[Gonzo]

I stopped all climbing activity 10 weeks ago on the advice of many after getting tendonitis....Tennis elbow. I am now keen to start..but am still getting some sensitivity in R elbow (although I suspect thats from PC use). Does anyone have advice on what next. Alternatively the name of a Physio in the North west who knows about climbing injury?

Cheers

[SA Chris]

Always warm up, stretch, stretch and stretch.

Work on muscles that balance the ones that are around the injured ones ie if it is bicep tendons, then exercise triceps, etc.

And don't overdo it.

[webbo]

you could ask dr beef to recommend a campus board session.

[Bonjoy]

Investing in a Theraband to assist with warming up and for elbow stabilising physio, would probably be a good idea.

[saltbeef]

you could ask dr beef to recommend a campus board session.

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[r-man]

Elbow problems are tricksy things. I know people who have had a short rest and then no problems ever again. I also know people who have climbed with niggling injuries for years that seem to get no better and no worse. And at the other end of the scale I took about a year off (give or take a few sessions here and there), and I still have niggling twinges.

There doesn't seem to be an easy solution. Climb easier stuff and ease back into it, always warm up and just be careful. Hopefully you'll be lucky.

[Simon S]

Have you done any rehab excercises? I also get elbow tendonitus, and have found that chair dips, press ups, shoulder presses, arm raises and kick backs are useful. Forearm rotations are also suppossed to be good, but I found that they inflammed the problem. It'll probably be a process of elimination to find which excercises work for you.
Good luck!

[Gonzo]

Whats a chair dip (is it like gymnasts do on parallel bars), a shoulder press (bench pressing maybe??) and a kick back? Need to go to a gym I tinx.

Cheers for all the tips chaps.