A simple cure for your aching tennis elbow

My wife and I spend the winter months in a small but very much a large part of pickleball heaven at Happy Trails Resort in Surprise, AZ. One of the reasons we chose this suburb of Phoenix is “pickleball.” A wonderful place where we can play pickleball to our hearts content.

Recently we were playing a game of mixed doubles, intensely I might add (my wife was on the opposing side), and as most husbands would agree when you play against your wife you’ve got to be at your best, “no mercy!”

Well as luck would have it she hit a hard line shot to my backhand and I tried my best to block it back onto her side but as I reached I pulled my already hurting “tennis elbow” and had to leave the game.

Later in the day, at her insistence, we went to the medical clinic to have it checked out. After giving me a shot in the buttocks, for inflammation, the Doctor also prescribed 800mg of Ibuprofen and two weeks off! I told him I’d take the Ibuprofen but I don’t think two weeks off pickleball would work for me.

After paying for my prescription and getting ready to leave the pharmacy, my wife runs up with an Ace Bandage Elbow Wrap that cost $12.68 and said, “Here get this.” The thing looked like it probably cost $0.50 to make, so I didn’t give it much credence and tried to pass it off as trivial; but she insisted saying I’ve used this type before when my knee was hurt and it worked great. The wrap has a small air bag in it that you place just below the elbow that puts pressure on the tendon.

Later in the evening we went to dinner with friends and I mentioned the Ace Bandage and he praised it to high heaven! Said it solved his “tennis elbow” problem in less than a week!

Well, guess what, the darn things works better than the medicine! You’d think that I would listen to her because after all she was a tennis pro for years until back surgery took her out of the tennis business.

Thank goodness we found Pickleball, what a great replacement to playing the hard and boring game of tennis.

My question to her is this, “why didn’t you mention this before I went to the doctor?” O’ well!

Disclaimer: This is not considered actual medical advice. If you are suffering from tennis elbow, please consult a trusted health official.