Tendonitis help

[chachee52]

Originally Posted by BigFrank

personally I would avoid using "bandITs" or forearm bands. Long story short they are crap. Get an elbow sleeve, neoprene would be ideal. Don't wear it too tight.
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Don't know how much experience you have with them, I use the Band-it with almost all my patients with a true tennis or golfer's elbow and most of them have the sleeve before that doesn't work. I personally have a lot quicker results with the Band-it and I have bought a lot of the other devices out there and had variable results with them. The biggest problem with the sleeves is that it has to fit perectly to work correctly and that happens so rarely that I don't bother with them.
Agreed with all the other points though, the more you use the elbow and cause it to be sore, the more damage you are doing.
Also agree with Big Frank that it should be diagnosed. I give advise without seeing it. A good Physical Therapy clinic should do a free injury assesment, I know ours does. No disrespect to PCPs but if you have pain anywhere near your elbow most will dx as tennis elbow. I've seen a lot of radial tunnel syndromes diagnosed as tennis elbow and the sleeves and braces cause more damage if worn with that dx!!!