Elbow Injuries & Pains from bowling

There are two common types of elbow pains. Lateral Epicondylitis is commonly known as tennis elbow. The other is Annular Ligament Sprain. Let’s examine both:

Annular Ligament Sprain
A good percentage of chronic elbow pain is due to a sprain of the annular ligament, a ligament rarely examined by a family physician or an orthopedic surgeon. The ulnar collateral ligament supports the inside of the elbow and is a reason for most chronic medial elbow pains. The UCL is responsible for holding the ulnar bone to the distal end of the humerus. This enables the arm to flex, pivoting at the elbow. An athlete’s complaint of pain on the inside of the elbow will cause the some doctors to examine the lateral epicondyle’s “sister,” the medial epicondyle. Often, doctors will diagnose medial epicondylitis and recommend NSAIDS, or a cortisone shot. However, there are emerging alternative treatments that may make quite a bit more sense, such as Flexcin.

And let’s debunk a popular myth. To think that putting a band around the elbow could do anything to help a physical condition is ludicrous. Wearing a brace actually has the potential to harm the injured area due to the compression exerted by the brace and by changing the biomechanics of motion from the compressive force.The annular ligament wraps around the radial head and attaches to the ulna, which stabilizes the radius bone when a patient does any twisting or rotating movement of the elbow. Any kind of throwing motion, whether in javelin, baseball (especially the curve ball), bowling, or even lesser-known sports like hurling, puts tremendous force on this ligament. The annular ligament is responsible for the majority of lateral elbow pain that continues for more than a couple of months.

Tennis Elbow
Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow) is the common name used for an acute form of tendonitis in the tendon fibers that attach the forearm muscles to the elbow. Every time you bend your arm at the elbow, those tendons move and when they are inflamed, every movement hurts. Once these tendons are injured it becomes very difficult to recover 100%. It is almost impossible to keep from re-straining the tendons because even when the pain is gone, the tendons can still be damaged. This is where NSAID’s like Ibuprofin and Alleve, and perhaps even Cortisone often are used. But, when the pain disappears due to the masking of the pain, that’s when one starts bowlng again even though the injury isn’t healed at all. The truth is, you are most probably doing additional damage to the area, and creating a long term or lifelong problem. So what ends up happening is the continual and ongoing re-injury of the area through these recreational activities. This is where an alternative anti inflammatory like CM8 can be most beneficial. It does not mask the pain, instead treating the source of the pain, healing the inflammation, and thus eliminating the pain.