This FlexBar works areas of the arms that are not easy to get to. From the moment I picked it up, I could feel the sore areas of my lower arm being stretched and exercised. I even made up a few moves that I can feel stretching out the tendon and muscle. It's easy to use, you can do it anywhere (you might get some strange looks, but whatever), and it doesn't take much time. I even use it when I'm sitting at a stop light in my car. My only complaint is that I wish I had ordered the next higher resistance. Comes with a booklet showing different exercises - easy to follow. Great product! I can actually feel the relief in my tendonitis after just a few days.

"Item as described. The Thera-band FlexBar arrived very quickly, it is a nice quality product and I started to using it right out of the box. I see that my elbow is getting better every day doing 15 repetitions of the resistance exercise, 3 or 4 times a day . I'll recommend this product to anyone who is looking for a pain relief and without stopping playing. Thanks!"

I believe it works, just has not fixed my elbow problem.Have been using exercise program for three weeks, not much better.I was expecting more and quicker results.

Tennis elbow? But I haven't played in years. In any case, I had elbow pain and a sudden decrease in my grip strength. After some research I learned about the Flexbar and thought I'd try it out. I'm a big guy but I'm smart enough to not have gone with the most resistance right off the bat. I bought the green bar and after just two days of using it I noticed a marked improvement. I'm not completely healed, of course, but I no longer have a nagging ache and my grip strength is returning. Works as advertised. I recommend it.

This product is great for tennis elbow problems and can build-up the strength in your forearms to prevent any further re-injury. Purchase the set, beginning with the easiest and increae the firmness as you gain strength. These can be used to make other arms parts stronger as well because of its flexible design.

This exercise might be OK for people who have a really mild touch of self-diagnosed tennis elbow. If you have it really bad (like I did), I don't think this is the miracle cure you want it to be. The thing is, it hurts to do the exercise, and not in a good way. It doesn't work your muscles like in strength training, it seems to just strain the tendon, triggering more tennis elbow pain. For me it feels like someone's poking a pin into the bony part of my elbow. I'm seeing a physical therapist who says that you shouldn't do anything that makes it hurt more. She doesn't seem to have a high opinion of this Flexbar exercise, which I mentioned, and this is a pretty well-respected physical therapy place. She's having me do stretching and strengthening exercises that are so mild they almost feel like nothing.The bar itself only cost $12 or so but now what do I do with it? Use it to hold up the window? As a dog toy?

I've tried ibuprofen, ice, physical therapy, icy hot sleeves/patches, china gel cream, accupuncture, rest, pretty everything, and the first thing that actually works- and works fast, is this $15 rubber dildo looking thing?!?!? OMG I wish I new about this product months and months go. I haven't been able to get a good night sleep in so long because I cant get my elbows comfortable in bed. Lately I haven't even been able to do the dishes and just stack them up because lifting things hurts. Well, I was awak at 3 in the morning the other day and got online to research tennis elbow exercises and came across this thing. I ordered the red and the green. The red worked fine at first but I quickly progressed to green. (I'm 5'11 185 pounds.) I watched the videos for "tyler's twist" and tried that. It took a little practice to get the movements right, but I noticed that my wrists and elbows both felt a deep "unlocking" feeling. I progressed to the green (thicker) band. I just ordered the blue one.This product actually really does work,and it works phenomenally. I'm supposed to go to physical therapy tomorrow but I'm going to cancel, AND tell them about this product so they can recommend it to other patients. I'm also going to recommend it to my windsurfing buddies. Thanks to whoever created this fantastic product. Seriously, thank you. I've been at the point of wanting to literally cut my arms off. I was already picturing windsurfing with two titaniam arms with hooks on the end to hold the boom. (Kind of sick, but if that gives you a clue as to the pain and irritation my severe lateral epicondilitis (tennis elbow) has caused me.The ONLY other things I would recommend, in addition to these bars, are hot yoga (modified/taking it easy on arms) to get the blood flowing in the tendons/joints etc and loosen everything up- hot yoga , not regular temp yoga since the hot room makes a huge difference, and this little blue donut looking squeeze device sold at REI in the climbing section- made by black diamond. Get the donut one with hole - you squeeze and it creates resistance both squeezing and releasing the squeeze.Best of luck to all tennis/golf/fishing/windsurfing elbow folks out there. What a crappy sensation / thing to deal with. This item is your fix. Your quick, cheap, effective fix.

I have tennis elbow in my right arm and was researching ways to help at home when I came across a recommendation for this Flexbar and ordered it. I have been using it for two weeks now and my arm feels drastically better already. I like using it on both arms though because it just feels good to exercise and stretch the arms out with it. The booklet it came with gave great suggestions on how to use it. I'm glad I went with the green size because it's the perfect weight for me, anything less would have been too light, anything more probably too heavy.

The daily use of this item, in combination with other appropriate exercises, has greatly alleviated the pain associated with tendonitis and there is a definite, on going improvement over the last 3 weeks of use.

Product arrived as expected and seemed to help with the issues I was having with my elbow. I haven't used it in a while but it was okay

I've been suffering with a bad case of tennis elbow over a year now from golfing excessively. It was so bad that it hurt to use my thumb to turn on my battery powered toothbrush. The last time I had a case this bad back in the 90s, it took several months of not golfing to heal. I got a cortisone shot for the first time several weeks ago, and it did nothing but make me want to chew off my arm for next 24 hours. Out of desperation, I got on the web and started Googling for other help. Long story short, I ended up getting the green Thera-band, as well as a jar of Penetrex. I can't say which one or maybe a combination of the two is helping, but I haven't had this little pain for a very long time. I'm not willing to stop either right now to try to determine exactly what's working. It's definitely worth a shot.

This is a tool with some pretty specific purposes. For those suffering from tennis elbow, it is the only thing I've found that works those specific tendons. I've been using it a few weeks and am starting to get some relief. I'd recommend you try it out.

I bought this hoping to improve tennis elbow in my right arm. Through the use of a compression forearm band, the Thera-band exersizer, and doses of Aleve, the elbow is feeling much better. The instructions included with the Thera-band were confusing and possibly not correct, but an on-line instruction video demonstrated correct usage. I recommend it.

The softest one (green one) is way too easy to bend for an adult man or woman--maybe it is useful for someone who is terribly injured. Even my 7 year old boys find it too easy too play with. The others are ok but I found the description of the exercises recommended a bit short of my expectations. I had difficulty figuring the movements from one position to another.

The product is great, the delivery was unbelievably speedy and the price was right - what's not to like? Women may want to start with the red theraband flex bar first and move up to green. Both work for me, but the red is a lot easier to start with.

I read the NY Times article citing the thera band bar as a solution for tennis elbow and tendonitis. It works and I have strengthened my muscles around that area and the pain is gone. Amazing!

Very skeptical but my tennis elbow had kicked into high gear. Used it for about a week and now before tennis, and I'm back at it pain-free!

I've been dealing with pain in the elbow region for 3 years. At times the pain being too severe for fencing or for me to work. Although my level of pain when I started using the flex bar was low, I started feeling some relief immediately. I have only been using the flex bar for a few weeks and even have days that I feel no pain. I find using it after a work out helps a lot. I'm very pleased that something that is so simple can give me so much relief.

I've been dealing with insane tennis elbow for over a month. The pain was getting progressively worse. My friend heard about treating tennis elbow with the flex band on an NPR radio interview and told me I should check this out. $11.00 and some change later, which has been a day and a half since I received it in the mail, and my pain is completely gone and now it's so mild I don't think I can consider it pain anymore. I'm blown away. At first the exercises seemed a little awkward, but between the instructions that came with it, including the link to the video posted on the instructions, and with some practice I got it down. I've done the exercises a total of 5 times now and I can swear by this product. It seriously works. I purchased the red one and I am 39, 112 lbs, and I am a certified fitness instructor and I do a fitness bootcamp 5 days a week. The red one was suffcient to help cure my tennis elbow. I am very impressed. I had tennis elbow in both arms so I just did the exercise on both arms. If you're dealing with this pain, buy this product now!!

I developed tennis elbow this year from too much sweep rowing. The pain was intense, making me consider giving up rowing. A co-worker heard a report about the Theraband Flexbar on NPR, told me about it, and I bought it. When it arrived, I tried the tennis elbow exercise about six times during the evening. When I went to bed that night, the pain in my elbow was gone. Next morning it was still gone. Over the next few days, the gross pain in my elbow was completely gone and stayed gone, but then I noticed a lowlevel nagging pain. It had been there all the time, but was now noticeable. After almost a week, the lowlevel pain is gone. My elbow is pain free, and I am very happy. I highly recommend the Theraband Flexbar. It worked wonders for me. I continue to row.Thera-band Flexbar Hand Exerciser - Tennis Elbow Relief Bar Green Medium