Pain in elbow

nataddrho

nataddrho

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About ten years ago, while I was experimenting with my stroke, I once spent a few hours playing one day playing around with trying to keep my elbow perfectly still in space. I was just curious, and it didn’t feel natural. I wanted to see if I could learn anything from it. Harmless enough since we all like to gain insight into the game.

I don’t know what I did but it caused golfers elbow or tennis elbow. I don’t know which one. It was painful enough that after ignoring it for a month I needed to read about why the pain wasn’t going away. I bought a cuff that puts pressure on a muscle group on my forearm to help it heal.

I am 40 years old now and I did this when I was 30. I am active and healthy, did CrossFit, lifted 200lb atlas stones, squatted my body weight to the floor, ran 5ks during lunchtime, and weighed about 175lbs for being 6,2”. I am certain this injury was from pool and not some other activity I was doing.

I still occasionally get pain in my elbow in the same spot. What the hell did I do??? How could a few hours of a simple activity cause this?

Anyone with sports therapy or medical background can chime in. Thanks.
 
nataddrho said:
About ten years ago, while I was experimenting with my stroke, I once spent a few hours playing one day playing around with trying to keep my elbow perfectly still in space. I was just curious, and it didn’t feel natural. I wanted to see if I could learn anything from it. Harmless enough since we all like to gain insight into the game.

I don’t know what I did but it caused golfers elbow or tennis elbow. I don’t know which one. It was painful enough that after ignoring it for a month I needed to read about why the pain wasn’t going away. I bought a cuff that puts pressure on a muscle group on my forearm to help it heal.

I am 40 years old now and I did this when I was 30. I am active and healthy, did CrossFit, lifted 200lb atlas stones, squatted my body weight to the floor, ran 5ks during lunchtime, and weighed about 175lbs for being 6,2”. I am certain this injury was from pool and not some other activity I was doing.

I still occasionally get pain in my elbow in the same spot. What the hell did I do??? How could a few hours of a simple activity cause this?

Anyone with sports therapy or medical background can chime in. Thanks.
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Welcome to old age. Didn’t see it coming, did you?
 
nataddrho said:
About ten years ago, while I was experimenting with my stroke, I once spent a few hours playing one day playing around with trying to keep my elbow perfectly still in space. I was just curious, and it didn’t feel natural. I wanted to see if I could learn anything from it. Harmless enough since we all like to gain insight into the game.

I don’t know what I did but it caused golfers elbow or tennis elbow. I don’t know which one. It was painful enough that after ignoring it for a month I needed to read about why the pain wasn’t going away. I bought a cuff that puts pressure on a muscle group on my forearm to help it heal.

I am 40 years old now and I did this when I was 30. I am active and healthy, did CrossFit, lifted 200lb atlas stones, squatted my body weight to the floor, ran 5ks during lunchtime, and weighed about 175lbs for being 6,2”. I am certain this injury was from pool and not some other activity I was doing.

I still occasionally get pain in my elbow in the same spot. What the hell did I do??? How could a few hours of a simple activity cause this?

Anyone with sports therapy or medical background can chime in. Thanks.
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At about the same age as you, I was hitting 500 balls a day and came down with severe tennis elbow (Dallas West was having the same problem then). I video-taped myself playing but couldn’t detect any flaws in my form. I quit breaking 9 ball, but it didn’t help. Dallas took a lot of ibuprofen, but that stuff really upset my stomach. I assumed it was simply an ‘overuse’ injury, so I just stopped playing. After 10 years of rest my tennis elbow was healed, and the pain never returned. But then, I don’t hit nearly as many balls anymore (or hardly ever use a forceful break). Maybe a sports medicine specialist could have helped me then to keep playing, but that ship has sailed. I’ll be curious to hear how your issue proceeds.
 
DynoDan said:
At about the same age as you, I was hitting 500 balls a day and came down with severe tennis elbow (Dallas West was having the same problem then). I video-taped myself playing but couldn’t detect any flaws in my form. I quit breaking 9 ball, but it didn’t help. Dallas took a lot of ibuprofen, but that stuff really upset my stomach. I assumed it was simply an ‘overuse’ injury, so I just stopped playing. After 10 years of rest my tennis elbow was healed, and the pain never returned. But then, I don’t hit nearly as many balls anymore (or hardly ever use a forceful break). Maybe a sports medicine specialist could have helped me then to keep playing, but that ship has sailed. I’ll be curious to hear how your issue proceeds.
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Thanks for sharing. My best guess is a weird micro-tear that never healed, maybe a freak thing. It usually appears a few times a month when I wake up in the morning, but goes away in an hour or so.
 
nataddrho said:
About ten years ago, while I was experimenting with my stroke, I once spent a few hours playing one day playing around with trying to keep my elbow perfectly still in space. I was just curious, and it didn’t feel natural. I wanted to see if I could learn anything from it. Harmless enough since we all like to gain insight into the game.

I don’t know what I did but it caused golfers elbow or tennis elbow. I don’t know which one. It was painful enough that after ignoring it for a month I needed to read about why the pain wasn’t going away. I bought a cuff that puts pressure on a muscle group on my forearm to help it heal.

I am 40 years old now and I did this when I was 30. I am active and healthy, did CrossFit, lifted 200lb atlas stones, squatted my body weight to the floor, ran 5ks during lunchtime, and weighed about 175lbs for being 6,2”. I am certain this injury was from pool and not some other activity I was doing.

I still occasionally get pain in my elbow in the same spot. What the hell did I do??? How could a few hours of a simple activity cause this?

Anyone with sports therapy or medical background can chime in. Thanks.
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I've done physcial theraphy and i worked. During Covid i had issues with my right and it fixed it. I was starting to have issues with my left and i did the same excersies and it seemed to get better.

Definatly see a doctor and they would reccomend something for you.
 
Somewhat related...last year I developed bursitis in my right (shooting) shoulder, convinced it was caused by trying to line up my shoulder straight over my grip hand over a year or two period.

Physical therapy for 6 weeks healed it. I recommend getting it checked out.
 
over stressing the tendons and ligaments of the elbow is pretty common. most of these ailments go away completely fairly quickly with rest and appropriate rehab exercises.

def see a physiotherapist so they can assess exactly which tendon/ligament is giving you trouble and suggest specific exercises for that injury.
 
Then in the meantime bio freeze is you're friend if that doesn't help voltaren should do the trick .

When you do get to a older age you'll look back at this and laugh about it , it can get worse ha ha
I tell my younger friends if you lift weights never stop and keep the end goal of staying toned not muscle bound .
 
Go see an orthopedic, sports medicine physician. He will likely set you up with an MRI. Once they actually know what the problem is, then they can decide on a proper treatment. Anything less is just guessing about what the problem is.
 
axejunkie said:
Somewhat related...last year I developed bursitis in my right (shooting) shoulder, convinced it was caused by trying to line up my shoulder straight over my grip hand over a year or two period.

Physical therapy for 6 weeks healed it. I recommend getting it checked out.
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Hate these damn “itis’s”. Going in on the 25th to get my shoulder looked at. Had to wait for tarpon season to end. Those exercises really helped for my other shoulder but nothing worked for tennis elbow except a shot of cortisone.
 
nataddrho said:
I still occasionally get pain in my elbow in the same spot. What the hell did I do??? How could a few hours of a simple activity cause this?

Anyone with sports therapy or medical background can chime in. Thanks.
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I have also had elbow issues in the past, but I have solved them, mostly with stretching.

FYI, I did a series of videos with two excellent sports physical therapists that cover many useful stretches and exercises to help pool players with common pool-player ailments. Here they are:

NECK/BACK/CORE:

SHOULDER/ELBOW:

WRIST/HAND:

Check them out. I have experienced many of these ailments over the years, but I don't anymore. I hope the stretches and exercises help others also.
 
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nataddrho said:
About ten years ago, while I was experimenting with my stroke, I once spent a few hours playing one day playing around with trying to keep my elbow perfectly still in space. I was just curious, and it didn’t feel natural. I wanted to see if I could learn anything from it. Harmless enough since we all like to gain insight into the game.

I don’t know what I did but it caused golfers elbow or tennis elbow. I don’t know which one. It was painful enough that after ignoring it for a month I needed to read about why the pain wasn’t going away. I bought a cuff that puts pressure on a muscle group on my forearm to help it heal.

I am 40 years old now and I did this when I was 30. I am active and healthy, did CrossFit, lifted 200lb atlas stones, squatted my body weight to the floor, ran 5ks during lunchtime, and weighed about 175lbs for being 6,2”. I am certain this injury was from pool and not some other activity I was doing.
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I had a friend who was very much like you describe (slightly different activities).
He needed both knees replaces at 55......he literally wore the original ones out.

Pain is trying to tell you something, find out what that might be.
 
See a ballet instructor, they gave me better tips for posture and strength than any doctor or therapist I met.

A ballet instructor knows from experience not theory.
 
dr_dave said:
I have also had elbow issues in the past, but I have solved them, mostly with stretching.

FYI, I did a series of videos with two excellent sports physical therapists that cover many useful stretches and exercises to help pool players with common pool-player ailments. Here they are:

NECK/BACK/CORE:

SHOULDER/ELBOW:

WRIST/HAND:
Check them out. I have had many of these ailments over the years, but I don't anymore. I hope the stretches and exercises help others also.
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Thank you for sharing this content. 😎
 
nataddrho said:
About ten years ago, while I was experimenting with my stroke, I once spent a few hours playing one day playing around with trying to keep my elbow perfectly still in space. I was just curious, and it didn’t feel natural. I wanted to see if I could learn anything from it. Harmless enough since we all like to gain insight into the game.

I don’t know what I did but it caused golfers elbow or tennis elbow. I don’t know which one. It was painful enough that after ignoring it for a month I needed to read about why the pain wasn’t going away. I bought a cuff that puts pressure on a muscle group on my forearm to help it heal.

I am 40 years old now and I did this when I was 30. I am active and healthy, did CrossFit, lifted 200lb atlas stones, squatted my body weight to the floor, ran 5ks during lunchtime, and weighed about 175lbs for being 6,2”. I am certain this injury was from pool and not some other activity I was doing.

I still occasionally get pain in my elbow in the same spot. What the hell did I do??? How could a few hours of a simple activity cause this?

Anyone with sports therapy or medical background can chime in. Thanks.
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Hi, an old tip of the old boomerang throwers -sport boomerang throwing can cause severe elbow disease- :

you should play with a knee pad on your shoulder ! (yes, a knee pad choosed with the appropriate size to your elbow , a knee pad won't inteferate with your movements). The goal is to warm your elbow's gristle and to keep them warm , so put it in place 30mn prior to play, and keep it 30mn after.

It isn't a magical recipe, but it works most of time...
 
Z-Nole said:
Numbnutts might be onto something. I’m always looking for an excuse to go see a ballet instructor.
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I work in an educational seeing the ballet instructor diagnosed all my pains from posture and seeing me in a ballet outfit.

I have recovered from all pains and constantly practice the exercises recommended to correct years self inflicted deformations.

I am also 30 pounds lighter after following a dancers healthy eating tips. Almost at my goal weight on 190, down from 230.
 
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