Tennis Elbow

Well, it appears that I have tennis elbow. Here's what www.mayoclinic.com has to say about it: "Tennis elbow is an overuse injury. It's caused by repeated contraction of the forearm muscles that you use to straighten and raise your hand and wrist. The repeated motions and stress to the tissue may result in inflammation or a series of tiny tears in the tendons that attach the forearm muscles to the bone at the outside of your elbow. As the name tennis elbow indicates, playing tennis — particularly, repeated use of the backhand stroke with poor technique — is one possible cause of the condition. However, many other common arm motions can cause tennis elbow, too — including using a screwdriver, hammering, painting, raking, weaving and others."

Hmmm...haven't done any of that...

I can tell you that the symptoms they list are dead-on! "Pain that radiates from the outside of your elbow into your forearm and wrist. Pain when you touch or bump the outside of your elbow. Pain when you extend your wrist. A weak grip. A painful grip during certain activities, such as shaking hands or turning a doorknob. They say the pain often gets worse over weeks or months. Sometimes you may feel pain even when your arm is still." Yup...got that, too. It pretty much adds up to, how do they say it?..."General difficulty holding onto, pinching, or gripping objects. Pain, stiffness, or insufficient elbow and hand movement. Forearm muscle tightness and insufficient forearm functional strength." Nice, eh?

And there is no cure. They do give you some remedies to try at home before you go see a doctor so I'll give them a shot. If anyone has had this before and has some "magic" remedy please let me know!! SoulFire is moderately busy in the next few months so I wonder how much this will affect by bass playing...