Watch this BEFORE you use a TENNIS ELBOW STRAP! 

Hi everyone! If you're interested in the research behind the wrist brace component of my recommendations here's a link to a research article on the topic. Thx for watching! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20363158/#:~:text=Discussion%3A%20Significant%20pain%20relief%20with,for%20patients%20with%20lateral%20epicondylitis.

I'm so glad that I found this channel !!!! Everything you have posted has been beneficial to my wellness. Thank you for caring about humanity, wishing you many more years of health and safety. Thank you.

Great videos Burke, as a keen golfer with a chronic left elbow issue, your rock climbing experience and extremity focused physiotherapy is a huge help for me. Appreciate your effort. Thanks!

I’m a new subscriber. Loved your example using a pressure band over the guitar frets! Just got the wrist brace and will wrap only when I need to. Now I understand why I have more discomfort when I wake up and after doing those stretches like gripping fist down and with a straight arm. Thank you!

That was very helpful. I appreciated the explanation of how the strap works via the guitar. I am getting back into Fencing, and switching weapons (sabre to epee), so the grip is totally different as well as the type of motion. The strap helps address the pain while I'm also building up strength via the Theraband flexbars (I use red and green, depending on the motion). I'll have to try wrist braces as well, but I'm pretty sure the grip change is more of the problem for me than the wrist motion changes.

Very useful information.. clearly understood the pain caused..

Thank you, as a guitar player the capo really explained how the brace works in language I can understand. Wow is it painful to play a guitar with this condition in your left elbow, got it from shoveling snow 🤦 I also bike to and from work, holding the handlebars is painful too.

This was very helpful! Balanced and well rounded info of the situation. Thanks 👏🏽

Thank you very much. I was just going to use an arm strap but you have clarified a better approach with the wrist bracing.

What a great explanation! I’m a musician and play guitar among other instruments. I totally understood this. Thanks!

Great video...I was just about to go out and buy one of these, but I am going to hold off and focus on the other treatments...

Excellent video! So helpful!!

Thank you. Very helpful info.

Great and informative video, thanks.

Hi I'm a plasterer & had severe tennis elbow. I couldn't even lift my forearm. I couldnt sleep . All the physio exercises did nothing for over 6 months. I was then offered injections and surgery which both would of had negative side effects. Then i tried the clasp within days the pain had reduced after a month I could work again. It changed my life and was the only thing I found to relieve the pain. 5 years on I've had no lasting issues so long as I wear it at work. I suppose everyone is different and have different results. Just use what gets results for you

Thank you,thank you thank you . Just what I needed.

Very helpful video. Thank you.

Excellent video, very helpful. Blessings.

Thank you so very much for your advice.

Super helpful video, thanks

The elbow strap helped me heal initially (when I finally stopped using my arm after many months of injury) and then I would use it only if I felt inflammation. Moving back into using my hand/arm for strenuous work I would carry a wrist strap, or even body tape I could support my fingers with (I would put Elastoplast cut thin, down the top of each finger, or sometimes around my palm). The wrist strap was I think the most helpful in the end, and I wore it for a year when I felt any inflammation in my wrist, or before pushing myself. Now after a couple of years Im feeling strong, and though I get a bit of inflammation when doing strength exercises, Ive found its fairly temporary/mild if I use straps when needed. Its great to be able to actually work out again

First, thank you ever so much, that was very helpful. I also like to point out that you really are a most awesome teacher and I learned a lot from it.

I recently developed tennis elbow in both arms, with the left being the worst. But I wasn't sure how to use these straps that my son sent me when he heard the bad news. Now I do. So thanks. Also an aside, in 1968 when a sophomore in college I purchased a brand new Guild D35 dreadnought guitar which I still have and play. Played out all through college and then in 2000 when our kids left for their college educations, I started playing out again and have really enjoyed it. Nice illustration with the capo. Now what I need is a wrist brace.

I knit. Have no idea if that's caused my tennis elbow but thanks to you I'm going to use my wrist brace instead of the elbow brace. I'm also going to follow what you recommended for helping it heal. Thanks!!

Very helpful never thought of that. Im a shear operator so I’m always flexing my right wrist to close the jaw

I’m dealing with this now, and it was caused by doing some exercises with a different grip. I can do my powerlifting with my barbell, no problem - but externally rotating kills it. So I stopped those exercise - but I found the tennis elbow strap made things MUCH, MUCH worse. Using kinesiology tape in an X configuration crossing right over the tendon from the mid-forearm to the middle of the upper arm is helping me so much, along with red light therapy to try to speed up healing. As long as I’ve got the tape on, I have little to no pain and can work out pretty normally - but I know I’m probably going to have to have this tape on for a few months straight to let it properly heal.

I love both of these braces and they work wonders.

Thank you so much fo such an informative video. Funny, I'm a guitarist too and the capo illustration is pretty cool. I really like the gentle way you describe the use of the strap. I would have loved to be your client for treatment, but I live in Switzerland.

A construction nail gun is causing this problem in my right arm. As a guitar player, your explanation was very good. Thanks!

I already have the wrist straps I mainly wear at home and to bed . I fill shelves at a supermarket and have to work to pay the bills. My doctor has diagnosed me with mild carpal tunnel due to numbness and tingling in hands and fingers. My thumb on right hand also sore. My elbow on left arm is sore as well.. thanks for your video was very informative. I find it hard to work with the wrist splints on as they slow me down but I will have to do this or I’ll be worse off.

So I went ahead and did as you prescribed. The price for the brace was reasonable however the guitars were expensive. I couldn't decide what guitar to get so I bought 2 of them. 1 by someone named Martin and another by someone named Taylor. The brace must really work because now I can play them both. I didn't even need to practice.My 64th note scales are flawless on my Martin and my sweep picking arpeggios are effortless on my Taylor.Now I need to find the brace that helps me play the piano. I want to be able to play Flight of the Bumblebee or Rachmaninoff's 3rd Concierto. Here we go. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Thank you so much!

Can you make a video about elbow self care and healing for massage therapist over use ?

I have tendinitis on both sides of my elbow caused by heavy computer use on my accounting job. I could def use some rehab on it I’m sure.

It is very helpful thanks for sharing the knowledge! I have a question If I only start to have mild tennis elbow symptoms, can i still play tennis with lower frequency wearing the elbow brace/strap?

Sir nice video to go through, but I have a doubt,, how about using a elbow support comparitive to the one you showed, which is bigger than you just shown, that covers your arm and forearm little, and how much time in a day I can wear that?

Excellent advice Thank you... It's comforting to know that I was doing the right thing it was just like common sense to me to have a wrist brace to make me not use my arm so thank you for confirming that for me.

I've used that wrist brace for carpal tunnel issues but it is impossible to use for sports such as golf. Good info though...very complete and overall helpful.

Good info with the wrist brace think mink got worse after loads of dabbing tiles. Iv use one of thoes infuture

Thanks for the information, I was just about to buy one of the elbow braces but now I'll get the wrist brace. I am in So Much Pain. My irritated lateral tendon is from crocheting. I have been crocheting, just about daily, for 8 years but now it causes horrible pain. I can't even pick up anything without pain. ☹

A doctor showed me not to wear the brace directly to the point that hurts as you do kind sir, he told me to put the point of presure, exactly after that point. So that's like half an inch in further, from where you showed. It makes sence, because as you said, it acts like the guitar gadget, so to help the damaged muscle, we have to put the brace right after the point we feel the pain!!

Thanks for the video... Btw your cabinet doors came back open when you left that room.

This was an amazing video and I have watched like 13. The way you explain this is perfect best way to see it.

Very helpful information! Thank you for sharing.

How often would you recommend doing the rehab process if I'm starting to have tennis elbow but still want to continue to play tennis ? Also should you do rehab strengthening exercises over a bit pain? If it's still manageable with immediate stretching of course afterwards ? Thanks

Very impressive. Very accurate great video

Hi Burke, really enjoyed your video. You're the first therapist who recommends wearing the brace directly over the tender point of the elbow. Everything I've researched on positioning the brace puts it about 2 fingers beneath the point of elbow pain. Can you please advise on this? Thank you

Nice video, thanks. Have you considered the strap could be helping to relax the muscles by constantly applying pressure on them helping to stretch them? Could this not help? Also, the pressure might help to flood the area with more blood to promote faster healing?

I am a tennis player and have golfers elbow. It is stubborn and it is in the bone. I just went back to Tennis had a long league match and I could definitely feel it. I don’t want to give up my sports are there any supplements or things I can do to help?

Thank you for the video. I have a related issue where I think due to prolonged desk work over the years, my pinky finger has started to feel numb over the last 5 months or so. I think it is because my elbow presses against the desk where the nerve runs through. Do you have advice for me on how to get rid of the numbness in my finger and how to prevent it from happening again?

It's incredible the timing of things sometimes, but then again there's supposedly no such thing as coincidence. I didn't search for this video yet I've been having this Exact problem on just my left elbow and I believe it's from heavy lying dumbbell extensions. I'd saw another video suggesting gripping hard , repetitive etc could cause it so I'd backed off but also broke out that strap a couple of days ago. 😮😮😮 So , amazed I came across this, but not totally. Universe is incredible. Thanks for the video, it helped

I re-injured mine playing with my pup. I wear it to remind myself to not use that hand. Now I gotta get back to stretching it out.

I'm going to give a strap a shot. I got my problem from 1 really bad night of extreme over use in a game. I don't intend to ever do that again so I'm not worried about repeat offenses. But my elbow/bone/tendon is killing me now for 2 weeks and I have to use a mouse for 9 hours a day so I'd rather not be in pain that whole time.

Thanks

I made the mistake of practice bowling the day before my league. I barely finished game 2, and did not bowl the 3rd game. My forearm was hurting so badly. As a Senior, I got my self a lighter ball (went from 16 to 14 pounds). I was also wearing a wrist brace, but this did not prevent this injury. I'm hoping that the band for tendonitis will help.

Great points. After major elbow surgery I used a wrist brace not understanding that the injury was caused in part by wrist movement in addition to grip. Thanks for this.

I had tennis elbow in both my arms 10 years ago. I had a cortisol injection in both arms, my left side, and the pain was gone. My right arm, I had a total of 3 injections, then had tennis elbow corrective surgery, and that fixed the issue. After 9 years, my left arm pain has reoccurred, I had 2 more injections, and sadly, it gave me steriod induced Diabetes which I'm trying to reverse. The pain went away for a few months, and I refused to have another injection. I will look into elbow support for the time being, but ultimately, surgery on my left arm seems to be the way forward. Exercises, for me, make my pain worse.

I am currently wearing a strap/brace for my tennis elbow. I do bowling for sports, and work at office, and the overuse is causing it. While behind computer, i can definatly tell, i have a lot less pain with my daily job. But as soon as i am done, it goes off. During my breaks i take it off as well, like you said, don't wear it for too long. I have not tried bowling yet with it, but i think it will benefit me on that part as well

Thnx a lot

I recently discovered what I thought was Tennis elbow was actually Golfer's elbow usually related to weightlifting, but sometimes trying to chip ice off the sidewalk shoving a blade forcefully under ice in front of me impacting hard jarring my right elbow. Once in a fall breaking my fall with my right arm as well. My worst episode was after working out hard and finding the next morning it felt like I had elbow restraints bilat and couldn't bend either elbow for some time several hours. It was very painful, especially if I palpated the Medial epicondyle, but mostly no ROM, no ability to bend elbows to even pick up a phone or even put on pants. So, I figured out that it was golfer's Elbow I am able to treat it more effectively. I did try the elbow brace for Tennis Elbow with some success with pain relief.

My Dr. just recommend one of these straps to me. He also said a lot of what you are saying. They will not help if i continued with the activity that caused the issue. These are for some relief but not the cure. I found that it helps when i am doing daily activity's, and I can see how the strap could be misleading. So, I'll have to play it cool and unfortunately no more 15 game streaks at the bowling alley. :(

any suggestion for a cook that cannot wear a wrist brace while working?

I have tennis elbow issues in both of my arms from working at a desk full time. I use two wrist braces and do random stretches and strengthening exercises. Nothing is improving my situation, so I finally just went ahead and got forearm braces to see if it does anything different. I really have come to the conclusion that I will just have to take time off from work through workers comp, unfortunately.

I have some bad tennis elbow because I broke my hand on the other arm. Looks like I'll have to use one of these because the wrist brace isn't feasible. I can't be down two hands.

I’m retired. Recently, I’ve been looking through my baseball card collection and organizing the cards by putting the players with their respective team. It’s become a problem causing a lot of pain radiating up to my elbow. I originally thought the ulnar nerve was trapped. This video opened my eyes on this elbow band I have been using, but I was still having pain. I’ll have to look through your collection of videos to see about exercises you recommended

Counterforce strap is good during an acute phase but I would be leery of going too tight on it. Short term crutch to prevent reaggravating an acute flare up.

Thanks for a very informative video! How about braces for prevention of hyper-extension of the elbow? I play table tennis and accidentally hit a too big backhand where my elbow over extended. I don't have pain in the muscles like tennis elbow, just when extending it too much.

I can't find the video about corazne shot and surgery

Hi, I recently hit the back part of my elbow and have issues with extend lifts or pulling. I can only a small fraction of what I normally could. Now it get a burning and weak filling. I can still lift fine if the elbow is bent in to the body. Would the band be good to use until the arm is healed more and for how long if so?

Thanks for your professional assistance! I've looked for everywhere for am answer to the following question, but couldn't find an answer: would a wrist stabilizer for carpal tunnel work for tennis elbow, or is another kind of brace needed?

I'm pretty sure my tennis elbow has been brought on by playing guitar. I can't take any significant break from playing, so what would you recommend? A wrist brace is not feasible whilst playing...

As an upholsterer I find the armbands are useful especially for tedious work like pulling staples/hog rings and when I am actually sewing. Using scissors is especially painful for my tennis elbow. I have it in both arms right now and still must work. Thanks, your videos are very helpful. If I understand rightly I should use them for when I have to do something, but not wear them all the time?

Genius! After a few months of this condition becoming overwhelming, just yesterday I had the thought to use a wrist brace but discounted myself. Thank you for validating me.

Thanks for the video Burke! Recently I started feeling symptoms of tennis elbow. Do you think using compression sleeves like the ones from 2xu during most of the day for weeks at a time would be helpful or can this cause more problems? I assume compression sleeves help increase blood flow which can be good? Thanks!

for tennis elbow help me tapes. it takes a bit of experimentation to get it right. if it's uncomfortable, take it off and try another way.. the effect is solid

thank you so much for a very easy to understand and informative video. I just started wearing a support band for what presents as tennis elbow(outer back side of left elbow area) I walk with a cane,Walker or shopping cart pretty constantly and tend to lean on my wrist as well as I'm also artist/crafter so I do use my hands quite a bit so I now have a better understanding of what's happening so fingers crossed this is temporary and I can heal it by taking precautions that you suggested and making some adjustments to my activity. this really helps so thank you and I definitely have subscribed.

Thank you for your video and your clear and concise information with all caveats included I really appreciate that I have been struggling with this for a few months now and only really because I didn't know how to treat it and I worked through it and have now completely eliminated the action that I was doing before and replace it with something far less strenuous and much more ergonomic long story short I was taking pizzas out of the oven with the wrong paddle. I've got a question for you though about your feelings about KT Tape?

Hi , I’m having this tennis elbow pain every now and then because of job which I can’t avoid and that is moving my lower right arm from elbow down repeatedly . Can you advise me which movement can help or better horizontal or vertical movement of my arm from elbow down ? Or just let my wrist do the movement ? Which movement is better than the other ? Please help. Thank you.

But can you play guitar wearing the wrist brace? I suspect that “tennis elbow” injury is from playing a new guitar with a longer scale than I had previously played which has slightly higher string action. Not enough to let a luthier mess with it, but somewhat more challenging to play.

Excellent analogy of the guitar. I fully understand the physics of is use now.

will this work for the inside?

Got golfers and tennis in the same elbow

Hi I’m a baggage handler at an airport and get terrible pain when pulling and pushing bags in the hold. What can you suggest.

Wow, it sounds like the elbow or wrist brace gives only temporary relief but no cure, and a break from activity may lead to healing... maybe? So any effective surgical solutions? Thanks.

I am a hairdresser that use a blowdry with my left hand what can I do after the twisting exercise for the gripping I am not a climber so I did not get the end of your video

I'm. New to this doctor thinks it's tendinitis. I bout a. Strap for arm I just don't know if I'm putting it on right. I can't even lift up my cell phone with out pain. Should I do that wrist thing what is the brand

Hi thanks for the tips. After physical therapy can I work the forearm muscles in the gym so as to prevent this from happening again and not heaving need to wear straps?? Thank you.

My elbow is so flared up, i cant even bend it at a 90 degree angle. Is that also a symptom of tennis elbow? Also, I avoid doing wrist stretches for the extensor muscles, because of the inflammation and tenderness.

I hit my elbow against a wall corner, and ever since the tendon down my arm to my wrist is sore whenever i turn or twist my arm.

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Mine hurts when I make a fist or pull/lift….going on 4 yrs now…got a cortisone shot last year & pain went away, but just came back….is surgery next option

How can I get this band please

❤Very professional!

So, this is for those of you that are experiencing long term pain that is seemingly chronic. Its been 6 months for me. I had tried both rest and physio exercises, and a combination of both. I had days of relief, but in general, the issues were ongoing. Then, I discovered the Athlean X kettle bell routine for tennis elbow. This was the beginning of realization. The kettle routine was giving me relief but not permanent. I did start to notice that when this routine popped my elbow joints, I would get almost instant relief, but with residual tenderness at the tendon. To be expected I suppose for a tendon under constant strain. So, I remembered I had seen one or two vids that suggested some Tennis elbow is actually a fruit of joint dysfunction and misalignment. I went back and sought out more vids on this issue, and came up with a couple of exercises/movements that are designed to pop the joint back into alignment. Guess what, I went from having a day of pain and restricted motion to near instant relief. So, for me at least it seems my joint is out of whack. This makes sense for me. I was aggressively chopping wood when I triggered my Tennis elbow. So, for me at least, it seems I need to focus on alignment and also strengthening the arm muscles. This goes for the shoulder too. I'm taking a holistic approach to building my arm back up. Good luck. UPDATE: 4 months after posting this comment I am more or less back to normal feeling and function with my elbow. It does want to slip out of alignment from time to time, but a simple pop stretch movement usually sets things back. I have been in good shape for quite a while. Initially I was doing popping and stretching several times a day for the first few weeks before my elbow was comfortable being back in alignment . I will continue to pop and build back muscle strength as needed.

Thanks for this…. Pro pianist with these issues in both hands…. Would a wrist wrap be applicable in my case?

What's your opinion about the length of the brace? 6 vs 8 inch length? advantages and/or differences for tennis elbow? Thank you

Any thoughts on combined use of wrist brace and elbow strap? I'm an airline ramp worker so I'm throwing bags around all the time. Haven't had a problem in several years of work until recently when my work area changed so the nature of how I handle bags shifted. I have a wrist brace for carpal tunnel and another that limits use of my thumb as well, would it be overkill to wear wrist and elbow during activity, and prioritize wrist in downtime?

I work for a small busy butcher shop. I cut meat and load it into people's vehicles for a living. Going on week 3 of having severe elbow pain, I will do anything to make it go away. The pain is creeping up into my shoulder. Ice helps a lot and will try one of those braces because there is no stopping my job.

Hi Burke, 3? Months ago I fell and caught myself with my left arm. ( pulled it not fell on it) The original doctor put me in pt. I was diagnosed with golfers elbow, tennis elbow and strained wrist flexors. After a month of no relief, I went to an ortho. A month in a full wrist brace fixed 2 of the problems but not all and I ended up with a cortisone shot into my tendon( left arm, ulna side, top) plus he took me out of the brace and said to use the tendon strap. Here's the problem the tendon doesn't hurt anymore but my hand will go numb and if I lean on my elbow it feels similar to sticking a 9v battery to your tongue if I'm not wearing the strap. I can't wear the strap all the time and I'm not to use the wrist brace at all. Obviously this is not a repetitive injury. I don't see the ortho for 2 more weeks.... kinda questioning what's best to actually heal compared to just band aiding the discomfort....any suggestions??

I had an elbow strap ok for 5 hours , now my arm is swollen . Bad move, hopefully it goes down soon. I'll be getting a wrist brace . Thank you.