In reply to GDes:
> Just for a bit of balance, and this not intended as a dig at anyone, but I found it did nothing for me. Correct rehab from a physio (Julian Saunders via Skype) and plenty stretching was the only cure.
Yep. I had tennis on one elbow and golfer's on the other and it was getting seriously painful and limiting, from a combo of climbing, weight training and farm work. I tried 'rest' ie. no climbing or weights for a few months = useless.
I followed Julian's directions for dumbbell lowering over my knee, negative reps only - very much avoiding any lifting of the dumbbell between reps by using the other hand to lift it - and the relief and improvement was almost magical. It immediately felt better, though crept back after a few hours. But I kept it up a for a few weeks, every day or every other day, a few reps each arm of 10 reps or so, and the condition soon improved and has been fine since.
I balked at the price of an Armaid (to import to Australia etc) but also because I'd found that hard massages and stretches felt good at the time and gave short relief but did nothing to actually fix the problem.
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