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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on dealing with tennis elbow.

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Ignore: Strengthen your forearms with a rubber or polyurethane hand gripper! not the one shown! avoid those!

Answered 4/22/2014

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Ignore: Tennis elbow can occur by many ways. Hedge clipping tennis elbow is quite common in the spring!

Answered 9/28/2016

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Ignore: Be patient. Tennis elbow almost never requires more than time and therapy to get better.

Answered 7/12/2014

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Ignore: Try a tennis elbow strap, wrist brace, anti-inflammatories, Nirschl exercises, and if course rest!

Answered 7/27/2014

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Local: Local ice and rest. Anti-inflammatories Know your own limits.

Answered 8/12/2014

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Rest: Rest from tennis, rest from swinging. Stretch the flexors, and stretch extensors. Rest it.

Answered 12/8/2014

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Ignore: Begins at site of orgin of wrist extensors on elbow. Rest, ice, brace ; if not cortisone shot helps.

Answered 1/4/2016

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