the
first place. For me... I was playing Titleist 804's with steel shafts at
the time. When I told my buddy at the golf shop about my elbow problems...
he said that he pulled a set of graphite shafts from a similar set of clubs
that someone else had, and offered to put those graphite shafts into my
irons free (as a favor). BINGO... after the pain went away and I was able
to stop wearing the elbow brace, using the graphite shafts helped reduce the
vibration/shock enough where it's never come back. In my new set of KZG
irons that I got from my buddy, I got graphite shafts... and so far so good.
I play 2-3 times a week.
Apparently there is also a set of steel shafts that have similar shock
dampening properties (maybe True Temper Sensicore???)... But for me, the
Graphite worked like magic.
--Tom
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MG
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These exercises help:
http://www.tennis-elbow-treatments.com/pages/tennis_elbow_exercise.php
but I eventually needed a cortisone shot. Try as hard as you can to avoid
full extension of that elbow.
mg
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Rob Davis
I had a pretty bad case a couple of years ago, and still get some pain
there. I feel pretty sure that the main cause of mine was hitting a lot
of balls of off mats (trying to practice a lot to improve). From what
I've read, the main cause is repetitive impact ... so I'm a little
surprised that you attribute yours to a swing change (although I'm
certainly no expert).
As others have also suggested, graphite shafts can help if impact is the
cause. Rest is recommended (I cut back on my practice, smaller buckets,
less days, but didn't stop entirely). The two "I"s (Ice and Ibuprofen,
or something similar) to help treat the inflammation. And I've found the
wrist stretching exercises that MG suggested to be a *great* help ...
still do them before almost every practice session or game to help
stretch out the tendons there.
Rob
grandpoobah
how it goes.
cheers, John
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dugjustdug
> As others have also suggested, graphite shafts can help if impact is the
> cause. Rest is recommended (I cut back on my practice, smaller buckets,
> less days, but didn't stop entirely). The two "I"s (Ice and Ibuprofen,
> or something similar) to help treat the inflammation. And I've found the
> wrist stretching exercises that MG suggested to be a *great* help ...
> still do them before almost every practice session or game to help
> stretch out the tendons there.
>
> Rob
I'll echo this advice. The ice pack did wonders for me when the pain
was intense. Nowdays, I only need to do it occasionally.