Is this really going to work?

[gcoe]

Feel free to waste your money on the latest gizmo but it has all been done before. We used to call these people snake oil merchants

There is quite a lot of research into tennis elbow (or golfers elbow). So instead I would rely on treatments supported by scientific evidence. My understanding is that there are There are numerous treatments for lateral epicondylitis and no single intervention has been proven to be the most efficient. One of the possible reasons for this evidence not being very clear is that lateral elbow pain may be more than one condition - so more than one problem may get diagnosed as tennis elbow.

In a recent review of clinical trials for tennis elbow, Shock wave therapy helps and a manipulative technique invented by Cyriax also has been shown to be good. The technique that physiojlb describes could also be helpful although there is less evidence for this.

[therapist101]

I agree with the others. Electrical stimulation can be good to reduce your pain levels but it is ignoring the underlying problem.

Also platelet injection around the area can be helpful in certain situations - if it isn't responding well to conservative treatment.

Extraction of your own blood, then re-injected around the tendon with a little bit of local anaesthetic to take the edge off. Helps increase inflammation around the area to get the body to kick-start the healing process. Works for many... but not all patients.