“My husband has been diagnosed with tennis elbow. How long should he rest?”
My husband is 42 years old and has been diagnosed with tennis elbow. How long should he be resting to enable complete recovery?
8 Answers
Resting periods for tennis elbow can vary depending on the severity of the condition. However, a general guideline is to rest the affected arm for at least 2 to 3 weeks to promote complete recovery. If not improved in 2 or 3 weeks, please seek medical attention with your health care provider.
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There is no true good answer for this. Consider seeing a physical therapist as usually this tends to help accelerate the healing of these injuries.
Every patient recovers at different times. I would check with the Doctor who diagnosed your husband to see if he can provide an estimated time frame that your husband would be in recovery.
Tough answer as it’s based on an examination of severity, then treatment consisting of anti-inflammatories and/or injection with strap support and rest until pain free. Then, when pain free, he needs a tennis lesson to correct his stroke so it doesn’t recur!! I can’t cure without the pro!!!!
This is such a bad injury, it requires patience. It can, of course, be very painful. It takes 6-12 months to heal, might be longer if you do not look after your damaged tendon. A strap helps, but a physiotherapist can do this. This Injury can recur, so be very careful.
Tennis elbow is often associated with activity that leads to overuse of the muscles and their tendons that extend the wrist. Review those activities that may associated with causing the elbow pain and try to avoid until you notice improvement.
First off, some people confuse this term and use it for all elbow pain. Tennis elbow is a pain focused on the outside of the arm, where your forearm meets your elbow.
Complete rest is not advised and as a matter of fact, will make it difficult to treat in a long run. Relative rest, use of epicondyle brace (sometimes) and avoiding extension motion of the wrist and fingers during the daily chores are recommended. Oral and topical anti-inflammatories are of help but on a short-term basis. You need to see a sports medicine physician to mostly guide your husband through a series of home exercises.
Complete rest is not advised and as a matter of fact, will make it difficult to treat in a long run. Relative rest, use of epicondyle brace (sometimes) and avoiding extension motion of the wrist and fingers during the daily chores are recommended. Oral and topical anti-inflammatories are of help but on a short-term basis. You need to see a sports medicine physician to mostly guide your husband through a series of home exercises.
I recommend prolotherapy for his tennis elbow. It is an injection in the injured ligament. It usually heals after one injection.
