Thanks, everyone, for your responses. I'll let you know if any of them work.
Jim
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Fly Fisherman's elbow? In need of free treatment options and advice.
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Also a good book on the topic is "Fit to Fish: How to Tackle Angling Injuries by Stephen L. Hisey, Keith R. Berend, and Barbara Hanno" that was published by Frank Amato Publications in May 2005. It has some helpful information & exercise regimes we aging anglers could all use… I feel your pain!... as I've experienced the same at one time or other. The exercise conditioning & warm ups really help.
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Tendinitis........ sometimes known as fishing light rods for short periods of time,
I have been down this slope three times,,,,,,,,,,,, First time casting a 12' T&T Graphite Spey with an #8 to try to get rid of the shack nasties. I was doing this for about 15-20 minutes........ the problems stayed with me for about a Year......... a miserable time. Gradually recovered. Second time a few years later........ not as bad......... a few months then OK again. This last time......... from the repetitive motion of one afternoons painting........... This started last July and has been my fairly constant companion and reminder to give up painting forever, till about a month ago. After three weeks Physio and medication ,,,,,,remission.....no pain. If I was starting out on this path again I would do the following. Get a professional diagnosis. Self diagnosis, tapping into the Mayo Clinics help site, or talking to your brother in law who had the same thing only worse does not count. Anti-iflammatories drugs help a lot, as does a steroid treatment from the Physio folk. From the Physio folks I now have a regimen of exercises for stretching and increasing strength........... they are working. Also they strongly advise that if you do anything to cause further discomfort or even slight pain........... do not grin and bare it........... stop doing it. Good luck...... the season is not far off. |
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I'm a P.A. in an E.R., not an orthopedist, but I'm familiar with sore elbows. In the elbow epicondylitis is more common than tendonitis, known as tennis elbow but your method of injury is much nobler. The only thing that really got me over it was to get it injected, though tennis elbow bands can get you over less severe episodes. I think that just eating steroids will also help. My Dr. wouldn't prescribe them, but then they get paid more to inject and you don't worry about side effects. NSAIDs don't do very much for the inflammation of trauma, though they are good pain relievers. NSAIDs are much better in auto-immune inflammation such as rheumatoid arthritis. The thing that helped me finish a fishing trip was a Wulff wrist-lock device used to keep you from going too far back on your back cast, it took the strain off the epicondyle (where the muscle attaches to the bone) by stopping the rod for me. Since going to bamboo I've had no recurrence. Good luck. |
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Joan's Wrist-lok is just a training devise used in her school to instruct the proper technique. I would hesitate to use it every day. However, in a case
where it relieves the pressure/tension on an inflamed elbow joint, if it works...awesum! You might want to write royalwulff.com and tell them.
Pyochim wrote: I learned this: If your elbow hurts, your mechanics are off. Top level players rarely have elbow issues.Bingo. It applies to fly casting to. I love your first statement also...about saying you need a new rod first then work on the mechanics....good tactic that! 
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I promised a report on my fisherman's elbow. I apologize that it is quite late in coming.
I got better. The most important factor, I think, was switching to cane from graphite. When I posted this question I was a cane newbie. I had been flogging streams with a graphite rod as if my life depended on it. All that fast action graphite nonsense is just an excuse for more pointless casting and false casting. When I switched to cane, I slowly began focusing on slowing down my casting stroke, truly letting the rod do the work, and it made a world of difference. Watching Marcelo Calviello's casting on Youtube helped. I focused less on bending the rod and more on fluid beauty. That Marcello has got soul. Another way to say that is I focused less on casting and more on fishing. If I hear one more jerk talking about casting a whole flyline I'm going to send him a orthopedic surgeon's bill..... In adition, I learned 2 exercises from a student that did an internship with a physical therapist. 1: Stretch your arm in front of you with your elbow down and palm up. Grasp you fingers at the tip and slowly and gently push down until your palm is perpenticular to your arm. The point is to create a very gentle stretching. If it hurts, back off and be more gentle. Gentle!!!! Your're trying to rehabilitate from an overly masculine graphite culture to a more sane and older bamboo one. Relax. 2. Stretch your arm out and make a gentle fist with your forearm down and knuckles up. Gently, grasp your fist and pull it down. Again, the point is a gently meditative stretch and not pain. You are trying to heal yourself and not engage in penitance for your wayward spinfishing. If you've ever used Powerbait, however, go ahead and tork that sucker. I haven't had any pain in over a year. Remember, fast action is a one way ticket to repetitive stress syndromes. Friends don't let friends drive graphite. best wishes for your own recovery, Jim |
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