Caster's elbow

[FishermanTim]

It's the "blue-collar" version of "tennis-elbow".
There are 2 trains of thought regarding this type of injury/ailment:
Rest/rehab which would mean your season would effectively be over, or strength training/workout (to strengthen the elbow). It won't solve the problem immediately, but will ease the strain and pain by season's end.
I get that same pain from time to time, but since I started exercising during my luch hour, it hasn't been a problem for a couple of years now.

If it doesn't show any signs of getting better, check with your doctor.
(Just so you can be ready for next year.)

[niko]

i got it a couple of years ago in september. i was throwing poppers alot. i fished the rest of the season and ate alot of advil. it took months to heal all the way. good luck

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by niko

i got it a couple of years ago in september. i was throwing poppers alot. i fished the rest of the season and ate alot of advil. it took months to heal all the way. good luck

yup......eat advil....and it took months to heal all the way....

[BobT]

Yup............Ice, 800mg. Advil and an elbow brace when fishin. Like the doctor said..........getting old.

[gone fishin]

Common problem - I found that the rod has a lot to do with it. Try using a rod that loads properly without muscling the cast. I went to a 1088 and smoothed out my motion and the pain is less. Bob - old has a LOT to do with it..

[Backbeach Jake]

Learn to cast economicaly, no more muscle that really needed. Inprovrd technique cured my elbow , back, ribcage, knee, neck, foot ,forefinger and thumb aches.
Get smooth...

[Raven]

take it before bedtime
add whey protien and rebuild your damaged body
make a thick frapp with it and cherry icecream plus milk

apply lidocaine cream and numb the sheet out of it
drug experimentation....alieve is naproxen good for joints
i still believe in glucosamine and chondroitin but it doesnt work for everyone, especial Karl heh heh heh

then figure out what makes it feel good...
hot water jet massage in a jacuzzi
then theres kiwi oil *hottest stuff out there)
a 2000 year old austrailia bushman remedy

flip side
or cold ice packs
off and on every 20 minutes...then keep doing that

i beat the crap out of myself lately but i also mega dose
vitamins so my healing time is super fast and the next day (usually)
i am right back at it....

[Piscator]

Haven't had that yet but..............Anyone ever get that sharp pain between your shoulder blades after about 1,000 casts? I get that in the Spring & Fall and it sucks.........

[fishaholic18]

Had it in both arms, inside elbow is "Golfers elbow" and outside is "Tennis elbow". Mine would not go away, did injections and PT, didn't help. Ended up getting surgery on both arms to release the tendons. Long recovery (about a year) but is finally 100% again.

[justplugit]

Like Basic Patrick said, usually doing curls with light weights helps.

[fishaholic18]

Read these.
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/elbo...lferselbow.htm

http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/elbow/a/tenniselbow.htm