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Postby hightimes » Tue May 17, 2005 2:40 pm
Use a pully bar.
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Postby zarmple » Tue May 17, 2005 3:07 pm
lots of good tips there, and i cant advocate the massage enough,. i had tennis elbow and found that even cortisone injections just wouldnt work. last year i trained as a masseur and got taught techniques of how to massage the area and it really helps. this year i am a sports and clinical massage therapist so no know more about stretching and deeper tissue work.. it helps so much.
but the main thing that i found to help stop tennis elbow, is chagning brands.. i used to fly Aero2's (which was a real pain in the elbow!!) but have just upgraded to Flexifoil Strike2's.. and what a difference. the bar pressure is so light and i rarely get any fore-arm strain. in fact it was only after two weeks solid in venezuela that on the last day i had to take a break and neck some ibuprofen, but i had been kite looping the previous 2 days!
find out some good massage strokes and do them regularly. and it will slowly dissapear.
good luck
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Postby Raider » Tue May 17, 2005 4:10 pm
Don't hold the bar too tight...
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Postby kitebored » Tue May 17, 2005 4:38 pm
when you hold the bar, put your thumbs on top of the bar, not under it.
sounds lame but this worked for me... it disappeared and never came back.
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Postby sgt. Salty » Tue May 17, 2005 4:47 pm
about the massage,
isnt a tennis elbow a sinew or tendon (used a dictionary for "Sehne") that is hurt ("entzündet")? thats what a medical student told me at the beach, and it hurts kind of inside my elbow where there are no muscles.
He gave me voltaren as pills. Worked out, but I'm also looking for a better solution. BTW: pills are better than salve, as the salve doesnt get through the skin, it will be flushed away by the blood. He said pills work better.
I changed from the North-Bar in the C-shape to a straight one, as I think that the C is only good if your shoulders are smaller than the bar. But that is not all, as my tennis elbow came back, not so bad, but I've also not been kiting so hard. I think that once you got the shit, it comes back faster.
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Postby peanut » Tue May 17, 2005 4:54 pm
my whole arm kinda seizes up it realy f**king hurts
What dose it mean when your whole body cramps up and your laying on the beach for an hour in pain this was a long time ago but is this bad????
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Postby Felixhh » Tue May 17, 2005 6:12 pm
hi murdoc,
may ur depowerrope is blocking a little bit while steering the kite
because its too thick or the barhole is too small,
try to use somethink like silliconspray.
i dont feel the bit more of steering on the first day
but after a couple of weeks, i get my pain back too!
esp. on kiteloops.
i use the ss04 bar with the very thick depowerrope.
some ss05 bar users told me same problems, but on ss05 bars there was an metall hülse? witch blocks just more than ever!
greetings
felix
ps: if it hurts too mutch i use INACID GEL from spain.
the strongest painblocker i tested, if its real hardcore
i got some VIOXX *g*
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Postby kootsie » Tue May 17, 2005 9:35 pm
Sounds all so familiair when riding the pullpig.
They get you going so early but you have to work really hard and you kill your elbow with it.
1 So dont go so early (as said, dont move the kite all the time)
2 And if you have to, change your grip of your arm thats up.
Hold this hand upside down. You will imediatly feel that this is the way you have to hold the piece of shit.
3 Then buy a lighter and faster kite.
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Postby Captain Goodvibes » Wed May 18, 2005 1:21 am
Physio gave me this routine and it helps
also elbow pain can be reffered I had probs in my neck that the physio worked on that helped enormously
1) Roll up a towell to a diameter you can get a Very strong grip on (Like holding the kite bar but much a fatter one, arms out front and straight - level/rotate your fists till back of hand is flat [pointing up level with the rest of the forearm] knuckles pointing forward) This is how the towell should be held.
2) Both hands Grips/squezzes towell as hard as posible bad arm/elbow rotates in a forward motion you must adjust your grip on the towell as it twists to maintain your fists in position as described in step 1 while squezzing and rotating as strong as is humanly possible (As the towell is twisted it will reach a point were it resits twisting this is were you need to get the towell to before you really start the exercise so you can maintain level fists)
3)Hold this position for 15 seconds - do this twice a day
4)after 5 days increase to 20 seconds after 10 days to 25 and so on until you reach 45 seconds
5) repeat as described for other elbow if both are painful
6) Be careful if you have 2 bad elbows you must keep your arms strictly in the position described and use common sense you can aggrovate your other elbow if you do it wrong pain is a great indicator!
I wish you the best of luck as I have really had hell this year from mine, remember to stretch after a kite session this is seriously benneficial (Palm pointing up Pulling fingers down etc)dont discount spinal stretches this is were my problem was.
hope you get relief
Regards CG
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Postby shredster » Fri May 20, 2005 1:55 am
I just posted the gizmo I use called a DynaflexPro. It's a handheld gyro that requires you to rotate your hand and wrist to make it spin. It works the whole hand, wrist , elbow and arm. It cost about $20 at Sports Authority. You can also find them on line.
Always listen to your elders!!
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