[Jewelry making - Article 00036] - Re: [Orchid] Tennis elbow advice

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Hey Todd,

    As one just recovering from a bad case of frozen shoulder (similar
    inflammation, just in a different area), I can tell you to ease up
    on using that elbow. Not to the extent of putting it in a sling, but
    don't overdo it. If like me you don't want to go the pharmaceutical
    route to ease the inflammation, there are several healthier things
    that will help like eating pineapple (really! - the enzyme is what
    helps) and vitamin C, and oh, my brain is tired but I have the
    information at home if you're interested. Soaking it in a warm epsom
    salt solution couldn't hurt. Also, castor oil soaked into flannel
    fabric (can be found in a drug store) around your elbow, with plastic
    wrap between that and the heating pad (to keep the heating pad clean)
    can also help. 

    I also had frozen shoulder on the other side 6 or 7 years ago (from
    overworking it at the bench) and I found then that an energy
    technique called Zero Balancing helped pretty quickly, after trying a
    zillion other things. This last time ZB didn't do a lot, but
    therapeutic massage did. Go figure. Physical therapy both times did
    nothing. Which I think just means that different things work for
    different people, and in different levels of injury. I don't think
    there's one clean easy answer that will always work. And if you're
    more into the medical doctor and drug route, that's a whole other way
    to go, which I know nothing about, but I'm sure others will chime in. 

    Do you know how it happened? Some repetitive motion you weren't
    aware of originally? After reading ideas from Orchid folks about
    reorganizing the bench to make it more "user friendly", I changed
    where I reach for tools - maybe something like that would help you in
    the future. Once you get your tennis elbow healed, you don't want to
    have it happen again, if there's any way you can help it. 

    Good luck, and be patient with that elbow! 

Cindy

Cindy Crounse
Refined Designs Original Fine Jewelry
www.refineddesigns.com
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