In answer to the above post and your pm:
Sounds like you have what I experienced.
Yes, it is tendinitis.
I tried many different remedies:
Ice
Compression
NSAID’s
Cissus
Stretching
Ibuprofen Gel
Cortisone
Iontophoresis
Cross-friction massage
Bio-Freeze & other counter-irritants
Probably a few more I’m missing, but you get the picture…
Most of these things had a nominal impact on healing.
Cortisone & Ionto worked the best and fastest, but the pain returned about a month later.
Ice is good. A physical therapist told me that direct ice is best, and to make up my own popsicles by pouring some water in a dixie cup, place a tongue depressor in the cup and freeze the whole thing.
Once frozen, peel away the cup and rub the ice in circular motions on the affected area until the ice is gone. Have a towel handy because this does get messy.
Strive for doing this several times a day if possible.
Static stretching is good, but something that worked better was keeping my arms straight as often as I could.
If you spend most of your day at a computer or sitting at a desk, your arms are usually bent, and for some reason this seems to bother the tendon.
Try keeping your arms straightened while sleeping. Those 6 or 7 hours will help the next day.
The biggest factor was rest. Inflamed tendons need time to heal, and if you don’t give them that rest they can cause bigger problems for you later – think scar tissue and surgery.
I did take a few weeks off from training. Elbows still pinched a good bit when I returned, but changes in training habits helped.
Reduce training frequency (remember tendinitis is caused by OVERUSE), and the exercises that cause direct pain – substitute them with the painless variety.
Also, avoid foods that promote inflammation – fried foods, sat. fat, etc.
Doing these things have helped me tremendously. I am now back to doing things normally again. I still have some isolated instances of discomfort, but they are few and the severity of the pain is dramatically lower than it was originally.
Good luck.