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I often have pain in my front thigh muscles and pain in my elbow turning my arms hurt my muscle by bend of my elbow
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I often have pain in my front thigh muscles and pain in my elbow turning my arms hurt my muscle by bend of my elbow
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Hello - Tennis elbow which is also called epichondylitis, is quite common and quite disabling. I have had it for many years.
Everything I have tried has been temporary. The ortho doc recommends no more cortisone as it can weaken the tendon, and I have already had a couple tendon tears elsewhere in my body.
I find topical pain relievers like Voltaren gel work pretty well. I also use K Tape to support the area. My PT taught me how to tape for tennis elbow, and it is very helpful. You can Google it.
Can you tell me more about the shortwave therapy? I have only heard of shockwave therapy.
You could try sonar shockwave. No needles or knives needed. It takes several treatments and healing progresses over a month or so. Also it's not covered by insurance yet and it's expensive. You could not use NSAIDs or cortisone while you're doing shockwave. I have tried it several times. It promotes better circulation and speeds up healing. I think it's great. Good luck, whatever you choose.
leebee, it's a crying shame that your doctors won't give you the pain meds that work! I would think since you have bad chronic pain, they should give you something like Percocet or Vicadin. Prayers for you.
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1 ReactionRegarding thigh pain my mom's orthopedist recommended 1,000-2,000 mg of Turmeric. 2,000 mg got rid of my mom's thigh pain.
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1 Reaction@louise65 I wish I could tell you mine has resolved, because it hasn't. Like you I have no idea what caused it. My gut instinct tells me it is the way I sleep. Some mornings I wake up in severe pain and others it's not too bad. I have been going to physical therapy. Some of the exercises seem to aggravate it and others I don't seem to notice it getting any worse. I'm going to see a massage therapist who focuses on neuromuscular disorders. Since the muscles in my arm seem very tight, I'm hoping that by relaxing them it will relax the tendons and therefore the area of tendon attachment will have less pulling, so maybe that will allow it to settle down. My PT tells me this won't work, but my PT hasn't helped me thus far so I'm willing to try something different.