Getting rid of Elbow Tendonitis from climbing

I ended up ordering the "Elbow Revive". It seems to be working. I've also been using the Flexbar, doing the eccentric exercises, and active release techniques. Feeling much better. Tough to say which ones are what's doing the trick, but I'd recommend anyone struggling with this problem for as long as I have been to go ahead and try everything before resorting to surgery. Happy to be making progress, but I'm literally scared to even think about climbing again right now b/c i don't want to get reinjured and be back where i was. Will update in another month or so. Thanks all.

just a FYI... looks like Elbow Revive is on sale... $15 and free shipping for those interested in giving it a shot. i'm gonna go ahead see how if it supplements stretching/forearm exercises that I've been doing.

Seeing all this wide variety of methods which work for different people reminds me ...

Elbow muscle+tendons+joints of a healthy athletic human are naturally designed to heal and grow back strong again naturally. It's not medical rocket science (except for special cases). It's expected to happen with the passage of time, and with resuming normal use starting at low intensity (avoiding intense forces which might reinjure it).

placebo effect often helps. So if you believe that some device must be effective because it's more expensive, then it might better help you. If you believe that some rehab exercise protocol must be effective because it's more complicated and time-consuming than a simpler obvious one, then it might better help you.

If you believe that some cheap and simple rehab program diligently performed will be effective because you're smart and chose it carefully, than that might yield the best for you.

best description + analysis of elbow injury diagnosis + rehab (way better than the link offered above by the OP) for climbers, is in Dave MacLeod's new book Make or Break.

. (and even the mighty MacLeod falls into recommending a slightly more complicated exercise method even though he knows it lacks demonstrated clinical-comparative evidence of effectiveness -- I guess because he's found it often works as a helpful "placebo" for climbers) .

Ken

Scott McMahon wrote:I battle this all the time, especially everytime I think I can climb in the gym. I have the balls, the flex bar, band it, elbow compression sleeve etc, but you know what REALLY worked for me? Chelated Magnesium twice a day. Within 2 weeks 90% of my issues were gone, and now months later 99%. I also take that with tumeric as an anti-inflammatory, and fish oil. Take 2 a day of each. I read about it on MP on one of the many tendinitis threads. I forget to stretch most of the time now, and i've dealt with the itis, the otis in both sides of the arms and even ulnar nerve issues possibly. vitacost.com/vitacost-chela…

Scott, is this still working well for you? Does the magnesium have to be chelated or does it matter?

Also, what does the fish oil help with?

Topher Haddad wrote: Scott, is this still working well for you? Does the magnesium have to be chelated or does it matter? Also, what does the fish oil help with?

Still going pretty strong. I have a mild flare up now and again, but nothing some ibuprofen and care can't fix.

So the tumeric and fish oil I use for their anti-inflammatory properties, besides just the overall massive health benefits they provide. Also fish oil is recommended to help overall stiffness and improve mobility in your joints.

Obviously there is more specific science behind this.

As far as the magnesium here is the breakdown. Doesn't have to be, but it helps with absorption.

Chelated magnesium means the mineral is bound to a negatively charged group, or anion, in two or more places. Some examples of commercially available magnesium chelates include magnesium citrate, magnesium lactate and magnesium gluconate. When minerals such as magnesium are chelated, they are more likely to survive the passage from the stomach to the small intestines intact. Because of this, more magnesium from the chelated variety will be absorbed in the intestinal tract than magnesium that is nonchelated.

So I got emailed a promo code for 20% off of Elbow Revive. As I've said before on here, the stuff is a great anti-inflammatory and really the only thing that help heal my elbow tendonitis (medial and lateral). But I haven't had any issues with my elbows in months, so if anyone wants to use the discount feel free... prmo code: FRESH20. also free shipping I believe. Not sure if it can be used more than once but def worth a try if you have lingering elbow issues. Hope that helps! elbowrevive.com

woohoo! Elbow Revive is no longer sold out according to their website. been waiting like 6 weeks.

Mark Ra wrote: If I were to spend money on any tendonitis specific treatment it would probably be a thera-band flex bar as is mentioned in this article: well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009…

does it also work for pain on the other side of the elbow, i.e. golfer's?
Thanks

Yes it does work for golfer's elbow, or so it says. It's called the Tyler Twist apparently. Here is a link about it tyler twist. I've been doing this for a little over a week so I can't give any feedback as of yet.

Does anyone know where you can buy Elbow Revive or what happened to it? It seems to have vanished from the market. The website doesn't seem to be active and I don't see any other sellers...