Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)
 

Has anyone had surgery for this? I have to have mine repaired soon , had 3 cortisone shots and Dr says no more

How long are you down for?
Might have to wait until winter time if its a long time .

Recovery varies by the individual, dr, degree of injury, and physical therapy. I would expect to be out of fishing for atleast 12 weeks. give or take...... no fishing. you must be heartbroken


side note: I am not a MD.... just RN soo take it for what its worth.

Funny you post this......woke up yesterday & it's killin me!!!!

Theres gonna be some moaning & whining going on in the Haynie in a another week!

That stuff sucks... The icy hot elbow sleve is a good temp fix for when it is hurting or when you are doing what ever caused it..

I'm getting a shot today,,,,, I called and told them I can't have surgery just yet but if your going to repair it any way , load it up

He said come on down at 4

Who is your MD and where are you having the surgery done??

Dr Holland Orthopaedic in jennings , been going to him for 15 years

Maybe you should just soak some shrimp under a cork for a few months and see if it goes away.

Did you try the arm band and physical therapy ???

Hydro

I doubt this is going to affect his casting. What's one more backlash? :rolleyes: :smokin:

Yea I wear one fishing and all week at work

Dr. Holland
 

My wife had the exact repair done by Dr. holland last fall. Took her about 6 weeks to recover, but is 100% now. It got a bit worse after the surgury, but not too long after she was back at her tennis. Better than the shots..... Good luck.

learn to cast with the other arm...........opens up a whole new world.........

Usually tennis elbow occurs from fishing with live bait and 1/2 ounce sinker carolina rigged!

Just picking...I have had flare ups from fishing and it sux large...usually take tordal and anti-inflammatory and no casting for a week and back in business...Once it is as bad as getting corticosteroid injections, it's knife time...Will suck bad right after, but you will be good as new, if not better after you are healed....

"W" I will tell you how mine got cured. A doctor told me to do this and I did it. it was probably 5 years ago. before i did this i too would wear a band. it hurt most of the time.

here is what he said to do, that I did and have not had a problem since. he said that when you do hot and cold type applications of 15 minutes it never really shrinks all the inflammation. or the same is true of just the cold application. what you have to do is do cold for as long as you can stand it, but at least 25 minutes. he said put elbow in ice but you have to protect your skin from freezing. so either wrap your elbow or the ice.

I think i put my elbow in a large zip lock and stuck it down in the ice water. it starts to hurt at about 10 minutes. i think i did it for 30 minutes. I think I only did it one time. maybe twice and that was it.

you might just put the ice and water in a zip lock and put on your forearm where it hurts.

good luck and I hope it helps.

Jeremy, nothing against your doc, but I would go see one of the orthos in LC and just get a second opinion.

Hope it works out for ya

x 2 ...

The new place on Nelson (Orthropedic Center of SWLA or something like that) is doing my Ulnar Nerve Reposition this Fall, good group of Doc's over there... The only problem is no fishy-fishy for 6 weeks afterwards :( ...

Hydro

Tennis elbow
 

The big thing about tennis elbow is rest, rest, rest. Had mine injected and started doing the same things I did before. Fishing, volleyball, etc. Second time I had it injected I took a 4 to 6 weeks hiatus from most of the above mentioned activities and my elbow finally felt normal again.. Easier said than done, but I would try the rest aspect before having this type surgery

Biggest thing to remember is once you have the surgery .NO CASTING until you are fully healed. you can make it a whole lot worse if you try to get back at it to fast.

I work at CFO on Nelson, you will wanta refrain from repetitive activities for approximately 8wks, depends on how quickly you recover (everyone is alittle different). Dr Holland is a good surgeon and a friend of a couple of the guys here. It's a good surgery for relieving pain. Hollar back if you have any other questions.

I have Golfers Elbow which in on the inside instead of the outside of the elbow . The arm band actually made it hurt worse when I wore it .

I'm the one who requested surgery .... He wanted me to attend pyschical therapy

I don't have time for that... And I work 7days away from Therapy

I know surgery will fix it 100%....

"W" No surgery is 100%. I don't care if your going to the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, M.D. Anderson, etc. If a Doctor of medicine ever guarantee's you a 100% cure rate you better start running away fast. The reality of it it there is just no such thing. I'm no expert but I've been a nurse anesthetist for 30 plus years and I feel I know a few things about medicine. Don't be impatient about your situation, give it a little more time and after conservative treatment is not longer an option then have your surgery. A second opinion is HIGHLY recommended BTW, before surgery.

physical therapy is very rarely a cure.

I really don't need a 2nd Dr. Opinion for Tennis elbow...Dr Holland is one of the best Orhipitic in SW La

He did both my corporal tunnel surgery , and I have been seeing him for years for two budge disk in my neck after my wreck in 05 and shoulder injury from high school

I had one shot in left arm and it fixed it...but right arm is shot I think

yep I know a couple people who went and got left handed reels and started fishing with the other hand.

w if you want a second opinion my brother (Dr. Perry) at the Orthopedic clinic on Nelson may help you.

What gasdad said.

x 8 bazillion

I had the surgery last year, performed by Dr. Hinton. I experienced terrible pain for the first week and then things began to get slowly better. The tendon damage was pretty severe, therefore that the damaged area had to be removed and the tendon reattached. I felt soreness and tightness for the majority of the last year, and two weeks ago while stirring a pot if jambalaya it all came back. Gonna have to make an appointment next week to see Dr. Hinton.

My mother in law had this done and is doing really well. She was in a sling for little while.

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I wish I could get a 100% guarantee. I'd be all over it.

Clinical History
723.4
　
Technique
Routine non contrast study.

Findings
Alignment is within normal limits. The posterior fossa and cervical cord are within normal limits. There is no visible paraspinal soft tissue abnormality. There is diffuse desiccation of the intervertebral discs of the cervical spine. There is diffuse posterior element hypertrophy.

There is moderate concentric disc bulging at C2-3, causing borderline canal or foraminal stenosis.

At C3-4, there is broad-based dorsal disc bulging asymmetric to the left. There is contact of the cord and moderate narrowing of the left lateral recess. There is moderate left foraminal narrowing and borderline right foraminal narrowing.

At C4-5, there is broad-based disc bulging and posterior element hypertrophy. There is borderline central canal stenosis and moderate bilateral foraminal narrowing.

At C5-6, there is broad-based posterior disk bulging, uncoverterbral hypertrophy and posterior element hypertrophy. There is moderate contact with the cord, borderline central canal narrowing and moderate bilateral foraminal narrowing.

At C6-7, there is broad-based disc bulging causing moderate contact of the cord and borderline central canal narrowing. There is no cord signal abnormality or significant cord deformity. There is moderate bilateral foraminal narrowing.

At C7-T1, there is broad-based disc bulging causing moderate central canal narrowing and bilateral foraminal narrowing.

Impression
Moderately advanced multilevel degenerative disc and joint disease.

MRI showed scar tissue on mine so physical therapy wouldn't have done any good. I had surgery (removed scar tissue) and was back to regular activities in 6 weeks. However, it took about 3 months total before I could workout. Mine didn't require physical therapy afterwards. Those shots suck! I would do surgery again before having those shots again!

Get it done! Any one can catch fish w 2 good arms takes skill to do it w one! Let's prove how good u are! 2 days after pec surgery doped up casting left handed reel w right lolAttachment 37627Attachment 37628

Damn Son, Drew Brees aint got nothing on you.

Don't worry if you need a caster and a reeler let me know, I'm mean if you want to stay current on fishing patterns and movements throughout Big lake.. Just send me a message when you need someone to reel in some fish.. Oh and it won't cost you a dime just point me in the right direction...

"W",

Ive had it done on both elbows... Sucks to be out, but you will be out for a min of about 9 weeks..

I had one done in 2010, and one done in 2011....

It is a great relief once it is done and over. You will feel the pain once you start fishing again, but it will go away over time and you will be pretty good. Mine are no way 100%, but they are 95 or so.

Get it done, you will be glad. However, since you fish alot.. Wait till febuary to get it done like I did.

Capt Thomas