Is Elbow Pain Keeping You Up At Night?
What’s the best position to sleep in when you have a Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow injury?
Should you try to keep your elbow either bent or straight? – Is it a good idea to wear a brace around your wrist or elbow at night – or is it better not to?
If you’ve been battling this incredibly frustrating condition for some time, you may already be wondering if a comfortable sleeping position actually exists!?
OR does this elbow diagnosis inevitably curse you to sleepless, exhausting nights of tossing and turning?
Unfortunately, you also end up facing the “double jeopardy curse”…
Not only suffering all day with Golfer’s or Tennis Elbow pain and stiffness while trying to work or enjoy a game of tennis or golf…
But also having your desperately-needed sleep and healing/recovery time constantly sabotaged by the relentless pain at night!
You may have already come across obvious pieces of advice like:
- “Avoid sleeping on the affected arm”
- “Try to keep your arm straight / bent / at your side”
- “Don’t sleep with your arms overhead”
And other marginal – if not useless suggestions.
And, driven to desperation, you may have already found yourself relying on medications to relieve the symptoms enough to get some rest.
So, let’s look a little deeper at the underlying dynamic and see if there’s anything you can do about it.
This article originally appeared on my Tennis Elbow Classroom site. For the full, original article please visit:
Full Article On Tips For Sleeping With Elbow Pain
(You can also listen to my podcast below OR scroll back up and watch the video above.)
Treatment in Marin County
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My approach to Tennis Elbow therapy
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