Chronic tennis elbow

[KathiCville]

When this thread was posted a month ago, I eagerly read every word. I've had a long-standing case of tennis elbow (from keyboarding) that nothing seemed to fix. So I jumped on a couple of bits of advice in the discussion. One was to read the NYT article that Oakleaf mentioned: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0...-tennis-elbow/. The other was to get my hands on one of Robin McKenzie's books about resolving neck and back pain.

A month later, wow, what a difference!! The Flexbar mentioned in the NYT article has made more of a dent in my elbow pain than anything I've tried in 10 years! I do three or four sets of the "Tyler Twist" every day (plus a couple of the other Flexbar exercises) and my pain has diminished by about by 90 percent so far! For the first time in ages I can turn a doorknob or open a jar without pain. Wooohooo! I'm better enough that I've added a simple weight-lifting exercise to strengthen my wrist, which is also helping, I think.

And the neck and back exercises recommended by McKenzie (via KnottedYet) have made a big difference in stiffness and pain in those two areas too! Combined with doing a bit of yoga and Pilates, I'm feeling fewer aches and pains than I have in a very long time.

Long story short, I highly recommend the Flexbar exercises to anybody who is plagued by tennis elbow. And the simple exercises developed by Robin McKenzie are well worth a few minutes a day too...especially if your work or play involves sitting for long periods.

So, thank you, Oakleaf and KnottedYet for the advice you gave Hi Ho Silver! This TE'er is grateful!!