I have had tennis elbow and popping in my elbow for a few years. Strengthening my forearms has been the solution for me and this product has been the key to that. After using this for a month the pain / popping was drastically reduced.

I had a bad case of tennis elbow... had a cortizone shot and was not using my arm. was so frustrated, i couldn't even use my arm! tried this product in the medium, i would recommend the most flexible version (light) because i started using it and it irritated other tendons. but take it easy, don't over do it and it seems to really help. along with ice, massage and flex stretching. it can also be used to hold like a tennis racquet and wiggle around to strengthen micro muscles. as well as for chest crunches. i also changed my racquet to a heavy, light head with hi flex and hi quality strings. i am better than normal now!

Not bad, seems to work for the wrist and the grip. I am a professional arm wrestle and I approve this product. It provides good wrist strength, and many different exercises for the forearms.

Working the Flex bar after the onset of pain seems to relieve the pain almost immediately. However, I've been using it for four weeks and it doesn't seem to prevent the pain -- just alleviate it. Maybe I need to keep at it longer? Also, I have the heaviest weight (blue) and it doesn't seem to offer much resistance, but I'm not sure if it's supposed to. I actually found that twisting a towel seems to work almost as well. I'll give it more time and update my review later.

I got two flexbars after reading several reviews that they helped with golfers elbow. I have chronic mild to moderate golfers elbow (as identified in an MRI), so it won't go away and it is perpetually annoying. I have tried everything and seen every specialist. I am now seeing a soft tissue specialist who is helping a lot, I mean a lot. I got these flexbars before I started the treatment. I thnk they do help build strength in my tendon. Is it a cure all, nope. I think it helps. I also got some anti-inflamitory cream, which hopefully with everything I am doing now I will be back to full speed in no time (I have hope now). I think the flexbars are good, but they can't stand alone. If you are like me and have chronic golfers elbow try a soft tissue specialist, it will work wonders. Again, this is a reviw for the flexbars, and I got the red and green and I do the exercises three times a day (they are on YouTube) and in conjunction I think they are helpful.

I've given it only 4 stars since I don't yet have complete relief of my pain.I think the instructions are not clear enough with regards to how much pain is expected when using the device and how much is too much (it's been a trial and errorpath for me with this "heavy" bar...I can surely twist it the recommended times, but I do experience pain and it hasn't been relieved as fast as I expected from reading numerous reviews). I am going to try starting with the lighter (medium) strength green bar and eventually progressing to the blue bar before I give these products a definitive personal review. I do feel I've made some progress...it is just that were the instructions a bit clearer, I think I would have made even more...to the point of having almost no pain in my lateral elbow joint (epicondylitis).

I got this to work on my tennis elbow, it has deffinatly helped. I keep it on my desk and do some of the exercises through out the day, it's better than one of those stress balls you squeeze.

FlexBar heavy and medium have helped continue my P.T. and Occupational Hand and shoulder Therapy beyond what my insurance would allow. It is effective and efficient. Great for my injured hand and shoulder''' I will suggest this to my orthopedic specialist when I see him this week after months of P.T. and O.T. for a very serious, life changing injury. Great item.

Watch the Tyler Twist video on YouTube for the FlexBar. It's easy to learn. This is the only thing that helped me after suffering with tennis elbow for 8 months. You will feel it (kinda hurts) when you do the exercise but that's what your arm needs to heal and strengthen. After just a few days I could start to use my arm again for lifting and carrying, and the discomfort decreased. I only exercised 3 times a day, 15 repetitions each time, for about 2 weeks, with the red FlexBar. A month has gone by and my arm continues to improve to the point I seldom remember I have tennis elbow. I also recommend Penetrex cream along with the FlexBar. I massaged this into my arm after each exercise and I think it helped also. For less than $50 total you can be on your way to recovery.

My doctor diagnosed my tennis elbow in September and had me wear one of those bands on my arm. After about a week, it had only gotten worse. I did a little research online and read about this item, so I figured I'd give it a try. I started with 5 reps at a time, 3 times a day. After a week, I went up to 10 reps, and after another week, I went up to 15 reps. For the first couple of weeks, I saw no improvement. Once I got up to 15 reps, it seemed like it was getting a little better, but I wasn't sure it wasn't just in my mind. I kept at it, though (stubborn, I am), and after a couple more weeks, the improvement was undeniable. It has now been about two months, and my elbow feels oh-so-much better. I still have a little pain, but nothing like it was. Now, I can't say for sure that this thing was what did it, but I didn't do anything else. It sure beats drugs or surgery!I used the green bar. I'm an average-sized woman without particularly good upper body strength, and it seemed about right for me.

The bar worked as promised. No more pain in my elbow!!! YEAH!!! Took about 10 days of exercises!!

The item was exactly as promised, thanks for helping to spread the ability to strengthen and flex while assuring less chance of injury for our young high school golfer!THANKS!!

It did seem to help for elbow tendonitis, as I read about in the NYT article, but I think there's a problem with this solution. You have to compress the tendon to twist this up before you get the benefit of having the muscle/tendon pulled while releasing the twist. What I think is a much better solution, and I've tried it just once, is the forearm weight strengthening apparatus you find in every gym and fitness center. It's a 18" PVC pipe, 2 1/2" in dia. with a hole drilled in the middle and a rope threaded through the hole and knotted. There's a weight (about 5-10lb) on the end of the rope. Wrap the rope around the pipe and support your forearms chest high and unwind the rope slowly letting the weight go to the floor. In other words, instead of using the device to pull the weight up, use it just to lower the weight to the floor. Do that until your forearms are exhausted. I did that just once and I forgot I even had a problem.

I had a relatively minor tennis elbow injury that sidelined me from tennis for a couple months, and it was frustrating as all heck to rest to recuperate. Yes, rest helps, but you have to strengthen the tendons and muscles in your forearms. Even after using very light dumbbells to exercise my forearms, I was making very little progress to getting back on court. To be clear, I'm only saying that rest is necessary but not sufficient to recover from tennis elbow. As always, consult your doctor and don't just take my word for it.Until I noticed some offhand remarks that even professional tennis players are carrying this in their bags. That tells me the pros are using this to (a) prevent tennis elbow and (b) strengthen their forearms for kinds of advanced stroke they hit. Bottom line: they know it works.So I tried it. Two weeks later, I'm back on the court playing pain free (plus some technique changes). I recommend getting the 15 lb bar if you're trying to get back on court. Don't go back on court until you can do 3x15 reps of various exercises without much strain. I'm planning to move up to the 25 lb bar as extra insurance to really build up my strength.

I've been using the red Thera-Band for about a month to treat "tennis-elbow" that I've incurred after years of Jiu-Jitsu/Judo grip fighting. I've been performing one exercise as demonstrated in a video tied to the NY Times article from the Fall of 2009 and another exercise that my brother came up with, which is just an inversion of the video demonstration. The change in my level of pain has been dramatic (for the better)! The exercises do have to be performed with regularity, as with any rehabilitation process. I'll be recommending it to everyone that I know in the Jiu-Jitsu community as this is a common chronic pain that many just accept as something that can't be avoided.

I've been using the red Thera-Band for about a month to treat tennis-elbow that I've incurred after years of Jiu-Jitsu/Judo grip fighting. I've been performing one exercise as demonstrated in a video tied to the NY Times article from the Fall of 2009 and another exercise that my brother came up with, which is just an inversion of the video demonstration. The change in my level of pain has been dramatic (for the better)! The exercises do have to be performed with regularity, as with any rehabilitation process. I'll be recommending it to everyone that I know in the Jiu-Jitsu community as this is a common chronic pain that many just accept as something that can't be avoided.

I have been playing tennis for years and have had minor surgery in the past fortennis elbow so bad that I could not spray my hair! The Flex Bar is truly amazing.I noticed the difference almost immediately. Certainly worth the price.

I have been very sore and unable to play squash due to tendonitis similar to "tennis elbow". This product really helps.

I love this product. I am using it now for a few weeks and so far as I know it helps me already. The great thing is that I can pick it up any time when I feel like it or have time.Alex Pietersen

Having suffered from tennis elbow for about two years, I am always looking for products to reduce discomfort. I found the "heavy" Flexbar to be helpful in building up strength and muscle in my elbow. I would recommend this product to anyone with tennis elblw.