I hurt my arm in October while working in Texas. Actually it while riding a bike after work one day. I didnt realize at first how fucked up my arm was. I waited till mid Movember to go to an urgent care in San Antonio because I couldnt even lift a cordless drill anymore. They diagnosed me with tennis elbow and sent me acoss the street to a physical therapist and they explained in more detail what I had done. I decided to pack up and go home since I was to leave for Thankgiving anyway.
First thing I did when I got home was go see my family doctor and the original diagnosis was confirmed through testing and I was set up for like 8 weeks physical therapy. I went through all of that and did everything I was told to do along with wearing that support in your OP. I wasnt seeing that much relief and thought it was even getting worse at times.
After physical therapy I was sent to an orthopedic surgeon and I recieved my first cortizone shot. I continued to wear the support and do the daily simple exercise that I was asked to do. Since November I havent used my arm for anything more than daily living and it felt great for the last 6 weeks. Almost 100% I thought until I started actually using the arm while working on my car over the last week.
My arm now feels as bad as it did when I first injured it and Im going to be going back to the surgeon, hopefully this week. I was told that I would be given a couple of cortizone shots and then possible surgery when I first saw the guy.
This is the hardest injury I have ever had to try and overcome. Shit hurts and its affects my daily life not to mention I eventually want to get back down south to work. Its a tough battle and I wish you luck in your healing process.
