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jbruxer
Since 24 Jul 2005
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Beaverton, OR
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 Thu Jun 12, 08 3:51 pm |
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Hmm, I've never had anything like that happen to me. I tend to ride with a very loose finger style grip. 2 1/2 hours straight on the water and no issues.
...Although I'm not throwing it down like most of you are. Soon though.  |
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Kraemer
Since 24 Apr 2006
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bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
1692 Posts
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| Thu Jun 12, 08 7:13 pm Cause of Tennis Elbow |
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http://www.tennis-elbow.net/tenniselbow.htm
| Quote: | Prevention
To prevent tennis elbow:
Lift objects with your palm facing your body.
Try strengthening exercises with hand weights. With your elbow cocked and your palm down, repeatedly bend your wrist. Stop if you feel any pain.
Stretch relevant muscles before beginning a possibly stressful activity by grasping the top part of your fingers and gently but firmly pulling them back toward your body. Keep your arm fully extended and your palm facing outward.
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Caution!
To prevent a relapse:
Discontinue or modify the action that is causing the strain on your elbow joint. If you must continue, be sure to warm up for 10 minutes or more before any activity involving your arm, and apply ice to it afterward. Take more frequent breaks.
Try strapping a band around your forearm just below your elbow. If the support seems to help you lift objects such as heavy books, then continue with it. Be aware that such bands can cut off circulation and impede healing, so they are best used once tennis elbow has disappeared.
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Ryan
Since 14 Jul 2005
538 Posts
Oregon
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| Thu Jun 12, 08 8:27 pm elbows |
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| yea, i have that. according the PT i have been seeing, pain and swelling on the outside of the elbow is 'Tennis' elbow, pain and swelling on the inside of the elbow is known as 'Golfers' elbow. something to keep in mind while looking for strengthing excercises. |
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bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
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| Fri Jun 13, 08 10:32 am I actually played 2 sets of tennis this am and the guy I |
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play with is a Md. He was telling me that it's a good idea to frequently open and flex your hands while kiting, or doing any repetitive static grip type activity. In my case it's probably from doing 16oz. curls and playing with my stopper balls too much.
Maybe a good forearm massage?
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nievechica
Since 06 Aug 2007
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Hood River, OR
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| Fri Jun 13, 08 11:42 am |
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| KidCorporate wrote: | I'm wondering if something like a glucosamine supplement would "lubricate" the tendons against each other better.  |
That can help, just keep in mind it can take up to 3 months before a therapeutic level of glucosamine can build in the body. |
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brass
Since 15 Jul 2006
152 Posts
Stoked
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| Fri Jun 13, 08 12:02 pm |
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| Had this probelm for a little then I started using my equipment so it worked for me by dropping down the stopper ball, trimming down my kite and edging to stomp my kite. I wonder if we will start seeing more of this with SLE kites. |
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
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retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Fri Jun 13, 08 12:13 pm |
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I wonder if some kind of "bent bar" would help. Something similar to mt. bike handle bars that account for the fact that your wrists attach to your forearms at some what of an angle.
My advice would be duct tape, advil, and grin and bear it until winter. |
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Sid
Since 31 Mar 2008
83 Posts
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| Sat Jun 14, 08 8:56 am You might try this..... |
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I went in for some physical therapy for elbow pain I was having from 20+ years of BMX, mountain biking, wakeboarding, weights and kiteboarding. After all the years of gripping bars I developed these sharp shooting pains on the upper outside of my elbows that was so bad I couldn't even ride my motorbike for very long. It eventually started causing me to loose grip strength. Not good. I don't know how similar it is to tennis elbow but my therapist gave me some stretches to do before and after I ride or lift that cured it in less than two weeks.
If you want to give it a shot try holding each of these stretches for a 30 seconds to a minute each.
Arm straight out with even pressure across the fingers and pull back on your hand with enough pressure to feel a good stretch without hurting yourself.
It worked for me.
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