Tennis elbow and golfers elbow. What effective alternative therapies are worth looking at?

I have had problems with golfers and tennis elbow on both arms and this year had cortisone injections which provided immediate relief. This was back in June. In the last three weeks, the pain has crept back and is now as bad as ever and is affecting my quality of life. The physio wont do the cortisone therapy again as it has now been done twice. I now need other options. I am only 48 and would love to take up racquet sports again but this seems like a dream. Any help would be welcomed.

Massage therapy helped my tendinitis (tennis elbow) tremendously. Mine may not have been as bad as yours, but it really improved it. Keeping my arm warm helped a lot too. It sounds simple, but as soon as I started being careful about not letting my arm get chilled, there was a big improvement. Of course, if you can play golf in October, you probably aren't in an area where you need to worry about the cold.

Surgery is always an option. I haven't heard of any bad results from the surgery.

Good luck. I hope you get some relief soon.

poor you, my mum had tennis elbow, and the same as you, she had the injections. she has now just had surgery on it, its tiny scar, but its like she never had anything wrong with it! good luck hun x

acupunture is always worth a try

A recent study tested three alternative treatments.
1. Steroids
2. Physiotherapy
3. Rest

Steroids were the most effective treatment for relieving the pain but one year later a slight pain was still apparent.
Physiotherapy hurt and pain is still there mildly after one year.
Resting cleared the problem after 6 months.