Elbow & forearm pain?

[dnf0929]

Seems like the more time I spend sawing and picking up logs especially with my right hand the more my forearm and elbow hurts. Is this what they call "tennis elbow"? Anybody else experience this and if so what, other than rest, helps? One of those bands people wear around their forearm?

 

[BaldSawRunner]

I use a T.E.N.S. ( Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) electronic muscle stimulator I got from my chiropractor. I do believe you have to have a Dr. Rx to get one. I have tendonitis in my right arm, and when I have a flare up, I put the electrodes on my arm for about 20-30 minutes a day 2 times a day for 4-5 days.

Also, putting an ice pack on may help.

 

[Adkpk]

Advil. Rest does help but who has time for that. It won't kill you to use it as best you can. I've had it for bout 15 years and I just power through and then it disappears and then another pain starts to flare up.

 

[BaldSawRunner]

I don't like taking meds if at all avoidable.

 

[jonny2bad]

Eh Bra, I believe thats wood pickers elbow. Ive had it to. It means your working too hard and time to say , I aint 25 no more

 

[Octane]

Working out and being in shape would help.

 

[KH-1958]

Eh Bra, I believe thats wood pickers elbow. Ive had it to. It means your working too hard and time to say , I aint 25 no more

I agree with you, More pain than I ever had, rest helps some days but you gotta just move on and go beyond the pain. Other days like todays I just live with it! I just wish I knew which day it would be fine.

 

[Ljute]

I have the same pain. Mostly in the forearm, but sometimes in the elbow also. Went to the doc, he said it was Tennis Elbow. Told me stretches where you flex the hand up and down against a firm surface would help.

Aleve and Advil don't seem to help. Since then I developed it in the left arm also. Being 54, I guess I'll have to live with it. Maybe next mowing season I'll recover.

Funny thing is, I hardly notice it when lifting logs, splitting, or stacking. Later, when I'm picking up a beer is when it hurts. That sucks!

 

[KH-1958]

elbow

Funny thing is, I hardly notice it when lifting logs, splitting, or stacking. Later, when I'm picking up a beer is when it hurts. That sucks!
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Yeah that's the worst part grabbing a beer or picking up a cup o coffee and the pain is back after working in the woods or splitting or stacking and having no problems.

 

[Laird]

I get it too but it only seems to affect me when I am picking up a small log with only one hand. It also flares up when I perform a less than perfect swing with the maul.:censored: Hurt like hell for a few seconds and then it is gone. At least for now........

 

[dnf0929]

I better be careful or I'll end up with carpal tunnel too from being on the computer too much.

 

[Adkpk]

Funny thing is, I hardly notice it when lifting logs, splitting, or stacking. Later, when I'm picking up a beer is when it hurts. That sucks!

Well, you just need to drink more faster. :greenchainsaw:

 

[J.W Younger]

Seems like the more time I spend sawing and picking up logs especially with my right hand the more my forearm and elbow hurts. Is this what they call "tennis elbow"? Anybody else experience this and if so what, other than rest, helps? One of those bands people wear around their forearm?

sure no medical degree here but I hear you and feel your pain.If its a pain in your upper forarm near the elbow all the doctor visits in the world ani't gonna help. stop doing whatever it was that caused it, baby it till it no longer hurts then get yourself in shape slowly over time.there are problabley many ways to get in shape but what works for me is a splitting maul and lots of walking. I know how stupid this sounds but I'm serious. I have a gas powered splitter but much of my firewood is done with the maul. My wife thinks I,m nuts but the work makes me function better, spellin still sux tho.

 

[ASEMASTER]

doc advises

I to have the same problem at 54 and the doc said it was from handling wood,never told her I was doing it. but it was from moving wood by grabbing it with one hand ,over working the tendons at the elbow. the cure was to take an anti inflammatory and use two hands on one piece of wood . it worked.
also known as tennis elbow.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

Several "options"

I had that back in 1999 in the elbow and it came from "forcing" the chain saw because the chain was dull-my own fault. But I went to a doctor who sent me for short-term physical therapy; they showed me a few exercises, used ultrasound and then ice and after a few weeks it was okay. I still get little "flare-ups" from time to time but they leave quickly. For the elbow pain they showed me this; extend your arm straight out in front of you, using your other hand grab the hand on the injured arm and gently bend it down so that fingers are pointing towards the floor and hold it there for 10 seconds, then repeat 10 times. Then do it again but have your hand face outwards (your thumb will point to the floor), grab the hand and gently bend it to the side so that your hand is facing the wall-hold for 10 seconds then repeat 10 times. There also are vitamin supplements that can help; Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM which will help with carpal tunnel as well as arthritis, and some "homeopathic" pills that dissolve in your mouth for tendonitis that are helpful. Ask a knowledgable person at a good health food store near you. I hope that it fades away because it hurts like heck; I'm dealing with a similiar thing in my right knee right now that is slowly fading but like someone said we ain't kids anymore-it's our age plus overuse of doing things that we WANT to do but our body says "take it slow" LOL! Good luck-you'll be fine with time and some "help".

 

[Major Wood]

No doubt about it, its tennis elbow. Any anti-inflammatory works, when mine flares up I take 3 in the am and 3 in the pm it will usually subside in a few days.

 

[bore_pig]

The forearm wrap can help. The problem is how it helps though. You are wrapping the muscle tightly so that it cannot be flexed hard enough for the tendons to get inflamed. Your hand will feel weak.

 

[woodchop]

Have you tried using a tennis elbow strap? It worked for me. About $10 at the local pharmacy.

 

[Peacock]

My sister is finishing her masters in physical training and helped a bit with my tennis elbow I had last year. I used a combination of the forearm strap, icing, ibuprofen and stretching. It was gone in a month or two. The pain had gotten bad enough that I really couldn't pick up anything with my right hand.

Haven't had it come back yet!

 

[danrclem]

It seems that different joints hurt depending on what I'm doing. When I work with firewood it's my finger joints that give me problems. When I quit working with the wood it usually goes away in a few days.

I guess at 54 I'm not a spring chicken anymore. The good thing about being 54 is that I don't feel like I have to prove myself. I just let the young whippersnappers do that while I sit back and smile.