"johnval1" wrote in message
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I took 4 months off from casting over the coldest period of winter up here
in Michigan, and when I returned to the water this month, I instantly
developed a severe case of tennis/fishing elbow. As I write this, I am
wearing my new elbow wrap I just picked up from Wally's earlier today.

My questions to the group a 1) has this happened to any of you, 2)
did you get over the condition, 3) how long did it take, 4) what
treatment did you use, and finally, 5) did you begin casting with your
opposing arm?

Sorry for the laundry list of questions, but this thing is killing me and
I have absolutely no experience with this injury. I have read up on it
over the net, and all the sites say the same thing, namely rest, exercise
and behavior modification. Behavior modification is usually cited as
cessation of the causal activity. Fat chance on that, eh?

So, I am strongly considering switching exclusively to spinning gear for
the season and switching the reels around to cast left handed. Since I am
only moderately coordinated, this will be a challenge to say the least.
Still, it will be better than not fishing at all. I would be very
interested to hear if this is something from which I can eventually
recover.


Hello,
Yes this has happened to me. My right arm was in severe pain all last year
fishing season, I wore one of the arm bands and that helped. I didn't switch
over to my left arm to cast, but I did occasionally use my left hand to
assist in casting. What really hurt was to try and set the hook and miss,
ouch. After the winter rest we went to Santee Cooper this past March and
fished 8 days hard all day long with no pain in my right arm. So it has gone
away, but it can always come back. My brother is a rock climber and he has
had this problem off and on for years.
Another fishing buddy gets cortisone shots that he claims help.
Hope it clears up for you. Good luck.