3 Vital Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Tennis Elbow Tendonitis
If you have been having elbow pain and problem, like most people you're probably going to start thinking about heading in to see your doctor at some point.
Usually at the point that it's so bad you think you -have- to.
And we all hope the doctor can give us the Tennis Elbow Cure.
Unfortunately, that rarely happens.
Here are three important questions to ask your doctor about Tennis Elbow to help your chances of getting the most effective care.
Question #1.
"Is this Tennis Elbow pain due to Tendonitis on the tendon, or are there other factors at play in the area?" In other words, "Do I have Tennis Elbow, or do I just have all the Symptoms?" Most doctors like to think that tendonitis is an isolated factor, that the primary problem is the 'injury' on the tendon.
There is much more to Tennis Elbow than a little bit of Tendonitis.
Even if there is some rip and tear damage to the tendon, the actual injury is the most minor part of the whole mechanism that is happening.
And you can have all the symptomswithout having actual Tendonitis.
Ideally you want your doctor to prescribe you something besides anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen, muscle relaxants, rest, splints, or surgery.
Those may provide temporary relief, but none of them reverse the Tennis Elbow dynamic.
This leads us to question #2.
Question #2.
Is what you just prescribed for me going to make the pain go away -and- help me heal back to good as new? Keep in mind, doctors are wary about getting sued.
They are never going to guarantee your results for legal reasons.
But, they also aren't going to offer your money back if their treatment doesn't work.
Listen closely to your doctor's response.
If they say that they have a high percentage of success (and by success I mean getting patients back to 100%), great.
If they say 'Let's try it and see...
' or just try to get you out the door, that points to them not being confident that what they are telling you to do is for sure going to work.
And you want to get back to as good as new, don't you?Most people would just be happy with most of their pain gone.
Again, the above options are not reliable at providing that.
Question #3.
If I do what you say and it doesn't work, can I have my money back? This is a great question to ask just to see the look on your doctor's face.
Nobody asks this question, but everybody should.
It's worth it to ask for three reasons.
Reason 1 is to just to see the look on their face.
Reason 2 is to see how your doctor handles the question.
Do they laugh, or struggle with the question, or get offended? This can tell you a lot about your doctor.
Ideally your doctor is not just confident, but confident in actually getting you out of pain and back to feeling like you're supposed to be feeling.
Reason 3 is because, who knows, your doctor just might say yes.
In that case, do exactly what they tell you to do, and keep a log of it.
This will both help you follow the prescription, and might help you save some money.
The more questions you can ask your doctor, the better.
And the more you know, the better questions you can ask about your Tennis Elbow.
Usually at the point that it's so bad you think you -have- to.
And we all hope the doctor can give us the Tennis Elbow Cure.
Unfortunately, that rarely happens.
Here are three important questions to ask your doctor about Tennis Elbow to help your chances of getting the most effective care.
Question #1.
"Is this Tennis Elbow pain due to Tendonitis on the tendon, or are there other factors at play in the area?" In other words, "Do I have Tennis Elbow, or do I just have all the Symptoms?" Most doctors like to think that tendonitis is an isolated factor, that the primary problem is the 'injury' on the tendon.
There is much more to Tennis Elbow than a little bit of Tendonitis.
Even if there is some rip and tear damage to the tendon, the actual injury is the most minor part of the whole mechanism that is happening.
And you can have all the symptomswithout having actual Tendonitis.
Ideally you want your doctor to prescribe you something besides anti-inflammatory drugs like Ibuprofen, muscle relaxants, rest, splints, or surgery.
Those may provide temporary relief, but none of them reverse the Tennis Elbow dynamic.
This leads us to question #2.
Question #2.
Is what you just prescribed for me going to make the pain go away -and- help me heal back to good as new? Keep in mind, doctors are wary about getting sued.
They are never going to guarantee your results for legal reasons.
But, they also aren't going to offer your money back if their treatment doesn't work.
Listen closely to your doctor's response.
If they say that they have a high percentage of success (and by success I mean getting patients back to 100%), great.
If they say 'Let's try it and see...
' or just try to get you out the door, that points to them not being confident that what they are telling you to do is for sure going to work.
And you want to get back to as good as new, don't you?Most people would just be happy with most of their pain gone.
Again, the above options are not reliable at providing that.
Question #3.
If I do what you say and it doesn't work, can I have my money back? This is a great question to ask just to see the look on your doctor's face.
Nobody asks this question, but everybody should.
It's worth it to ask for three reasons.
Reason 1 is to just to see the look on their face.
Reason 2 is to see how your doctor handles the question.
Do they laugh, or struggle with the question, or get offended? This can tell you a lot about your doctor.
Ideally your doctor is not just confident, but confident in actually getting you out of pain and back to feeling like you're supposed to be feeling.
Reason 3 is because, who knows, your doctor just might say yes.
In that case, do exactly what they tell you to do, and keep a log of it.
This will both help you follow the prescription, and might help you save some money.
The more questions you can ask your doctor, the better.
And the more you know, the better questions you can ask about your Tennis Elbow.
