Rehab is nonsense for someone like me I am not an 80 year old man with a weakness that needs to be rehabbed. Rehabbing someone is not the same as having done it yourself. Have you personally had cortisone in your elbow? Have you personally tried PRP Stem Cells or Surgery? The doctor I saw is a Ortho not an Endo. I asked for personal exp as in your fucking elbow not someone else. I never said research isn't valid but most studies are extremely flawed the 2 you provided are flawed as flawed can be and provide no actual good information it is impossible to draw any conclusion from them much less the ones they claim. Fucking guys think allergies and carbs caused my elbow pain fucking nonsense quitting lifting is not even on the table. Additionally I have tried several of the things recommended and I have access to things that change collagen synthesis that you want to rant about. I am not a typical 44 year old man while a tendon is a tendon physiology is not physiology mine is ramped up like a 20 year old. But yes I have 25 years of lifting on the tendon. I absolutely do not have any kind of forearm strength imbalance that is not the issue doing some forearm exercises isn't going to help me. If anything I have done too much forearm work. I also can not take NSAID due to my stomach. So yes cortisone is my anti inflammatory option I can take other compounds that reduce inflammation that is how I got the knee fluid down and how I can fucking walk now but the elbow was bothering me so I wanted to see the DR and check it out. The cortisone is supposed to be a band aid and I wanted to see if I had a bigger issue and how quickly it may be progressing my DR reassured me it wasn't going to rupture and the cortisone wouldnt cause atrophying of the surrounding tissue. As such I took his advice and got a cortisone shot. I asked him specifically abot that issue as like everyone else I have heard that. He reassured me not to worry about that as we were not doing it that often he then told me about a local well known athlete doing it for years without issue. I have other things at my disposal but the cortisone helped a lot last time. I have been trying to find a clinic that does PRP into the elbow without success. You have to be a real Billy fucking badass to actually do your own intra articular HGH injection but that is also a known treatment some may argue HGH makes tendons larger and not stronger then others will tell you some compounds reduce collagen sythesis and some increase it some compounds put more or less fluid around the joint. And some people will tell you to take otc supplements again lots of ideas and theories but the cortisone worked last time. But you are not willing to try what I am willing to try you are not willing to go where I am willing to go you don't have the exp I have Mr Natural Pro
1) Do explain why rehab is nonsense for someone like "you". You have an injury. What does rehab do? Heal injuries. You are doing someone wrong and/or there is a deficit somewhere. But you know all, so therefore you should be able to find it rather than ask the board for opinions on cortisone.
2) I had a cortisone shot in two other joints. I went through stem cell on shoulder and knee. PRP on knee.....HA injections on knee.
3) I gave you two studies....wow....amazin
g how your young MD who thinks your forearms are massive knows more than the ortho who fixed my shoulder who also happens to treat the sox, the bulls, and the blackhawks. Damn, if only he would have went to Georgetown.
4) YOu look at studies and you CAN draw conclusions....thats the point of research you dolt.
5) Oh, so its not physiologicallyyours? Thats the same thing fat people say when they talk about their metabolism. The saythat shit so they can feel special and not have to admit they aren't special.
6) You potentially could have imbalance Brian. Weren't you the one complaining / bragging about how many injuries you've had to your shoulder? You think that doesn't play a roll in how the kinetic chain works? Oh wait, you do...why am I bothering.
7) You just said you have done too much forearm work...didn't I say it was possible for it to be repetitive stress (cumulative injury cycle sound familiar)?

So what exactly wasn't going to rupture Brian? Was he specific in which tendon? I won't ask you to name the ones at the medial epicondyle because all you will do is google that shit.
9) oooooohhh so a local athlete has been getting shots for years without problems. Sounds like that person has the same mentality you do and doesn't want to do the things necessary to fix.
10) Oh, so I need to inject myself to be on your level? Hmmm....yeah, I will get right on that. I had medial epicondylagia TWICE in my life. Three weeks of doing the right things and all gone. Fuck, if only I had known about you sooner.....
11) In case you missed it, I've TREATED guys with 100x the talent and abilities you do...and none....not ONE of them were as ignorant, close minded, and stubborn as you.
I have no desire to go where you are going Mr Pant shitter....I have an injury, I don't use it as a badge of courage like you do. I address it so I can continue to do the things I want to do. You like playing the sympathy card. I bet the 'young Md who thinks your forearms are massive' just went along with your ego and gave you the shot so you would shut up and get the fuck out of his office. Every time he sees you on the schedule I bet he will say "geezus, not this fucking know it all again".
Wow...can't believe how vascular my forearms are today. I can't wait to hit the pullup bar INSIDE the gym...without any pain. Jealous?