andreasy
05-18-2009, 03:56 PM
I am 35 and I had tennis elbow on my right arm last summer caused by overstress due to weight lifting. It was very stubborn and NSAIDs and physiotherapy + rest wouldn't help for months. I had cortisone injection and after a few days it was ok.
I started training gradually and finally I got into shape again. I was training for several months without any problem. One specific day, I stressed my arms very hard, after doing several supersets on back and biceps. After that, both my arms, inside and outside of elbow were very sore. I stopped exercise for a few days and let them relax. Then I started again with light weights but I avoided exercises that stress the elbow (i.e. flyes). After a while, I noticed that the problem grew bigger although I had stopped.
This time, it wasn't so much painful. I was feeling disconfort when lifting items with straight arms. The problem is that after 3 months, I had no improvement. The pain on forearm is much better but I still cannot flex my fingers and lift items without pain.
I went to doctor 2ce and he insists that it is not tennis elbow but it is a forearm muscle fracture. He gave me cortisone injection in the muscle but it didn't help.
My concern now is that I believe that it is tennis elbow. He says it is not because I wasn't feeling sharp pain on the elbow bone when he pressed it. However, some times, like now, I feel some pain there when I press it with my thumb.
I also purchased several physiotherapy equipment (ultrasound, TENS, light therapy, electric pulse therapy) and I do them all daily for almost 3 months.
Please give me your advice if it is reasonable for this problem to persist after 3 months of total rest. I was expecting more progress at the point of lifting items.
I started training gradually and finally I got into shape again. I was training for several months without any problem. One specific day, I stressed my arms very hard, after doing several supersets on back and biceps. After that, both my arms, inside and outside of elbow were very sore. I stopped exercise for a few days and let them relax. Then I started again with light weights but I avoided exercises that stress the elbow (i.e. flyes). After a while, I noticed that the problem grew bigger although I had stopped.
This time, it wasn't so much painful. I was feeling disconfort when lifting items with straight arms. The problem is that after 3 months, I had no improvement. The pain on forearm is much better but I still cannot flex my fingers and lift items without pain.
I went to doctor 2ce and he insists that it is not tennis elbow but it is a forearm muscle fracture. He gave me cortisone injection in the muscle but it didn't help.
My concern now is that I believe that it is tennis elbow. He says it is not because I wasn't feeling sharp pain on the elbow bone when he pressed it. However, some times, like now, I feel some pain there when I press it with my thumb.
I also purchased several physiotherapy equipment (ultrasound, TENS, light therapy, electric pulse therapy) and I do them all daily for almost 3 months.
Please give me your advice if it is reasonable for this problem to persist after 3 months of total rest. I was expecting more progress at the point of lifting items.