 Much as I admire your work ethic, surely your injury could be caused by/made worse by/reinforced by hitting 250 balls at a time down the range ? That cannot help it at all!
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 there is only one cure for tennis elbow and that is resting the arm.
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Ben D You are absolutely correct. Even an injection of hydro-cortisone may not work as it is extremely difficult to inject into exactly the right spot. The joint and ligaments need time to heal on their own.
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it's even doubtful whether, in the most extreme cases, surgery even works in itself. It's more than likely the rest the arm gets post- surgery that does the healing..... or so says my best friend who's an osteopath and who "treated" my tennis elbow a couple of years ago.
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 there is only one cure for tennis elbow and that is resting the arm.
Absolutely - but isnt it the hardest damn thing to do.
I have just been xrayed, last week, using ultra-sound, and been found to have tendonitis in BOTH elbows. Now how lucky is that. The doctor here in France, explained to me that too many times people assume its either tennis or golfers elbow when in fact its tendonitis. The rpoblem then is that the treatment is different and what works for one doesnt work for the other. Rest is the only treatment, or course of action, which works for all. But how hard it is to do it. I've been told no golf for up to 8 weeks. Ive been working daily on my swing since March, had a few wins and placings and going very nicely thank you. The biggest tournament of the calendar (the Grand Prix du Poitou Charentes) is coming up on 14th & 15 th June and I have to withdraw. Merde !!!!!!!!! As the French say. 
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Another update. Been using this stuff for a week now. Played on Sunday and it is the first time that I have finished and not had any real pain in my elbow. I also seem to be suffering less at work, use a lot of hammer drills, pneumatic drills, using screwdrivers and this puts strain on the elbow. In the past I have tried ultrasound treatment on the golfers elbow. I had an arthoscopy to remove some loose fragments from the elbow in 2006 and the surgeon diagnosed the arthritis then. I have used Feldene, Movelat and resting the elbow for several weeks at a time. At present I do feel a marked improvement with the golfers elbow and will continue to use the cream. I hope someone else uses it and can endorse the improvement I have had, maybe it's a wonedrful placebo?
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hi, dcb sounds like you have the same injury as i have,outside of the elbow.i did mine on a simple shot from under a tree trying to get maybe 10 yards to the fairway,no effort not even a quarter swing.i suffer the same as you a lot of pain for a nothing shot for me.only i tend to have a lot more pain not swinging a club but getting one out or holding one or something else a certain way,anything,its been about eight weeks now and i find being right handed i am using my left a lot more, it helps.maybe i should get it looked at but it is not affecting my golf and i am lucky enough to be able to play 9 tuesday 9 thursday wednesday evening&weekends,scared to play less now in case it ceases up.
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 Good Technique can overcome injuries
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 Another interesting helpful post by zeeshan
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Iv epicked up an elbow injury from picking out the flag. It was stuck in and as I tried to lift it out, it felt like someone had stabbed my in the elbow, a real quick sharp pain, that didnt last too long. Since then Ive had the most excruciating pain 3 times when it feels like my elbow has popped out of its socket and then clicked back in. Once someone stood near me heared it pop in. I get this pain when I twist my arm and luckily its not affecting my golf. Any ideas on what this is and what could cure it would be great!! Cheers
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Pingfan,(me too) Although it doesn't sound like tennis elbow, which is a repetative strain injury, you may have damaged the ligaments which fix the muscle to the elbow. Apparently these take a long time to heal as the blood supply to them is not great. I would avoid the arm twisting motion that causes the pain, and try and strengthen the muscles around the elbow. I'm no doctor by the way, but I have done some research on tennis elbow.
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 Graham, what ingredients are in this cream? I know it doesn't say on the web site but by law it should list them on the jar. I would be interested in what the active ingredient(s) is(are).
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This page on the web site explains the ingredients used; http://www.ctcream.com/faq.htm Have now been using this for a while and it has really helped. I suffer much less swelling in my elbow. I apply it before I play and at other times, often after work when my elbow is getting sore, after manual work. As a resuly my golf game has improved significantly in recent weeks and I regularly play to my swindle handicap three below my club handicap. The ability to not have the pain in the elbow enables me to hit the shots I want opposed to how do I hit this and get the least amount of pain.
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