[Noah930]

If you're feeling better, that's the most important thing. Your pain will be a guide as to how much damage (or not) you're doing to yourself. I've had some patients have success with acupuncture and tennis elbow, though I've found the cortisone injections to be more reliably effective. The other thing to look into are PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injections. I've been doing more of those recently. The first few seemed so-so in their effectiveness. But I've had a recent run of success where most people seem to get good, lasting relief. The patients are often police officers or firemen, so they're usually motivated guys.

The biggest complaint about acupuncture is that there aren't really long-term studies to show continued effectiveness. I'm not sure if that's because it doesn't work long-term, or because no one's really taken the effort to do a long-term study.

Do your stretching exercises, too. Arm out straight in front of you, elbow straight, palm down. Use the other hand to flex the wrist so the fingers point to the ground. You should feel a stretch in the forearm by the painful part of the elbow.

And when you pick things up, try to pick them up with your palm up, so that you use the stronger flexor muscles. If you pick things up with the palm facing downwards, you're using the weaker extensor muscles and putting strain on the injured portion of common extensor tendon.