tendinitis?

See a good sports doctor

Slurve
Have just gone through this with my 14 YO son and it's been a frustrating experience. Don't take anything i say over the advise of your doctor but the most important key to getting well IMO is rest. Don't throw for several weeks. Then when you do throw again search the web for " Interval Throwing Program" print it out and follow it.
You can go to a physical therapist with a docs prescription too and get treatment, but again the most important thing is to rest.

How long to rest? It's different for everyone. Four weeks minimum. (it was not enough for my son, he needed more.)

also just google tennis elbow or golfer's elbow and you'll find lots of info.

Good luck.

I'll just pass this along as personal experience.

Soph year HS, Junior starts experiencing some elbow pain, diagnosis, tendinitis. The rest/rehab protocols are followed and it comes back several times. The pitch that bothers Junior the most, is a 2 seam fastball. His 4 seam and Slurve don't bother his elbow at all.

In the off season, pitching coach changes his arm slot from over the top to high 3/4's...never had elbow issues again.

All this needs to be qualified with...Junior got away from throwing his 2 seam and still only throws it occasionally. He was growing quite a bit then, and that could have contributed.

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Originally posted by CPLZ:

I'll just pass this along as personal experience.

He was growing quite a bit then, and that could have contributed.

Slurve, you really don't say your age but if you are somewhere in the neighborhood of 14-17 heed CPLZ's advise above. You are still experiencing growth at a fast rate that can/will contribute to this. Arm slot has something to do with it as well. I'm afraid to say (from my son's personal experience in high school) that it will take a minimum of 4 weeks or longer. You may think when you start back throwing that it still hurts when in fact the tendonitis is actually gone and what you may now be experiencing is scar tissue. It hurts just as bad as the tendonitis. Deep tissue massage is one of the best ways along with e-stim to get rid of the scar tissue.

I'm not a Sports Orthopedice or Doctor. I'm just sharing with you what all we went through. It was VERY frustrating to get through. Do NOT rush it. Now of all times is when you need to rest and nurture it so you'll be ready this spring!

Good luck.

To learn the new arm slot, Juniors pitching coach had him throwing around an L screen placed right in front of where he landed.

A Sports orthopedic will recommend Physical Therapy to you which I HIGHLY recommend you to to. Each and every visit.

The PT will work with you usually bi-weekly AND give you therapy "homework" to do. First time my son went thru this he didnt do the "homework". The tendonitis was prolonged!

Make SURE you do the "homework"! It speeds up the recovery.

Anti-inflammatories was all he took. And e-stem is where they put about 3 patches on your elbow and run small doses of electrical currents to the tendons. Speeds up the healing process.

firstpitch,
First go and see a doctor. Tendonitis is often an easy diagnosis that is made first. However, at your age stress fractures in the growth plate can cause similar symptoms.

Go to doctor and get an MRI. My son missed this past spring junior hs season with elbow stress fracture. Was first diagnosed as eblow strain. After several weeks of physical therapy and "taking it easy", he threw two pitches in a game and pulled himself out. We went back and requested MRI and stress fracture was found. If we had done that to begin with, he would probably have been able to pitch by the end of the season.