Dealing with Tennis Elbow?
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Ryan Cooper37 said:Yeah... I read somewhere that it takes about four to six weeks to fully heal, depending on the person... and you're supposed to stay completely idle during that window. Honestly, I still feel a slight twinge even just doing something basic like scrubbing my hands while washing up...
Look, those minor aches and slow movements aren't the real issue here. For me, the trouble was that I’d think I was healed, forget all about the injury, and then fail to properly warm up that specific area before hitting the gym. Then, say, when I'm doing chin-ups with an underhand grip, everything just goes sideways.
The biggest headache for me was handstand push-ups—or whatever they're calling them these days—until I finally switched over to using parallettes.
Bottom line is, there’s no reason to hang up the gym bag entirely. If you take a cautious, smart approach to your training and incorporate some light movement involving internal rotation with varying degrees of elbow flexion for rehab, things should clear up relatively quickly...