Treating tendonitis / tennis elbow

[REattempt]

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Originally Posted by PatSea But I finally conquered it by doing the exercises prescribed by the OC, and useing a Thera-Band FLEXBAR for exercising. The OC said she was havering a lot of success with tennis elbow with the FLEXBAR. it sure worked for me in about six weeks of exercising. My elbow us fine now but I know that it could come back at any time that I over use it. The good news is I now know what exercises to use to eliminate the TE condition.

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My doc, who is the sports doc for local semi pro team, recommended the same. Pain gone in 6 weeks of regular exercises. No shots. No nothing else. Never filled the PT script.


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[AllDone]

My husband has had good improvement with sleeping in a "cock up wrist splint" like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Comfort-Cock-U...p+wrist+splint

He has also used the Therabar.

[RonBoyd]

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Originally Posted by AllDone My husband has had good improvement with sleeping in a "cock up wrist splint" like this one:

That is the one that I wore for two years day and night to cure my thumb tendon injury.

[2035]

My wrists have been killing me for the past 2 months...PT and braces not helping. Test confirmed no carpel but pain is excruciating in the morning and lower forearms are swollen. Regular doc said tendinitis (which I've had for years) is slow to get better. I'm going to start with dietary changes and maybe acupuncture.


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[RE2Boys]

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Originally Posted by harley Got my diagnosis. Achilles Tendinitis. Going to see a podiatrist next week. Hopefully he can tell me what to do. I'm getting tired of walking like an old man.

Wish you the best. I had a chronic case that started in June 2012. Found out that the medical profession has little in short term fixes. Physical therapy and some other treatments seemed to relieve the major symptoms, but it took me two years for it to heal to the point of resuming my regular activities (like being able to jog 4 miles and become active again). Hated feeling like an old man, even though I was just reviewing new to me Medicare options the other day

[GravitySucks]

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Originally Posted by 2035 My wrists have been killing me for the past 2 months...PT and braces not helping. Test confirmed no carpel but pain is excruciating in the morning and lower forearms are swollen. Regular doc said tendinitis (which I've had for years) is slow to get better. I'm going to start with dietary changes and maybe acupuncture. Sent from my iPhone using Early Retirement Forum

Let us know what dietary changes are made and if they work. I think my bad tendons are some type dietary deficiency. Termuric and fish oil help with the inflammation, but why it keeps recurring is a mystery.

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[RonBoyd]

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Originally Posted by GravitySucks I think my bad tendons are some type dietary deficiency.

I wonder.

Many years ago I fell (on a bicycle) and injured my chest. The pain was excruciating the next morning... I suspected I had broken a rib. The Doctor said, "you would have been lucky had it been a rib. What you have done is injure the Cartilage (Breast Plate?). The Rib Bone has blood running through it and would heal in a matter of days or weeks. The cartilage, on the other hand, does not have blood flow to assist the healing." He informed me it would take several months for the pain to go away. He was correct. It was about two months before I could quit the Pain Meds and not worry about such things a sneezing. (Couldn't drive during that time because of the Meds.)

Anyway, aren't Tendons made of similar material? Again, I was in a thumb splint for two years before I could do simple things like button my shirt (try that with out a thumb) or sign my name (or, for that matter, take notes of any kind) without take-away-your-breath-type pain. (In case you think I am too sensitive to pain, I should mention that I have had fillings and teeth pulled by a Dentist without anesthetic.

[2035]

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Originally Posted by GravitySucks Let us know what dietary changes are made and if they work. I think my bad tendons are some type dietary deficiency. Termuric and fish oil help with the inflammation, but why it keeps recurring is a mystery. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Early Retirement Forum mobile app

Will do, but dr also splinted hand so it's barely mobile. Also, he gave me exercises to do, told me to ice and take high dose Advil Rx. If this doesn't work in a month, I'll get another cortisone shot.

I was planning to add turmeric to my recipes. Dr. Andrew Weil says to take it with vitamin c for maximum efficacy.



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