tennis elbow update.. who had surgery?

[schmalts]

Anyone ever have the surgery? know anyone that has? Thats what the specialist recommended today. He said no more cortizone, no more therapy, its time to fix it.
I kind of freaked at his answer to what they do for it. He said they remove the dead and weak tissue, and the healthy stuff they detach from the bone and leave it off said it really isnt needed to be there. Said he done hundreds of them with less than 10% having less than excellent recovery.
I did manage to get him to hold it off until after hunting season. I can live with the pain for 3 more months, hell its been well over a year anyway so whats a couple more months. I really cannot deny the surgery because it was an occupational injury and they wont cover me if i deny it i guess.

 

[A-con]

Schmalts, take my advise on this. Ask for references and find people who have had the same surgery. Lots of them, and talk them all. Treat it just like an outfitter for a very expensive, once in a lifetime hunt. It has been my experience that doctors/surgeons tend to exaggerate the success and down play the negatives when it comes to surgery. Especially when it comes to orthopedic type stuff.
I’m not saying don’t do it, just be informed and don’t take the doctors word for it. You should be able to find lots of people who had this type of operation, with this doctor.

Do you know the difference between a Doctor and God ?
God doesn’t think he is a doctor !

 

[Ridge Runner]

Never had the tennis elbow but I am in the same boat with my shoulder. Been through 8 months of therapy and the cortizone also. Time for the orthoscopic surgery. It's a beetch when you can't raise your dam arm up to the steering wheel even. Good luck with it schmalts

 

[ringer]

Don't know about the elbow but I tore the tendons off my shoulder lifting a bunch of chain. Had 3 hours of surgery three months ago and have to do therapy another 2 months. It did work and for the most part I can do about anything but it hurt like hell for about a month. I forgot I wasn't 25 years old anymore. Good luck with the surgery.

 

[Bambistew]

My mom worked for an orthapedic surgeon for years. The procedure that he did took about 5 min tops and he didn't even put you under. I think he charged like $250 a pop or something. I think all it entails is one small incision three stiches and your done.

 

[Elkhunter]

If you took my advice when you first asked about the tennis elbow you would be all better by now and would not have had one cortizon shot.

I had both tennis elbow and golfer's elbow in both arms. One is the ligaments and one is the tendons. I had both torn in both arms. Went for deep tissue massage, wrapped it in ice every night, wore elbow braces for support, drank lots of water and rubbed all the time with lemongrass oil and lavender oil and sometimes some wintermint oil. Used a few drops of each, each time I used it. Had the problem with one elbow for a year and the other elbow for a few months. Once i started what I described above, it was gone in both arms in 3 months.

My ACL is now all frigged up and I am using an herb salve, lemongrass oil, a brace, ice and Glucosomin/MSM. I will be damned if I have someone cut into me when it isn't needed.

 

[HuntnFool]

How can all those home remedies fix a torn ACL. I tore mine a few years ago and from everything that I learned about it it is like a stretched rubberband and as soon as you cut just a tiny bit of it it just snaps. I did mine playing basketball and my wife and kids where on the other end of the court and heard it snap when it went. I would have been all over something that would magically make it grow back.

As far as the tennis elbow goes I am lucky. Mine was sore as heck for about 3 months. I have a golf membership at a course here in town and that is how it got started. I went in to the doctor and he gave me a prescription for some goofy wrap that goes on the forearm. I could never make myself wear it and the pain finally went away. Hope it works out for you. Which arm is it?

 

[Moosie]

I forgot I wasn't 25 years old anymore.

YAH, Every day reminds me

Good luck Schmalts. Have them take some Pictures while they are cutting on you. Good job waiting till after the season.

 

[schmalts]

YAH, Every day reminds me

Good luck Schmalts. Have them take some Pictures while they are cutting on you. Good job waiting till after the season.

You read my mind, i am actually going to ask the doc to take pictures if i get it done.

 

[Vinnie B]

See if you have a Doctor of Oriental Medicine in you area. About 2 years ago I was told I needed knee surgery but didn't want to have it at my age and take the chances. I went to Santa Fe and saw a this Dr. After 5 visits my knee is fine and he never cut it. Just gave injections of different vitamins and supplements and got the ligaments to grow back on their own. My wife went to see him after that. She had really bad headaches and her jaw would pop all the time. She had TMJ and after about 6 or 7 visits it is back in place and she is all better. I don't know about all of them but this guy is very good at what he does. I know I wouldn't have surgery on anything till all my other options are exhausted I just don't have alot of trust in most of the medical field.