[ftp]

Really suffering lately it's got to the stage where my arm will bend to ninety degrees (just) and extend to about a hundred and twenty. Is it just me and old age or is it a common complaint with window cleaners particularly wfp?
Anyone had cortisone in the elbow?

[Dean Taberner]

Ive got tennis elbow too

[Paul_Rolfe]

This usually cures it...

[ftp]

Probably what caused it.

[macmac]

I've had it for 12 months. It started from a full on intense day of wfp last year. Didn't realise it was tennis elbow untill it didn't go away & just kept getting worse. Hoped resting it over last xmas would help but it didn't make any difference. Had physio a few times but that didn't help either so I just put up with it. It is a lot better now but is still there, some days worse than others. I still do quite a lot of trad so that helps ease the strain on it.

Try & alter your technique to ease the strain on it. i.e. don't grip the pole any harder than is needed & try to let your other arm take some pressure away. Over-gripping is natural & common practice I found, it's actually quite hard not to do it.

[DaveG]

never played the game.......

[Paul_Rolfe]

Probably what caused it.

[eclipse]

Tried every thing  ive had it since i started WFP
cortzone injection worked for 2 weeks no way im having another
all the heat and freeze sprays
dog oil (old fashioned remedy)
voltarol pain gel (worked for a while but is bloody expensive for long term)
even bought a hot-tub which suprisingly does ease it off (good exuse to the missus for buying one )

went back to the doctor who couldnt believe that i hadnt been given anti-inflamitorys from the other doctor
he gave me  DICLOFENAC SODIUM ENTERIC 50mg 3 times a day and by the third tablet it had gone and i was pain free
comes back if i forget to take a couple of tablets at weekend
Ive got them on long term repeat perscripition now and i can pick my coffee up in a morning without pain

[Paul_Rolfe]

Maybe it's gout?

[NWH]

Unless your very very unlucky it runs it`s course over about a year or so and then mor or less goes,i had it for about a year daily all i had to do was rest it on the side of the couch to start it off.The only thing that brings it on now and only very slightly is doing gutter and facia cleaning with the pole,beleive it or not i reckon trad sometimes brings it on worse with swinging the ladder about and getting it on and off the van.

[Polewash]

I had bad tennis elbow from a major garden clean out and it was killing me, couldn't sleep at night etc etc.

 I went to the doctor (2 weeks ago) who said I could go on Voltaren anti Inflam' tablet but they could give me stomach ulcers. I said bugger that and had the cortisone injection instead. It wasn't painful he give me 2 injections first was an anaesthetic and the second was the cortisone. It has made a huge difference and the pain is nearly gone. He did say it was  50-50 if it would help and also to try again after 1 month and again it would be 50-50. I can sleep ok now though there is still a little discomfort at times  but no major pain.

Go have the cortisone injection and you will feel heaps better. Forget rubbing cream on it it doesn't work. I tried cold, heat packs and exercise but the cortisone was the only thing that helped.

John

[geefree]

I had it really bad, sometimes i could not hold a cup!!

i tried lots of things...

finally i paid for acupuncture privately....

£25.00

half hour of tiny painless needles all over...

I thought hmmm dont think so...

she recommended i had 2 treatments...

so i went back the following week , did it again.

And its vanished completely.

I cannot say emphasise enough that you must try this NOW!

It works 100%

[Jeff Brimble]

Yes mate, everyone if it happens to you, and act fast,try it 

[ftp]

Update: things got really bad yesterday, in an aweful lot of pain and not much sleep last night. This morning I was in agony and could barely wind the reel. Sent wifey out to get one of those armband things that strap around the forearm squeezing the tendons tight.
Verdict: brilliant, not that comfortable but it certainly helps.

[s.hughes]

I got it for the second time in 10 years and when I get tired i find it really hurts. When I lie on the bed I cant move my arm at all, i have even lifted it with my other arm (no joke) I just put up with it

[barry80]

I had tennis elbow 15 years ago due to window cleaning, and I started takeing -1 cod liver oil capsule once a day in morning, since then I have never had it come back ,and Ive carried on window cleaning for  last 15 years pain free 110% barry....... 

[[GQC] Tim]

I had tennis elbow 15 years ago due to window cleaning, and I started takeing -1 cod liver oil capsule once a day in morning, since then I have never had it come back ,and Ive carried on window cleaning for  last 15 years pain free 110% barry....... 

I'm taking that every morning, don't have any problems either.

[s.hughes]

I had tennis elbow 15 years ago due to window cleaning, and I started takeing -1 cod liver oil capsule once a day in morning, since then I have never had it come back ,and Ive carried on window cleaning for  last 15 years pain free 110% barry....... 

I'm taking that every morning, don't have any problems either.

Cant stand the taste of it. It comes back on you for the rest of the day

[weetot]

It got to the point when i couldnt lift me flask from van floor, so went to docs and he gave me a cortizone injection but said i needed to rest, so already had booked the lakes for a week, what a perfect opportunity to rest i thought.   Had injection in left arm the day i went on holiday.

The next day i spent 3 hours in keswick cottage hospital due to intense pain, then sent to Penrith for 1 and half hours of gas and air and an inflammatory injection in backside.  Turns out the Dr injected straight in to the nerve.

After all that me left arm if champion now,but not sure if i will bother with the right one. Have since bought a Gardiner sLx and the pressures off.

[weetot]

Mind i'm used to the gas and air thats bandied about on here!