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Anyone for Tennis Elbow 28-Sep-2008 At 2:54:12 PM Cobb

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Hi John, The advice Julian has given you is great, most GP's (not all) will quickly rush you off for a
course of anti inflams and then a cortisone injection. This is the last thing it needs. Bill Vincenzino a
physio from SA has done some great research in this area and basically you are better off doing
nothing with the tendon than injecting it with cortisone! Initially the tendon responds well to the
cortisone (or so you think) but long term it is the worst treatment. The best and quickest results
came with appropriate manual therapy and a rehab program (I emphasis the rehab program). Things
like ultrasound do jack all to fix the problem so make sure your therapist knows about this research /
treatment.
Cheers,
Andrew Cobb
Sports Physio

Below is a link to the abstract of that article.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/bmj.38961.584653.AEv1?hrss=1