Just ordered the sticks through your links and can't wait to start. After 4 months of pain, it took your video to convince me it wouldn't go away on its own! What do you think of a cross (vs lateral) massage across the tendons/muscles? Thanks so much for your videos! I'm so happy to have found them!
Greetings from Ireland Jamie I've been using this flexbar for a week and the results are fantastic. Thank you so much for your eye opening reasoning re eccentric contraction as you say why would I stretch a tendon that was already injured from stretching in the first place. Best wishes Richard
Thanks for the post Jamie, Ive been doing this for my tennis elbow for a while now.I did red,green, then blue. Started easy then every two weeks I moved up a color till I did the blue one completely pain free then the next day I developed soreness around the top of my forearm right above the elbow so I stopped for a few days & went back down to the green to do 3 of 15 like before & the soreness came back again. Weird thing is I never felt this from red all the way till I did the blue for a week. by the way I developed tennis elbow for weightlifting 12 years straight
I've been having some pretty significant pain in my forearm and I am pretty sure I have tennis elbow in my left arm (non-dominant arm). I have been doing a similar exercise to this video without much relief. I am wondering if maybe I have injured teh muscle or tendon beyond the "tennis elbow" symptoms. My doctors are aware of the pain I am having and I am going to physical therapy (for abut 2months now) with not much relief. When should i elevate my concerns to my doctors? Is there anything else I can do exercise-wise to help get some relief?
had prp treatment 15 days ago. tried the flex bar on day 10. 5 reps 3 times a day. and the next day elbow was in a lot of pain gave rest for 2 days tried again in day 13 after prp and next day elbow in a lot of pain don't no what 2 do today on day 15 after prp any suggestions should I continue the flex bar.
@Jamie: Got my resistance bars Saturday and can honestly already feel a slight improvement. (maybe 10-15%) Thank you! Couple questions... 1. Should I also continue taking anti inflammatory meds? 2. What about icing? 3. Should there be rest days from doing these exercises? 4. What about day to day activities... should I try to limit the use of the affected elbow or just use it like normal and fight through the discomfort? 5. Should I wear a tennis elbow brace at any point during the day?
Hello Jamie. I was a tennis player until this nightmare showed up last December. I went through physiotherapy since January and needed 3 painkiller shots during this period until last month. It hurt even using a pasta thong or a spray, the pain came even to my hand. Well, it got better and I decided to hit some balls (friendly level) after 5 months away and the pain appeared not at the point it was before. The pain migrated from the tendon to the muscles in the forearm as it was only training pain but lasted more than 10 days. I bought the green flexbar but feel pain very near the epycondilus when practicing. Not near the elbow where i felt before but a little towards the forearm. I am scared of using the bar because I felt more pain. Can I still do the exercise or should I rest and wait? Thanks for your attention and comments!
Jamie, I have tennis elbow in my left arm and golfer's elbow in my right arm from weightlifting. You're videos have been helping me recover the last few weeks. What exercises do you recommend to strengthen my forearm muscles to help minimize my chances of getting these injuries once I go back to weightlifting? Thank you for all your help.
I find that there is a bit a pain when doing the initial load and twist when the flex-bar is vertical. The the loading necessary between each repetition?
Hi Jamie, Thank you! I've had elbow tendonitis for 10 months... after doing a weight lifting move (bench press) that I don't normally do. It doesn't heal because I really never stop being active, however, I did quit lifting weights w/ my arms for several months, which of course, just leaves me prone to more injury in the end. I ordered the flex band and the day I received it I left for a week long mountain biking trip in Moab, UT. I was concerned...but after bringing the flex band with me and doing the exercises every day my pain is 80% gone. This is great. I've always thought I had weak forearms and finger strength but I feel the strength regaining and am pleased. I was wondering if you have exercises for 2 common ailments: strained hamstring attachment (up under the buttocks) which is common for runners AND plantar fasciitis - which I've had for a year now. I've stretched, strengthened, bought stiffer shoes, orthotics, essential oils. It has improved but not as much as I'd like. Any advice? Do you have any videos on these topics. Your advice makes such sense and I'd love to see more. Thank you.
I don't feel this as much as the flexbar exercise for medial epicondylitis. Am I doing it right? and am I supposed to feel it? Because for the golfers elbow exercise, I really felt it the first few reps. and with this I don't feel it, and my wrist kind of hurts from this.
No a classical guitarist, I work at the same school in UK with one of the Marimba players in Maraca2. I have been endlessly searching TH-cam on Tennis and golfers elbow problems and on back pain and improving posture. Thanks for your work.
Thanks for this. Are we supposed to do the exercises everyday or every other? Also, in the description you say not to stretch, does stretching make tennis elbow worse? I currently suffer from it but it's minor enough that I can still workout. I took 6 months off to no avail so now I'm trying to strengthen it.
I'll do it everyday then, thanks for letting me know. Interesting about the stretching, I'll stop it and just stick with the exercises and massage, thanks!
Jamie, thanks so much for showing these exercises... I actually had soreness in my right arm since just before Christmas and couldn't shake it completely. Was at like 80%. I've been using this for last couple weeks just in breaks at work and I feel my right arm maybe at about 98% healed now. My left arm had it as well, and I immediately used it on that arm and it is basically healed up in like 2 weeks as well. I'm going to continue to use these exercises to try and prevent more issues in the future. I do have a question. I've had a problem with tennis elbow and/or gout at times in my elbow. Many years. Now I actually have a slight bend in my right arm from I guess healing the wrong way and not proper care whenever I had issues. Any suggestions or issues on trying to get it back straight? I tried physical therapy but it never really did much at all, other than a lot of pain during the sessions. Sure would help my golf game to get two straight arms. :)
***** Gout is under control. I guess to clarify, the stiffness or the non ability to stretch my arm fully out seems to stem from this area in this picture. www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/picture-of-the-biceps The Distal Biceps Tendons. Know anything about that area?
Just started this, and feel excruciating pain when I do it.. I assume I should do it anyway or any modification? Also don't understand why you didn't include the massage stick in this one? (It's right behind you!) :)
Thanks Jamie! Mine is my left arm so this is perfect.
Just ordered the sticks through your links and can't wait to start. After 4 months of pain, it took your video to convince me it wouldn't go away on its own! What do you think of a cross (vs lateral) massage across the tendons/muscles? Thanks so much for your videos! I'm so happy to have found them!
Greetings from Ireland Jamie I've been using this flexbar for a week and the results are fantastic. Thank you so much for your eye opening reasoning re eccentric contraction as you say why would I stretch a tendon that was already injured from stretching in the first place.
Best wishes
Richard
Really appreciate this.
Thanks for the post Jamie, Ive been doing this for my tennis elbow for a while now.I did red,green, then blue. Started easy then every two weeks I moved up a color till I did the blue one completely pain free then the next day I developed soreness around the top of my forearm right above the elbow so I stopped for a few days & went back down to the green to do 3 of 15 like before & the soreness came back again. Weird thing is I never felt this from red all the way till I did the blue for a week. by the way I developed tennis elbow for weightlifting 12 years straight
I've been having some pretty significant pain in my forearm and I am pretty sure I have tennis elbow in my left arm (non-dominant arm). I have been doing a similar exercise to this video without much relief. I am wondering if maybe I have injured teh muscle or tendon beyond the "tennis elbow" symptoms. My doctors are aware of the pain I am having and I am going to physical therapy (for abut 2months now) with not much relief. When should i elevate my concerns to my doctors? Is there anything else I can do exercise-wise to help get some relief?
had prp treatment 15 days ago. tried the flex bar on day 10. 5 reps 3 times a day. and the next day elbow was in a lot of pain gave rest for 2 days tried again in day 13 after prp and next day elbow in a lot of pain don't no what 2 do today on day 15 after prp any suggestions should I continue the flex bar.
Nelson Estrella are u in major pain
yes
@Jamie: Got my resistance bars Saturday and can honestly already feel a slight improvement. (maybe 10-15%) Thank you! Couple questions...
1. Should I also continue taking anti inflammatory meds?
2. What about icing?
3. Should there be rest days from doing these exercises?
4. What about day to day activities... should I try to limit the use of the affected elbow or just use it like normal and fight through the discomfort?
5. Should I wear a tennis elbow brace at any point during the day?
Hello Jamie. I was a tennis player until this nightmare showed up last December. I went through physiotherapy since January and needed 3 painkiller shots during this period until last month. It hurt even using a pasta thong or a spray, the pain came even to my hand. Well, it got better and I decided to hit some balls (friendly level) after 5 months away and the pain appeared not at the point it was before. The pain migrated from the tendon to the muscles in the forearm as it was only training pain but lasted more than 10 days.
I bought the green flexbar but feel pain very near the epycondilus when practicing. Not near the elbow where i felt before but a little towards the forearm. I am scared of using the bar because I felt more pain. Can I still do the exercise or should I rest and wait?
Thanks for your attention and comments!
Jamie, I have tennis elbow in my left arm and golfer's elbow in my right arm from weightlifting. You're videos have been helping me recover the last few weeks. What exercises do you recommend to strengthen my forearm muscles to help minimize my chances of getting these injuries once I go back to weightlifting? Thank you for all your help.
I find that there is a bit a pain when doing the initial load and twist when the flex-bar is vertical. The the loading necessary between each repetition?
Hi Jamie, Thank you! I've had elbow tendonitis for 10 months... after doing a weight lifting move (bench press) that I don't normally do. It doesn't heal because I really never stop being active, however, I did quit lifting weights w/ my arms for several months, which of course, just leaves me prone to more injury in the end. I ordered the flex band and the day I received it I left for a week long mountain biking trip in Moab, UT. I was concerned...but after bringing the flex band with me and doing the exercises every day my pain is 80% gone. This is great. I've always thought I had weak forearms and finger strength but I feel the strength regaining and am pleased.
I was wondering if you have exercises for 2 common ailments: strained hamstring attachment (up under the buttocks) which is common for runners AND plantar fasciitis - which I've had for a year now. I've stretched, strengthened, bought stiffer shoes, orthotics, essential oils. It has improved but not as much as I'd like. Any advice? Do you have any videos on these topics. Your advice makes such sense and I'd love to see more. Thank you.
Will this work for repetitive strain injuries from Piano or computer work?
Is this once a day? Twice?
I don't feel this as much as the flexbar exercise for medial epicondylitis. Am I doing it right? and am I supposed to feel it?
Because for the golfers elbow exercise, I really felt it the first few reps. and with this I don't feel it, and my wrist kind of hurts from this.
can i continue this exercises even if I have a partial tear in addition to the tennis elbow? The pain doesn't seem to be getting any better?
Should I do three sets of 15 even though there's pain in my elbow and forearm? Should I ice after the exercises?
Like your videos. Noticed you like Maraca2, I work with one on those Marimba players.
No a classical guitarist, I work at the same school in UK with one of the Marimba players in Maraca2. I have been endlessly searching TH-cam on Tennis and golfers elbow problems and on back pain and improving posture.
Thanks for your work.
Thanks for this. Are we supposed to do the exercises everyday or every other? Also, in the description you say not to stretch, does stretching make tennis elbow worse? I currently suffer from it but it's minor enough that I can still workout. I took 6 months off to no avail so now I'm trying to strengthen it.
I'll do it everyday then, thanks for letting me know. Interesting about the stretching, I'll stop it and just stick with the exercises and massage, thanks!
Jamie, thanks so much for showing these exercises... I actually had soreness in my right arm since just before Christmas and couldn't shake it completely. Was at like 80%. I've been using this for last couple weeks just in breaks at work and I feel my right arm maybe at about 98% healed now. My left arm had it as well, and I immediately used it on that arm and it is basically healed up in like 2 weeks as well.
I'm going to continue to use these exercises to try and prevent more issues in the future. I do have a question. I've had a problem with tennis elbow and/or gout at times in my elbow. Many years. Now I actually have a slight bend in my right arm from I guess healing the wrong way and not proper care whenever I had issues.
Any suggestions or issues on trying to get it back straight? I tried physical therapy but it never really did much at all, other than a lot of pain during the sessions. Sure would help my golf game to get two straight arms. :)
***** Gout is under control. I guess to clarify, the stiffness or the non ability to stretch my arm fully out seems to stem from this area in this picture. www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/picture-of-the-biceps The Distal Biceps Tendons. Know anything about that area?
Just started this, and feel excruciating pain when I do it.. I assume I should do it anyway or any modification? Also don't understand why you didn't include the massage stick in this one? (It's right behind you!) :)