Anyone suffer from tennis elbow on the outside of elbow effecting grip?any tips and experiences would be much appreciated?cheers

Yeah I had it in my weaker left arm. Right no problem. Always used light on the bar wave kites but when started using heavier on the bar kites i started having the problem. So for me bar pressure was the issue. If you want to fly kites with bar pressure. Best bet, is in the off season (like now or when elbow is not aggravated), do some weights for your forearms. Use dumbells and do wrist curl ups (palm facing down, curling weight up) and strengthen the muscles on the top of your forearm. There's a few different exercises you can do to build up your forearms. You can do it watching telly. Google them. It will make the difference.

When aggravated. Dry needling was very effective to release the knots in the muscle which transfers the tension/stress onto the tendon in the elbow. I also bought a trigger point roller to do some self release massage after kiting (also icing straight after kiting) was good. The problem usually lies in the muscles on the top of the forearm over working, spasming and knotting up. The release of these knots is the key to short term relief. But really, rest til better, then strengthening your forearm/s to resolve long term.

Adjustments in technique - like how you grip the bar. keeping arms straighter, using shoulder movements to turn kite. using a strap on forearm (to distribute load) etc etc can also make a difference.

^golfers elbow is the opposite side of the elbow (inside) to tennis or kiters elbow which is on the outside. I'm not sure (I haven't heard of) kiters suffer this condition. Could be wrong (?). Two different conditions, causes and therapy. Did have a case of golfers from surfing - from a lot of paddling on surf trip once.. Lucky it was right at the end.

If you haven't already get a kite with light bar pressure!

I have bouts of it, find that when riding a with thicker bar some times it can aggravate more seems to be to do with the grip in my fingers, stretching out the knots helps but have found when i was on a switchblade i sometimes had trouble driving home because of the pain.

ste said..
Anyone suffer from tennis elbow on the outside of elbow effecting grip?any tips and experiences would be much appreciated?cheers

The best solution for me ,was to get kites with low bar pressure and the other is to hold the bar with your palm up. This took two sessions to get used to it, and I now find it more comfortable on my problem elbow. Oh by the way you use different muscles , tendons holding your bar Palm up.Kite bar that is

ste said..
Anyone suffer from tennis elbow on the outside of elbow effecting grip?any tips and experiences would be much appreciated?cheers

my mum made me wear boxing gloves to bed, later in life its worked wonders and lets me kite big sessions with no effect

Mate,

Suffer from this in both elbows, did something stupid in December and only recently decided to see a physio about it after trying to do self-rehab.

See a decent physio... I'm hoping mine is sorted before the sea breezes kick in.

Try Craig Soley (PhysioFit) he's been great so far, much improvement in 2 weeks. www.physiofit-wa.com/

which kites are you riding and what style?

I've noticed over the years that what most people refer to as tennis elbow seems to sometimes develop as people get older. I get a slight twinge from time to time but no major problem. I have a couple of mates who both developed it badly, and who were both brickies. This led me to the conclusion that the constant gripping of bricks all day long led to damage in the tendon anchoring the forearm muscle to the elbow. Much like shin splints I think it boils down to overloading of the muscle/muscle attachment. It seems the best way to avoid this is to either stop the action altogether , or at least modify your technique.

Im only guessing but it could be that your gripping the bar to tightly and consciously trying to adjust this may help. Lighter bar pressure seems like it may help but I think the real problem is the amount of pressure you are applying to your grip, rather than the pressure/force required to sheet in/out.

Thanks for all the replies.i think this has come on from test and tagging, plugging and unplugging things all day rather than kiting, don't bother in winter, will work with all the advice and see how I go,just want to get it sorted before the seabreezes start again.
Cheers all.

yendor said..

Dave Whettingsteel said..
A good physio should sort this fairly well. I use Christian Eyre at Body Smart on St Georges Terrace.

Doing wrist curls with your arm on a flat surface, lifting and lowering a 5kg dumbell worked for me. It straightens out all the tangled up fibres in the tendon. Your hand should be hangnig down, not palm up. Also dry needling the lumps on your tendon expedites recovery. good luck!

Do you mean moving your hand up at the wrist joint or your whole arm?And is dry needling acupuncture ? I suffer from tennis elbow also.What helped me the most was giving up pole dancing / windsurfing

Lift from the wrist and lower really slowly. It's the lowering under stress that straightens out the tangles. Dry needling is needles straight into the distressed tissue. Acupuncture is more complex and I don't really understand it to be honest!

My Doc prescribed Mobic, and the pain went in 24hrs. Still waiting to kite on the elbow, but lifting and general movement has really increased. After 4 months, it was like a wonder drug. Not that I'm advocating drugs, but...........

sandyscott said..
My Doc prescribed Mobic, and the pain went in 24hrs. Still waiting to kite on the elbow, but lifting and general movement has really increased. After 4 months, it was like a wonder drug. Not that I'm advocating drugs, but...........

Oh, come on.....

sandyscott said...
My Doc prescribed Mobic, and the pain went in 24hrs. Still waiting to kite on the elbow, but lifting and general movement has really increased. After 4 months, it was like a wonder drug. Not that I'm advocating drugs, but...........

Drugs are bad.......mmmmmkay
Lol

Will do, thanks for that.
Cheers