elbow the size of a softball...

[gregg dudley]

The elbow on my bow arm is all jacked up.  Thought it was tendonitis, but went to the doctor and found out it is bursitis.  I have had three shots in the butt in the last three days and am scheduled for two more.  Also on two prescriptions.  Finally starting to feel a little better and reduce the swelling.  

Anybody have any experience with this?  Hoping to be back in good shooting form for Solana the first of the year.

[59Alaskan]

I have had this.  I was not in to archery at the time, but it took a long time to recover.  I recall having my arm immobilized for weeks.  It comes and goes but I can control it.  I feel it coming on and can modify what I am doing for a while and it subsides.

I am sure everyone is different but with my case when it was real bad Solana wouldn't have been an option.  I hope you recover more quickly than I did.

I did not do any shots.

[gregg dudley]

looking for a second opinion...I don't much care for your...  :eek:  

Sounds like your situation was a little more pronounced than mine.  (hopefully)    

Thanks for the input.

[Hot Hap]

Good luck-Don't forget to turn the other cheek. Hap

I had the elbow problem years back, it started during the off shooting season. The doctors could not give relief that lasted very long and it came back when I started shooting in the summer. Ice, supplements and a good chiropractor did the trick for me.  I will never use the steroid treatments again, too many side affects.

[Rufus]

I whapped my elbow on my bow arm on a t-post years ago and developed bursitis in it. It swelled up big time eventually. It really didn't bother me drawing the bow, being my bow arm, but when I loosed the string and the bow recoiled, #%*&*#*. Felt a hot poker stuck in my elbow joint. The doctor drained twice and it felt better but it took quite awhile before it totally cleared up. I had to drive with my left arm on the arm rest, and sleeping was an event sometimes. That's been probably 20 yrs. ago and still if I bump that elbow I either feel something in there or my brain is panicking perhaps.
 After it was drained and a dose of meds, I could wrap my elbow and shoot OK, just for not as long a period of time. So good luck, no instant cure methinks but I'm no doc or expert. Just know what my experience was.

[Rufus]

Hey, ditto on the steroid treatments. I went through that with plantar faciitis and ended up with side effect problems myself.
 I'm fighting that again only in my other foot but I now know stretches and stuff to help. No shots for me! :-)) I hope!

[bawana bowman]

Gregg,
I had a bout with it about 23 years ago. Couldn't do anything with my arm other than stick elbow in the air and keep my hand touching center of back just below my neck. This lasted about 6 days and then things were back to normal.
ER gave me some kind of shot which never seemed to help at all, but things got back to normal and I haven't had another bout since. And hope I never do, it was probably the most pain I've ever been in. At least for the first day and a half of the attack.

Dang Gregg! I do not know anything about bursitis but I sure hope you get it all figured out before next month!

Good luck with it and I'll be seeing you at the airport.

Bisch

[gregg dudley]

Thanks, guys.  I'm optimistic.

[kennym]

Gregg, hope you get it fixed!

[kennyb]

Gregg-you need to have an ionization/detox treatment to get the inflammation out of your body. You also need to watch what you are eating which can give you inflammation! Eat more vegetables! Good luck and hope you get better soon!

Kenny    

[joe ashton]

rest it and ice.

[Keb]

I have it my shoulder, got a codizone shot last wed, feel really good, I am able to shot my bow now and run pretty much pain free.

Those shots hurt like no other.

[onewhohasfun]

Had bursitus in my knee once. One cortisone shot right in the knee fixed it right up. I remember the needle was about 6 inches long.Never felt a thing.

[rraming]

I have had it in a knee which came back every year about the same time (thanksgiving) meds and not using it works. Felt like a needle was sticking me if I was to kneel.  It would go away in about a month. Truck drivers get it in the elbow from there left arm resting on the door, don't do that. You'll be back soon.

[gregg dudley]

Thanks, guys!

[threeunder]

I feel for ya.
Had a combination of bursitis and tendonitis in my right shoulder a few years back.  I didn't shoot for 14 months.  One of the most painful things I've been through.

[alligatordond]

Gregg, fire off an email to DonT. But I'm guessing God must be a Seminole .

[gregg dudley]

Don,

The first suggestion is a good one.  As for the second...I'd watch for lightening if I was you!  :D