For the\u00a0 last month or so, Rich has been having pain in his right elbow.\u00a0 Not sure when it started exactly, but he assumed he hurt it bowling one night.\u00a0 That is his bowling arm.\u00a0 The pain has been pretty constant and not really letting up too much.\u00a0 I finally decided it was time to see the doctor.<\/p>\n
I called and made an appointment for today.\u00a0 We rode in together so I was able to go in and listen to what the doctor said.\u00a0 Two pair of ears are always better than one when it comes to doctors.\u00a0 Luckily, we’ve had to use these guys before, so I was pretty confident in their ability to figure this out.<\/p>\n
Rich had to fill out papers since this was his first time there.\u00a0 Then they took x-rays to check and make sure there was nothing else going on in there.\u00a0 We went to the exam room to wait for the doctor, who arrived very promptly after the nurse left.\u00a0 Dr. Seeds looked at the chief complaint and then asked the chief complainer a couple of questions.\u00a0 Yep, it was tennis elbow.\u00a0 That’s because they didn’t call it bowling elbow first.<\/p>\n
So in easy terms, the tendon that stretches from the top of the large bone down through to the hand was irritated at the connection on top of that bone.\u00a0 This is the pain that Rich has in the elbow.\u00a0 The other pains are the pressure that the too tight tendon is placing on the muscles.\u00a0 These muscles are trying to complain too much.<\/p>\n
Dr. Seeds went through the list of things that he could do for this condition.\u00a0 First\u00a0 on the list is rest.\u00a0 Need to give the tendon time to heal.\u00a0 Rich would get a band to wear around his elbow to apply pressure to the tendon.\u00a0 Next, the doctor could shot the elbow up with cortizone to help with the healing process.\u00a0 After that, the doctor recommended physical therapy, but only as a last resort.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rich opted to have the shot to the elbow as well as the band. There was also some ointment for pain relief rather than eating Ibuprofen all the time.\u00a0 Dr. Seeds marked an x on the elbow and the nurse prepared for surgery.\u00a0 The shot went in okay, but the pain got worse over the day.\u00a0 Now Rich wishes he hadn’t gotten the shot!<\/p>\n
All in all, Rich will be fine.\u00a0 In a couple of days, he should be back to his current normal.\u00a0 With rest and wearing the band, things should start to improve.\u00a0 No more bowling for a while though.\u00a0 The season only had 3 more weeks.\u00a0 We’ll see how he is in the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He’s been reviewing websites for information.\u00a0 Looks like he needs to rest the arm and then work his way back slowly to bowl.\u00a0 Just sometimes you get older and things don’t work as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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