Yes, whether you call it Guitar Elbow or, more clinically, Tennis Elbow or Golfer’s Elbow, you can all too easily develop one of these painful injuries from playing guitar or any other stringed instrument.
Injuries that often take many weeks – but more likely months – or even years to build up and to begin causing pain.
At first, you tend to just dismiss and ignore the initial, relatively minor symptoms of these things – You take a break for awhile… You ice it up, you wrap it up and you pop down a few anti-inflammatories…
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But it just doesn’t seem to resolve and keeps flaring up on you – And as the pain intensifies and gets more persistent it starts keeping you from playing and perhaps even from sleeping properly!
You start getting desperate and throwing more things at it: Braces and bands, lotions and creams silly supplements? – Even Cortisone Shots – If you seek medical attention.
Guitar players seem to develop Tennis Elbow (OR Golfer’s Elbow) in their fretting hands a lot more often than they experience these injuries in their strumming hands and elbows.
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Obviously, there are a lot of fine, repetitive motions and finger positions that involve the finger muscles and tendons when it comes to playing various chords.
Just the same, it’s not exactly rare for guitar players to develop Tennis Elbow (OR Golfer’s Elbow) on their strumming-hand side, either! (Not to mention wrist and shoulder problems.)
If the pain/injury primarily involves your Wrist or Finger Extensor Muscles and their tendon ‘origins’ at your lateral elbow, (the “back side” of the wrist/forearm and “outer” elbow) it’s probably Tennis Elbow.
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If the pain/injury primarily involves your Wrist or Finger Flexor Muscles and their tendon ‘origins’ at your inner elbow, (the palm side of the wrist and inner forearm and elbow) it’s likely Golfer’s Elbow.
(And you can also develop wrist and finger Tendinosis of these same muscle groups, as well as thumb tendon issues, like Dequervain’s Tenosynovitis and the frightening Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.)
Not Sure Whether You Have Tennis Or Golfer’s Elbow? Get your free ‘Tennis Elbow 101’ video course – If you’re not sure which of these injuries you have (perhaps neither) and don’t know very much about them, then take my free video course, Tennis Elbow 101… I’ll show you the simple tests you can do to assess and basically “diagnose” yourself, and help you get off on the right track understanding your injury and treating it! Learn more and get your free Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow course hereHow Does Playing The Guitar Cause An Injury?
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The causal dynamic of these insidious injuries is often misunderstood, over-simplified and/or glossed over in the haste of treating the symptoms. It involves:
Hopefully, before it causes you any real, significant damage and before it separates you from the guitar you love to play (or NEED to play because it’s your livelihood!
And doing everything you can to stimulate healing and regeneration in your tendons if your injury has progressed to the point of damage (which is typically degeneration / Tendinosis.)
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And here’s where you can learn more about my self-help programs if you want to learn the best techniques from me, through video lessons:
A huge pitfall with these injuries is that there is SO much bad advice that encourages you to focus on the wrong issues and to “chase the symptoms!”…
Advice that does not direct you to address the real causes: The muscular tension, adhesions, weaknesses (and eventual tendon damage, if allowed to progress far enough.)
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I can’t stress this enough. It’s not like the myths, misconceptions and the misguided treatments based on them are harmless, little errors.
So, keep reading. The first step is to avoid stepping in all the B.S. and making all the same mistakes as everyone else!
Now, it’s also possible that optimizing your guitar technique and posture may be enough to stop the progression of your injury – IF you’re in the early stages of it (and if you’re lucky)…
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Meaning when you’re in the mid-to-latter stages of a Golfer’s or Tennis Elbow injury, because the patterns of muscle tension and adhesion don’t necessarily just go away without direct intervention.
So, if you’ve been diligently working on your technique and posture because of an injury (and have accepted the other myths, to follow) and you’re not getting better, don’t be too hard on yourself…
The second myth you’re likely to hear is the idea that all you need to do to heal and recover is rest.
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Don’t fall for that bad advice, however, no matter how “true” it sounds – Not even coming from trusted musician friends, music teachers or medical authorities!
And I’m sure the suggestion that you have to put down your guitar and not play it for weeks or months in order to heal is the last thing you want to hear, anyway!
Now, although it’s true that resting may be enough to alleviate some or all of your pain in the initial phases of an RSI like Tennis Elbow…
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Rest alone is unlikely to break the cycle!… And, the minute you pick up your guitar and start strumming again, the vicious cycle of tension and pain often ratchets right back up again!
– Meaning the kind of rest where you simply stop doing the activity that’s causing your pain and nothing more, and I talk more about why it’s the wrong treatment approach here:
And why it’s often so easy to sell you anti-inflammatory pills, Cortisone shots, inflammation-soothing creams – and to sell you on the idea of icing yourself repeatedly.
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What really happens to your tendons in Tennis Elbow, Golfer’s Elbow and several of these other injury processes, is that your healing process essentially fails.
(This is caused and fed by that insidious, complex pattern we talked about earlier that involves muscle tension, weakness and often a great deal of muscular adhesion – and even scar tissue sometimes.)
The problem is that healing and regeneration fails to keep up with the stress load on the tendon and it breaks down.
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Medical researchers don’t entirely understand why this degeneration process happens, either! (although they are very good at describing and classifying what they see happening to the tendons they study under their microscopes)
I understand these principles may sound radical to you! – Especially considering how they contradict the “common medical wisdom” so here’s where you can learn more:
As you’ll see, much of this site is dedicated to helping you avoid the myths and misconceptions about Golfer’s, Tennis and “Guitar” Elbow – And the mistakes you can make BASED on those myths.
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But if you’re at the point where you need more than just helpful info, and you need an actual self-help program – Then I have those for you in the members area. Here’s where you can learn more:
Learn To Treat And Heal Your Own Tennis Elbow Or Golfer’s Elbow At Home With This Video Program You’ll get instant access to a complete VIDEO program designed by a professional therapist to help you take charge and break your vicious cycle of pain and frustration!… I’ll be your personal tutor guiding you through step-by-step video lessons, where you’ll get the therapy techniques, key stretches and essential exercises you need to treat and recover from your injury at home. (Without any special equipment.) Just watch the videos, follow along and start putting an end to your elbow pain today, whether you have Golfer’s or Tennis Elbow from playing your guitar – or other stringed instrument or ANY instrument, for that matter!) Tennis Elbow sufferers: Learn more about the Tennis Elbow program here Golfer’s Elbow sufferers: Learn more about the Golfer’s Elbow program here
Yes! Technique and posture are very important when it comes to reducing the stress load on your muscles and tendons when you have a Guitar Elbow injury.
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And not just up until you recover – But for maintenance going forward (Ideally, including some core and upper body strengthening and conditioning.)
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Repetitive strain injuries “Repetitive strain injury (RSI) and associative trauma orders are umbrella terms used to refer to several discrete conditions that can be associated with repetitive tasks, forceful exertions, vibrations, mechanical compression, or sustained/awkward positions… Examples include edema, Tendinosis (or less often Tendinitis), Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, De Quervain syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome… golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis), tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), trigger finger… etc.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury
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Should you use ice therapy to treat your Tennis Elbow? Actually, no! – But what about the inflammation?… All the medical websites and authorities say I should ice my elbow to reduce inflammation, because it's Tendonitis! Could they all be wrong? Hint: Inflammation isn't the problem.
Who are the true experts and authorities when it comes to Golfer's and Tennis Elbow treatment? Are they Doctors? Surgeons? Physical Therapists? (Or could they be the practitioners who work on muscles and tendons by hand?)
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