Hi,

I got a tennis elbow, and I do a liftig program at home with ondly dumbells. Should I stop this to let the elbow heal ? I would hate that, but I also do not want to let the elbow go worse. The problem is that as I only have the dumbells at home, even if I do a LBW, I still have to hold the dumbelss with my arms to get the load for the legs etc.
Anybody got an idea ?

I've pretty much always lifted or played tennis through "tennis elbow", but the wise choice would be to let it heal. If you chose to work through it, use ice (or a bag of frozen peas) at the end of your workout for 20 minutes and ibuprophen. The more you use it witout letting it heal, the longer it will take. This is the voice of unwise choices and impatience speaking.

Mel

Hi, I happened to see this thread and since I have suffered in the past from terrible tennis elbow, I thought I'd give my 2 cents. I continued to lift through tennis elbow until it was so bad I could not even use my arm. I finally went to physical therapy and over 4 months, my elbow improved, but very slowly.

My advice is to do some forearm muscle exercises using a 1 or 2 lb. weight. Just hold the weight in your hand and rest your forearm on your leg so your hand hangs over your knee. Then lift the weight up and down by bending your wrist. Do 20 reps. Do this twice a day and your tennis elbow will hopefully improve. My doctor told me that there is no scientific proof that these exercises help you heal more quickly, but I know in my situation they made me so much stronger and eventually the tennis elbow did heal & has not come back. I continue to do my exercises every day, however.


Good Luck!!!

Lessismore

Thanks lessismore,

I will certainly try this

4rabbit