@tennisralph4 - after the PRP procedure they sent me off to PT. I spent about 8 weeks or so doing PT stuff. It healed very slowly and it didn’t really start to feel better until 12 weeks after PRP. And I didn’t do much exercise during that time, mostly walking.
And now I’m suffering from Golfer’s elbow on BOTH arms from carrying my invalid 100lb chocolate lab around for almost a year (God bless his sweet soul).
So I’m off to to the ortho again. The golfers elbow hurts, but not nearly as bad as the tennis elbow did and I’m hoping PT will be the path to recovery and not PRP. We shall see…
Golf pro in the UK, had bad golfers elbow when at Uni (20 years ago) and almost lost a year to it. Tried all sorts of things and was close to going down the surgery route but a chance encounter with a Bowen Therapist and 4 sessions and 5 weeks later I was back playing golf.
They basically said that I wasn’t strong enough to hit balls all day, so I had to strengthen, stretch (hand flat to the wall) and then after activity soak in apple cider vinegar wraps to stop inflammation. I still stretch and go to the gym 3 times a week and have never had a problem since.
Does cycling aggravate it? The only two times that it has just made itself aware to me has been riding rather than actually golfing. The first doing downhill in the alps, I spoke to a local guide who said get fatter grips on my mtb and move the brake bite point closer to the bar and that fixed that. The other doing the Fred Whitton (crap roads) after this I made my road bike grips thicker and although never tested it on the same route feels better.
I wouldn’t class myself as the Holistic healing type but at the time I was desperate and it sorted me out.