Update on golfer's elbow

Finally after resting my for two weeks, I have full mobility of the right hand again. It is as if the golfer's elbow was never there. Of course, the first day playing squash after the started, it was still a little bit sore. I still had to play lob game. But at least it doesn't hurt that much when I took a volley. Now, after 1 week of squash (3 days), no more pain.

So here is the lowdown on what did I do for my golfer's elbow:

1. Rest : first week was total rest, even for doing normal activities, I tried to replaced the right hand with the left hand whenever possible.

2. Ice: about 15 minutes a day after coming back from work.

3. Heat cream: to relief muscle sore

4. Bandage/elbow support: most of the time, to give more support to the injured muscle/tendon/ligament

5. Golfer's/tennis elbow band: most of the time during the second week while not bandaged or using an elbow support

6. Massage: deep tissue massage - helps to relief the soreness of the elbow's surrounding muscle due to being idle while nursing the injury

7. Gyro ball: This I believe helps a lot. I got it during the middle of the second week. Before using it, the pain still can be felt much of the time, the muscles were sore and I still could not straighten my arm. But after doing the gyro ball exercise 2-3 times, I can feel the elbow's surrounding muscle improving and the pain subsides. The popular gyro ball brand is power ball but I just got a no frill one at the fitness store at Carrefour wangsa maju. Power ball cost >RM130, mine is only RM39.

Well there you go. but the most important lesson learnt here is to give it a rest for a while before going back to any sports or strenuous activity.

Ciao