Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Other Health Discussion => Topic started by: getting_old on February 28, 2018, 10:47:41 PM
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Anyone got any suggestions for curing tennis elbow quickly please?
I've had it for almost 2 months now, in addition to everything else, and it's not improving despite weekly trips to the physiotherapist :-\
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G .O do you know what has caused it? It's usually when you do a repetitive movement, for example I used to love to crochet but had to give it up because it was causing elbow pain . Do you do anything that causes a repetitive movement?.....I had a steroid injection and that helped, have you tried this?
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You poor thing, I had it a few years ago for 6 months, really affected me at work, couldn't even use a stapler. Being the wuss I am I didn't have injections
Hubbys one hasn't long finished and he's was 9+ months x
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Hi . I have just joined the forum and am a retired medical doctor. Have you tried Acupuncture? This treatment does not entail taking any medication and can help in 50% of cases.
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I was told there isn't really a quick fix. I've had it 7 months now & just starting to get a little improvement, oestiopath helped a bit & using a tens machine on & off. Rest it as much as u can ! & Stretch tendons without causing pain.
I've just started taking turmeric, as in golden paste, as it's an anti inflammatory, hoping it may help.
Good luck.
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It's wear and tear so no quick fix. Do you have to do regular exercises?
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The pain started when I picked up a large bottle of water. It's my left arm and I can't think of any repetitive things I do with it.
I have tried the tennis elbow braces you can buy at the chemist, but I didn't find it comfortable and it kept moving.
I'm not keen on having injections but I think I'll investigate acupuncture, although it sounds like it's just going to take a long time to recover. Hmmmm, I'm not very patient :'(
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I had a problem with my elbow and my physio put a couple of needles up just above my shoulder at base of neck and it really helped xx
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Pulled the muscle over the elbow maybe rather than 'tennis' elbow?
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Honestly hate to be the bearer of bad news but I've had mine for the last six years in both elbows. The doctor says its the way you grip and repeat actions make it flare up. Usually if I spend time sweeping or mopping flooring it starts it off so I switched to a steam cleaner which doesn't have the same type of grip and I go slow. He offered the cortisone shots but I declined after I saw the enormous needle they use :o at one point I used a velcro brace that wraps around the arm and rests the area and also take 12 hour pain relief that helps a whole lot.
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I suddenly developed Tennis elbow last year, hadn't done anything differently nothing with a repetitive movement.
I went to the docs and they said it was tennis elbow and prescribed naproxen.
I was due to go away and didn't want to be in pain so tried allsorts of other stuff to help, a support bandage, ibuprofen gel, heat packs. Nothing seemed to help for long. I was told about some cream something to do with bee pollen? Think it was called propolis??I tried it and seemed to get a little relief.
Must say aswell I found that the hot Portugal sun and swimming in the pool helped loads. It niggled for a while but touch wood hasn't been as bad since. Still get the occasional twinge but I think it was yet another sign of perimenopause.
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I had an mri scan done which showed problems with my discs crumbling in my neck and this was one of the symptoms I had,my elbow absolutely killed,it varies between my shoulder,rotator cuff, and my elbow right down to my ring finger.as I said my oesreopath put a couple of needles,dry needling it's called,into my neck/ shoulder area and I got instant relief but it doesn't last long also it completely disappears sometimes so it could be a pinched nerve,maybe it's the same for you if your pinning your shoulders up against your ears like many of us do it could be that trapping a nerve so try relaxing your neck/shoulders more,once your aware you actually do this you tend to naturally stop and drop your shoulders more.good luck xx
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I thought of you when I pulled the muscle over my right elbow yesterday >:( enough to make me go 'ouch!'.
The tennis elbow needle is small compared with the one into the hip ;) :-X
These conditions would heal within about 2 years if the affected joint is rested; but of course we breath, sneeze, lay in bed, need to lift that cuppa/glass to the lips ??? Some people find the rub in gels give relief, others have the injection which helps, some take pain relief.
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I had an mri scan done which showed problems with my discs crumbling in my neck and this was one of the symptoms I had,my elbow absolutely killed,it varies between my shoulder,rotator cuff, and my elbow right down to my ring finger.as I said my oesreopath put a couple of needles,dry needling it's called,into my neck/ shoulder area and I got instant relief but it doesn't last long also it completely disappears sometimes so it could be a pinched nerve,maybe it's the same for you if your pinning your shoulders up against your ears like many of us do it could be that trapping a nerve so try relaxing your neck/shoulders more,once your aware you actually do this you tend to naturally stop and drop your shoulders more.good luck xx
That's interesting Daisy as I have had a problem with my neck for ages and now get problems in my shoulder, elbow and ring finger.
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Another day interesting thing I found out is that oestrogen helps to plump up those discs again partially the neck ones so as my mri scans have shown my discs right through my spine have badly degenerated especially the neck ones so for me another good reason to stick with the hrt.all I'll say is just be careful when they're labelling things ie tennis elbow frozen shoulder etc as it's not always as cut and dried as that.xx
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Pulled the muscle over the elbow maybe rather than 'tennis' elbow?
Definitely tennis elbow according to the physiotherapist as he had me do a series of tests to confirm it. I will ask if it could be something else, but the pain does feel muscular.
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I had this I went to see an osteopath, she was brilliant, she also recommended a special support bandage but I have forgotten what its called, you can buy them online and it worked wonders, with the support the tennis elbow was a lot less painful
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Hi,
I've only just picked up this thread.
Two years ago I was diagnosed with tennis elbow and given local anti inflammatory gel. Symptoms escalated and I have numbness and pain all the way down to my finger tips.
I was given a nerve conduction study and nothing showed up.
I then had an MRI scan on my neck which revealed a thinning of the discs and a bulge.
I'm now undergoing physio which is making it worse and my physiotherapist is referring me back to the MSK clinic as she no longer wants to treat the worsening symptoms.
Obviously it wasn't tennis elbow at all!
What I'm trying to say is that if you aren't happy then look a little deeper, I certainly wouldn't have thought my elbow problems stemmed from my neck.
Hope you get better.
Shellb
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Shellb, my husband has almost exactly the same thing, doc started out treating the arm pain and pins/needles while waiting for a scan, of course X months down the line that showed nothing. So another X months wait to scan his neck. Meanwhile none of the drugs helped with the pain. Now we have the second scan results, they can't do anything to help ! but it's all taken so long that the neck has partly healed it's self, until the next time. We now believe it was all started when he hit a pot hole on his motorbike. He knows it can breakdown anytime again. So can only be super careful..
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Just want to update my earlier comment on Turmeric.
I have found its definitely helping, I take turmeric made up into a paste, half a teaspoon (google, the golden paste) twice a day, three times if I remember, there is a huge improvement even to the extent I forget it's not healed.
Also giving it to my dog for her arthritis & she's back to her bouncy self.
Golden paste appears to be good for lots of things.
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Turmeric is used a lot in Indian cookery recipes. Stains though >:( ::)
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Sparkle, I have neck problems and also tend to lean on my left elbow a lot when on laptop. I tend to get a pain in the top of my arm but also elbow, forearm.
I found some exercises on YouTube for it. You hold your arm up and bend it then with your other hand bend the pinky and ring finger forward pulling your arm down slightly as you also bend your neck forward. If you feel pain that is tight muscles. Do that a few times then do it tilting your head back while bending the fingers.
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Ha ha Sparkle! I was on my phone before and don't know how to copy in links but here is the one I was talking about which is actually for unlnar nerve entrapment but works well for the neck. I do have a problem sometimes lifting my arm up but physio told me mine is due to bad posture and tight muscles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d85QKyWvrbI
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My shoulders don't click but my neck does.
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;D
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I'm so stiff, if I straightened my body I think it would crumble!
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SuziQ do you have any "side effects" with the Tumeric at all? I have tennis elbow in both arms at the moment and would like to give this a try just don;t want to be sitting on the throne all day long ;D ;D ;D
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No side effects, but I have increased it slowly.
Look up the turmeric users group on Facebook, they are very helpful & will check any medication your on for contraindications.
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turmeric is yellow and stains ;D - we use it a lot in Indian recipes.
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Try a Bella Donna Plaster, you can get them on Amazon they are amazing, you just cut them to the size you need peel of the back and stick it on, I found putting it on before I went to bed and resting it all night worked wonders xxx
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I know you said you Are under a physio ... bit have you tried “fascia release.†The physio i go to is trained in this ... and its amazing ! Have a look on you tube . My husband was diagnosed with golfers elbow a few years ago and was down for an operation until he saw my amazing physio . Three sessions later .. op cancelled and no more pain . Fascia release is relatively un heard of here but is quite popular in the states . Its helped me enormously with all my aches and pains of meno ! X