Post by jetjackson on Nov 9, 2017 15:02:47 GMT -7
I've been going to a physiotherapist about one a month since I did my left knee on a heel hook about 4 months ago - (http://rockprodigytraining.proboards.com/thread/1359/superior-tibiofibular-joint-sprain-heel)
At first I was impressed by them, they did background research into my knee and have been helpful in recommending rehab and preventative exercises to correct imbalances in my hip flexors.
I went back again last night - knee is practially healed, but I had developed some pain in my right elbow after bouldering a couple of weeks ago. I suspect that it is tennis/golf elbow, so I asked her about it. Symptoms were relatively mild, the elbow was somewhat sore after two intense days of bouldering, and has progressively gotten better - I've had similar in the past at HP40 when going 2 days on and making big moves to slapping slopers - similar thing to what I was doing at the Gramps. About 3 days after I got a massage with a remedial massage therapist and he dug into my forearms in what was possibly the most painful massage I've ever had - he noted that my forearms were 'stringy'.
Last time it just went away and I didn't think about it. In the past week I've had no pain during or after climbing, unless I specifically hit the elbow in exactly the right spot on an edge, desk, chair etc.
So back to the physio and I mention this, she does a range of tests on my arm, but nothing more than a very mild soreness on the forearm muscle about 2 inches below the joint on the lateral side - when she really digs in on it. She tests my grip strength in a range of ROMs and then goes to work on massaging my forearm. She also notes that there is a muscle in my forearm that is 'overdeveloped', as she says, and 'stringy'. After she massages the forearm she tests my grip strength again and notes how it's improved after the massage. She diagnoses me with Tennis elbow, suggests I take time off and ice the area plus rub on some kind of anti-inflammatory gel. I ask about rehab exercises but she suggests that it 'isn't that far along' that I need to do rehab exercises. She also suggests that I buy this forearm strap that they sell.
I've read the dodgy elbows post by Dr. Julian Saunders and it seems to contradict what my physio has said. She notes that anti-inflammatory, ice and forearm straps are all hokum.
Anyone really familiar with this injury can note based on my symptoms whether they have had similar, or whether they have had someone describe their forearm as 'stringy' - two people in a few weeks have described this but I have not read about this as an indicator of tennis elbow.
I'm booked in to go back to physio in a week and a half, but I'm getting skeptical due to the attempts to sell me an arm band, and this whole giving me a massage and then noting my immediate improvement in grip strength - which seems to me to be a tactic to get me to keep coming back.
I'm thinking of just doing the dodgy elbows exercises and massaging the forearms with my armaid (which I've never used that much yet).
At first I was impressed by them, they did background research into my knee and have been helpful in recommending rehab and preventative exercises to correct imbalances in my hip flexors.
I went back again last night - knee is practially healed, but I had developed some pain in my right elbow after bouldering a couple of weeks ago. I suspect that it is tennis/golf elbow, so I asked her about it. Symptoms were relatively mild, the elbow was somewhat sore after two intense days of bouldering, and has progressively gotten better - I've had similar in the past at HP40 when going 2 days on and making big moves to slapping slopers - similar thing to what I was doing at the Gramps. About 3 days after I got a massage with a remedial massage therapist and he dug into my forearms in what was possibly the most painful massage I've ever had - he noted that my forearms were 'stringy'.
Last time it just went away and I didn't think about it. In the past week I've had no pain during or after climbing, unless I specifically hit the elbow in exactly the right spot on an edge, desk, chair etc.
So back to the physio and I mention this, she does a range of tests on my arm, but nothing more than a very mild soreness on the forearm muscle about 2 inches below the joint on the lateral side - when she really digs in on it. She tests my grip strength in a range of ROMs and then goes to work on massaging my forearm. She also notes that there is a muscle in my forearm that is 'overdeveloped', as she says, and 'stringy'. After she massages the forearm she tests my grip strength again and notes how it's improved after the massage. She diagnoses me with Tennis elbow, suggests I take time off and ice the area plus rub on some kind of anti-inflammatory gel. I ask about rehab exercises but she suggests that it 'isn't that far along' that I need to do rehab exercises. She also suggests that I buy this forearm strap that they sell.
I've read the dodgy elbows post by Dr. Julian Saunders and it seems to contradict what my physio has said. She notes that anti-inflammatory, ice and forearm straps are all hokum.
Anyone really familiar with this injury can note based on my symptoms whether they have had similar, or whether they have had someone describe their forearm as 'stringy' - two people in a few weeks have described this but I have not read about this as an indicator of tennis elbow.
I'm booked in to go back to physio in a week and a half, but I'm getting skeptical due to the attempts to sell me an arm band, and this whole giving me a massage and then noting my immediate improvement in grip strength - which seems to me to be a tactic to get me to keep coming back.
I'm thinking of just doing the dodgy elbows exercises and massaging the forearms with my armaid (which I've never used that much yet).
