Worst possible time for tennis elbow

[Stickbow]

I have battled this off and on for a couple years. This year I couldn't lift a coffee cup let alone work out. Someone turned me on to Collagen. In 4 days I was doing pullups and push ups. No joke..... The stuff I use is Ancient Nutrition Multi Collagen Protein. Taste kinda nasty but seriously, it worked for me. Good luck

[Sam McMichael]

I have it, too. I have used various medications and therapy. They are good, but rest is the ultimate answer.

[Mint]

I got it a couple of months ago when I started weight lifting. I found using the Bioskin Tennis Elbow Band when working out helped and then I would do the Tennis Elbow exercises on the days I wasn't lifting. The exercises I found thru a google search and they really helped. You need to strengthen those muscles. Ice, rest, then use the Bioskin Band and then exercises was the ticket for me.

[Kittatinny]

Hello to all. This is my first post here Trad Gang.  I'm getting back into shooting again after a pause of nearly 15 years . I never got into shooting a compound bow and traditional bows were all I ever shot. I used to shoot year round with some bows pulling up to #72 pounds at my draw length. I also trained with weights, with the no pain, no gain mentality. Unfortunately, I now have tendonitus in my right elbow, coupled with shoulder problems.

I recently purchased a Bear Wolverine that pulls 45#. My shooting sessions have been painful, but I'm working through it.
This thread has some very good recommendations.  I do some stretching and warm up a bit before shooting, and this seems to help a little bit.  I have thought of trying to shoot left handed, as my right elbow doesn't have any pain. I'm right eye dominant and not sure how that would work out.  At any rate, I'm grateful that I got back into shooting again.

[valleysniper]

It seems as though most have tennis elbow in their bow arm, mine is in the draw arm. Not sure why.

[azhunter]

I had tennis elbow really bad about 5 years ago. Kinda odd how I could do certain things without much pain but doing other things by using my arm at different angles just hurt so bad. I got to where I couldn't hardly drink a cup of coffee and hold my mug. I went to an orthopedic surgeon and he stuck a needle in my elbow and scraped around a little bit on the tissue connected to the bone before injecting the elbow. I haven't had any pain since. He said the scraping was just as important as the injection as it promotes healing in the elbow. The procedure sounds worse than it really is. would highly recommend it if your tennis elbow doesn't get better.

[Sam McMichael]

Shots in the elbows did great things for me. Do what the doctor says.

[T Sunstone]

I know I'm going to be blown out of the water for this, But when I had it I started doing 5 pushups a day.  Real show and after a few days  add a few more. 

[Kittatinny]

Push ups don't seem to hurt all that much.

[Petrichor]

I injured myself doing push-ups for work. It was a lot of pushups and my tennis elbow flared up so bad and had shoulder pain. I ended up switching to lefty. So there you have it.