Tennis elbow anyone?

[Twobyfour]

This may sound odd, but has anyone gotten tennis elbow from carrying their bow? The outside portion of my elbow below the knobby part has been sore for a while and I first noticed it after carrying my bow all day for a weekend hunt. I didn’t think much of it at first, but it hasn’t gotten much better. I do plan on asking my doc about it too. But I was just curious if others have noticed similar. @chevyman181

 

[Keep on]

Be prepared for a slow recovery. I got it in my left elbow last fall and it took 9 months or so to get noticeably better. Now the right elbow is starting to bother me as well. Any over exertion will cause it to act up.
Mine is probably the past 30 years of swinging sledge hammers, turning large valves and turning wrenches on big equipment coming home to roost.
I haven't split firewood for a year because of the elbow soreness, might finally breakdown and buy a splitter.
Good luck with your recovery.

 

[Beignet]

Used to get it often from hoisting screw guns over my head all day. Now I get it occasionally from poor swing mechanics playing squash (and yeah, I raise my pinky at tea time).

The arm bands work. Both at preventing and exacerbating an existing injury. Mueller makes a great one. Whichever you choose the ones with the air pockets are inferior to the ones with gel that make contact with the tendon. They’re also more discreet for regular wear.

 

[The Hedgehog]

I have it in my left elbow - have had it for a month now. I hear it likely will be around a year or so.

 

[SwaggyD]

I had it for like 6 months. Used one of these and it went away in a matter of days.

https://www.amazon.com/Sleeve-Tendonitis-Counterforce-Support-Forearm/dp/B01H2123YU?th=1

 

[Jamen]

Buy a lacrosse ball and roll your bothered part on the ball. If you want to take it one step further buy a WOD band watch a video how to wrap it then roll over the ball.

 

[brymoore]

I have shotgun/flyfishing elbow.

My nurse wife sent me this IG post with massages for tennis elbow. Surprisingly, it works.

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[WapitiBob]

Yea, I had it. Got the juice and got on with life.

 

[SaskHunter]

I have it in my left elbow - have had it for a month now. I hear it likely will be around a year or so.

Mine lasted about a year, it came and went. I stopped shooting my bow for a year, was careful at the gym and actually did my physio. It worked.

 

[manitou1]

Have it in both elbows right now.
Left elbow has been haunting me for about 9 months.
The right elbow: I spent a full month on the mountain chasing elk and carried my bow in the right hand most of that time... and that is when it developed this past Sep.

 

[SAJ-99]

There is rarely a point where I don't have tendonitis in one joint or another. Steroid shot will help but only way to fix it is to not use it, and even then it will come back. Meloxicam helps get through the season- whether it is elbow, ankle, knee, whatever. It has also caused to change my entire workout routine over the years.

 

[jimh406]

I got these exercises from a friend who played played pro tennis, and he got it from his friends. I needed it because I was a competitive archer at the time and couldn't shoot without extreme pain.

He suggested curls of 2 lbs and 2 minutes. Followed up by wrist curls/extensions with 2lbs and 2 minutes. Followed up by rubber bands over the fingers with flexing and contracting 2 minutes.

Repeat a couple of times a day. NOTE: the purpose of the exercises is to tighten the tendon. The exercises aren't to make the muscles stronger. If you can feel the tendon moving, the exercise will likely work. You should be better in a few days.

YMMV.

 

[tkhuntsman]

This may sound odd, but has anyone gotten tennis elbow from carrying their bow? The outside portion of my elbow below the knobby part has been sore for a while and I first noticed it after carrying my bow all day for a weekend hunt. I didn’t think much of it at first, but it hasn’t gotten much better. I do plan on asking my doc about it too. But I was just curious if others have noticed similar. @chevyman181

Yep every year since I turned about 38 yo. It's not debilitating but very uncomfortable. I just take ibuprofen and keep on going. It's not the only ailment I had in the last several years either. Swelling knee, plantar faciitis, and arthritis in my knuckles. Getting old is the pits.

 

[David58]

Yea, I had it. Got the juice and got on with life.

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Cortisone shot I got in mine had me walking on my butt cheeks across that exam table. He found the nerve that was pissed, that's for sure!

David
NM

 

[Dave N]

Cortisone shot I got in mine had me walking on my butt cheeks across that exam table. He found the nerve that was pissed, that's for sure!

David
NM

Yeah! Mine was horrible until the painkiller in the shot came out and took effect. You want to yank your arm back but can't move because you have a needle stuck in you!

 

[LopeHunter]

I would have tennis elbow flare up in my left when shot my bow about the time i reached my mid-50s. Gave up archery after a year of consistent discomfort since I practiced 75 days per year shooting 20 to 30 arrows. No regrets as nothing else I do triggers the issue so I am now 7 years of being pain-free as carry things with my left arm.

 

[mdhunter]

Cortizone was a bandaid and not a fix for my tennis elbow. Still, it was certainly better after each injection.