Golfers Elbow

[bigtex2011]

I've suffered with Golfers elbow for the past 2 seasons. I've had it many times over the years but it typically hasn't stuck around like last year and this year. Last night I slept(passed out) with a barely snug ace bandage around my elbow and woke up to nearly no pain.

 

Most of the time its crazy painful in the morning.

 

Hope this helps others.

 

 

[Horton]

I take drugs

[Kelvin]

@Horton Which ones?

[Horton]

Mobic aka Meloxicam

[bigtex2011]

@Horton I bet you take more than that. :)

[MISkier]

Aleve.

 

Do deep water start with both hands in overhand grip, then switch.

 

Focus on straight arms through the wake and don’t pull in with your arms/biceps.

[RAWSki]

I had that in the past and had to use a compression wrap just below the elbow for a couple seasons . I also switched to @MISkier 's double overhand (OLD old school) pull ups .

[dvskier]

Radius handle and Masterline Progrip gloves.

[lewis310]

I'm fighting the same issue. Here are the things I've found and am trying.

 

1) Using an elbow wrap from CVS pharmacy

2) Just ordered a curved anti-roll handle with a larger diameter (currently at 1.00 moving to 1.060.

3) Reverse Tyler twists with Theraband (blue) to stretch tendons.

4) Ibuprofin

 

Given, I have not received the handle yet, but of the others I believe the Theraband is helping the most.

[cragginshred]

Stretch your forearm flexors and ice -simple This addresses the cause not just bandaging the symptoms. pm if you want more clinical perspective

[vernonreeve]

For me, it's a clue that I'm not letting my arms go straight when crossing the wakes. A strap that goes just under the elbow eliminates the pain, but ultimately I should be letting my arms go straight. As soon as I let my arms go straight, the pain will eventually go away. I have the radius handle, which I really like, but I still get the golfers elbow if I bend my arms. So I agree with what MlSkier said.

[WaterSkier12]

Clincher type gloves

[Spuddy]

Finding a good physio therapist helps as well. I had the same issue two years ago finally went to physio and it’s much better.

[thager]

Horton takes generous amounts of skier skittles! Wait until he hits puberty!!!

[UWSkier]

Biggest thing I've found to help mine is to not hold on to big slack hits. Big slack hit will have my elbows screaming the next day even with good stretching.

[ghutch]

Great tip on having both hands down when getting up. I have been using that now for several weeks and the pain has greatly reduced for me. Funny how it never hurt while skiing. Thank God!

[GaryWilkinson]

Slack hits: #1 cause. Adjust technique.

 

Got a larger radius curved handle : Big improvement

Ibuprofen and ice for relief a la craiginshred.

[AU_Skier]

I had the same problem and found gua sha - to work. Have a look On You Tube. Simple, a little pain and no stretching required.

[parkerc2112]

Switch phone scrolling hand, get a radius handle, stretch before skiing. Never an issue since.