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Screwed Elbow - advice or similar experiences 20-Mar-2006 At 4:30:39 PM climbau

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Man, I thought my tendonitis was bad! I have had Golfers and Tennis elbow for a few years now (as a result of not seeking any help originally). My experience with that was, because I left it so long everything else in my elbows screwed up tight. Also because I was still climbing and ignoring the pain I was causing a lot of micro trauma in muscles and tendons that were taking up the slack from those already injured. After trying several physios, chiropractors, an osteopath and a couple of massage therapists, I finally got onto a massage therapist who was able to get in and do the right things to get me on track. I still have mild cases of tennis and golfers elbow but it is slowly getting better with stretching, massage, and adjusting my climbing and lifting techniques.
The moral to this long winded response is, that you may have to try a few different people (even within the same profession) to find someone that you can connect with. In my case, nobody in the past clicked that the root problem was as simple as tennis/golfers elbow. The person I now see was very easy to talk to and was on my wavelength (surprising how personalities come into healing). It also helped that she was a beginner climber!

NB: my healing process included remedial massage (quite painful at times), Dry Needle Therapy, magnesium tablets to help soften muscle tissue, and a general change in diet(healthier eating, more veg). I rushed into restrenghtening exercises and trying to climb to hard prematurely. Hence I still have the injury.

Hope this helps,
Andrew