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Tennis Elbow and me is a factual document about the causes of my tennis elbow and how it affected me, and how I finally cured it.

From the age of 8 I went to Jiujutsu classes twice a week. At first my elbows were great, no pain at all. After a few years of being twisted around, joint locks and breakfalls my elbows started to hurt. My Mum took me to the doctors and I was diagnosed with tennis elbow which I found interesting as I'd never played tennis!

Tennis elbow affected me in many of the day to day duties around the house as well as when sparring at the local club. I found that things like pouring the kettle became a real pain, literally. I tried many different supports and also tried taking time out from my Jiujutsu. Sometime my elbows would be fine, then a month later they would be really painful. I once had 6 months off Jiujutsu but upon being taken to Cambersands I threw a stone into the sea and my tennis elbow flaired up once again.

Finally at the age of 24 I gave up Jiujutsu and lead an easier life. Slowly my elbows got better and the pain went away, however, I still found that at least twice a year my tennis elbow would flair up and leave me pain.

How I found Lastrap.
The last time I experienced a painful belt of tennis elbow I took a trip to my doctors. There was a new doctor who told me about the Lastrap Tennis Elbow Support so I bought one. I was a little disappointed when I first received my support as it's didn't actually cover the elbow, my immediate impression was that it just couldn't work. I tried it anyway and within a week my tennis elbow was gone. Even the stiffness upon waking was gone.

I'm now back leading an active life with Jiujutsu and my new found love, rock climbing and have not had any further repeats of tennis elbow at all. I've bought 3 Lastrap tennis elbow supports over the years and use them whenever I'm sparring or climbing and sometimes throughout the day.

Life without tennis elbow is good!