[vivaro 013]

Hi All
how many of us window cleaners  suffer from tennis elbow and what been the  best cure.
sick of the pain
thanks

[Plankton]

Take up golf instead

[ChumBucket]

IMO there isn't a cure. I had it for 12 months a few years ago & it's not pleasant! I was told by a customer that it would take around 12 months for it to go & he was bang on in my case. I had Physio but it did nothing at all for the condition. Probably not what you want to hear but this is how it was for me. I'm also left with a permanent lump on my elbow from it.

[vivaro 013]

thanks for reply . had physio and courts-zone injection still no improvement, not looking good reading your reply
thanks 

[ChumBucket]

Just rest it as much as possible. One tip I will give you, try not to grip your pole as tight as you naturally do. Strangely, you have to concentrate to do this as it seems natural to most to over grip subconsciously.

[Klean07]

I had this years ago and tried most things that were available to treat it at the time. Nothing really worked until someone asked me to try Dog oil from a health shop which I did! Worked a treat!

[Window Lickers]

Hi All
how many of us window cleaners  suffer from tennis elbow and what been the  best cure.
sick of the pain
thanks

I used an elbow suppOrt strap alongside Ibuprofen. For me it worked well.

The last few months my shoulder has been playing up. Ive recently started going for sports massage for this and the girl has worked wonders on it. After the first session it was remarkably improved. Im going to keep going on a regular basis. She is very cheap actually, £35.00 for an hour.

[buzzing]

Yeah one thing is an strap on top  of forearm just before elbow.  tighten it.   It looks like a sweatband but you tighten quite hard.  that will take pressure off the elbow joint.  makesure you release this when you are not working as it can reduce bloodflow.   

[Richard Shepherd]

If you grip the pole on top with your lead hand, try gripping it underneath.

[slap bash]

I have had four wrists and elbows. Try not using short strokes when using your arm. courtazone injections can work if you have them early and they hit the exact spot. With mine I had two operation which work one on each arm which solved my problem and I was back at work with in a month. All you need to do now is convince these doctors to let you have it.They create more problems because they have so much red tape.

[Dave Willis]

I've had it loads of times. Conservatory roof cleans seem to bring it on particularly bad. Not much you can do, the arm supports with a pressure pad built in them help but leave a red dent in your arm at the end of the day. Had physio too - pretty painful experience - seemed to involve jabbing her fingers right into the forearm muscles and tendons.

[NWH]

I had golfers elbow from poling its on the inside of the elbow,there is a way to get rid of it quicker than you think I had it bad for a few years switching from left to right arm,if you give me your number I will talk you through it

[bobplum]

Yeah one thing is an strap on top  of forearm just before elbow.  tighten it.   It looks like a sweatband but you tighten quite hard.  that will take pressure off the elbow joint.  makesure you release this when you are not working as it can reduce bloodflow.   

as buzzing says, i use a tubi grip rolled up and just below the elbow
Something else that may work for you is to get to a gym and start to build the muscles around the shoulders and arms, i know we all think we are exercising doing our work but in fact we are just wearing our self's out (RSI) THIS WOULD HELP ANY SHOULDER PROBLEMS AS WELL

[TomCrowther]

I have had tennis and golfers elbow. Struggling with it a bit now. Look into trigger therapy, it's like self administered acupressure.
When mine was really bad I could not work properly at all. Stopping literally every two minutes to relieve the pain. I turned to acupuncture which worked very well.
If you can ice it several times during the day it should help.

[NWH]

The straps will not make it go away trust me in fact they can actually make it worse if you don't sort it

[jimiwindows]

I had for about 8 mouths then had acupuncture for abount 6 weeks and it went.

[dazmond]

ive had no problems for a while now.switching to lighter poles and brushes helps and going to the gym and working those arms and shoulders!

i take cod liver oil with glucosamine every day with a multi vitamin and mineral tablet.i think it helps.been taking them for years now.

a tuba grip bandage on the elbow will help and some ibuprofen and paracetamol.

i even fit in 3 or 4 hours of drumming in my band once a week as well as poling most of my work every day.

[Tony dunmall]

Hi All
how many of us window cleaners  suffer from tennis elbow and what been the  best cure.
sick of the pain
thanks

I used an elbow suppOrt strap alongside Ibuprofen. For me it worked well.
The last few months my shoulder has been playing up. Ive recently started going for sports massage for this and the girl has worked wonders on it. After the first session it was remarkably improved. Im going to keep going on a regular basis. She is very cheap actually, £35.00 for an hour.

Similar sports massage full hour twice a month

Tennis elbow    Acupuncture sessions never came back

[colin bird]

I had tennis elbow ,both arms same time went physio,worked a treat with regular excrercise on arms,due to not pain I stopped the excrercise,now I have pins and needles in both arms that wake me at night,I will go back to the exercises and see what happens

[G Griffin]

Yeah one thing is an strap on

Stop right there, young man.