Elbow discomfort, but not when playing?

[Dan Ensor]

Originally Posted by DavidSauls

It seems bizarre, but apparently "golfer's elbow", opposite of "tennis elbow", involves the tendons or ligaments from the wrist to the elbow, and wrist exercises add flexibility to the offending parts.

I was told (and it seemed to help) that the cause of one is the treatment of the other. So if you have tennis elbow, play some golf; golfers elbow, play some tennis.

In disc golf, I believe you could say "if you have backhanders' elbow, throw more forehands; if you have forehanders' elbow, throw more backhands.

[bcr123psu]

Just in case nobody has mentioned it yet: go see an ortho. You don't know what you don't know. Like I said in my previous post, my elbow problem was a symptom of a weak shoulder. Until you talk to somebody that can definitively tell you what is wrong with your elbow, you could continue to re-injure it.

[blackcatsmith]

Agreed... go see a pro. 95% of all tendonitis originates from the neck. Whether or not that's true, I have no idea, but be careful, you can easily make matters worse. My elbow is most prone to flare ups in the night. I wear one of those velcro support braces to bed and I found it has eliminated the pain of waking with a stiff elbow.

[freezermink]

i can't believe no one has suggested this yet, but

if it only hurts when you're NOT playing.... then just play continuously, obviously.

[Gennataos]

I haven't thrown with my left arm in almost a week, and, interestingly, the discomfort has left the forearm side of my elbow and moved on to the tricep side. Since I haven't been using it, I can only take this as a good sign. /shrug

[blackcatsmith]

I'm 24 days into resting my throwing arm due to tendonitis and I'll go another 24 or more(?) if it means I get my right arm back. I'll say this... my left handed drives are getting better. Still not good, but better. Maybe by the time my right elbow heals I'll have a decent lefty backhand.

[blackcatsmith]

...or I'll get tendonitis in my left elbow.