I got Tennis Elbow from golfing in 2003. (pain on the outside elbow joint) I had cortisone shots 2 years in a row to at the suggestions of several people. Each time the pain came back. Then I tried acupuncture. That helped for a while as well, but the pain came back again. I wore the strap on my forearm to lower the pain while golfing. This was tolerable, but not the long term solution.I heard about the flex bar and googled it on the internet. This was over a year ago. This is the only thing that has worked for me. I have been pain free for over a year. I continue to use it occasionally as preventive medicine.

I have both golf elbow and tennis elbow in both arms, which is pretty funny considering I don't play and rarely do anything with repetitive motion. I was treated with ultrasound, localized steroids, and given the standard exercises. Only the exercises helped, but I had to do them a couple of times a day, they only provided partial relief, and if I stopped the pain came right back and it would take a week or two of exercising to get them to calm down again.I saw the article about the Tyler Twist with Flexbar in the NY Times, ordered the red one and consider it the best money I ever spent on a health care product.If you go to YouTube you can see better videos of the exercises than were available in 2009 when the Times article appeared. Just search for Theraband Flexbar. The Tyler Twist and Reverse Tyler Twist are really simple exercises - quick and very effective. And I never needed to go up to the next resistance (green). Every couple of months the elbows start to get sore, I whip out the red bar, do the exercises and two days later the pain is gone.If you have either tennis elbow or golf elbow you can't do any better than to use this product. Quick, cheap and easy - can't beat that. Thank you Theraband and Tim Tyler!

Use the Thera-Band flexbar as directed for "tennis elbow" and you should get relief as did I. Had to dig deep to find out the recommended regimen is 15 reps, three times a day. I bought both the red and the green bars, and found that either would work just fine--don't need both.

I've been suffering from golfers elbow (ME) for almost a year now and I finally went to the doctor and got some help. I started out with a cortisone shot which relieved the pain immediately and I've been working out at a physical therapy for sports injuries place. My therapist has me doing all kinds of exercises with dumb bells and other things and I had her check out the new york times article on the Tyler Twist. She agreed that this was a good idea and I'm doing the reverse Tyler Twist with reasonable results. I still have pain after playing tennis but with the Band-it and some ice I'm usually feeling good after a day or two and I'm hoping that as I continue to build arm strength that I'll recover completely. I'm sure I could be cured if I just stopped playing tennis but I don't really like that idea.

I had a mild case of tennis elbow. I had been following my physiotherapist advice for four months without any noticeable gains. I bought the Thera-band after reading an article in the New York Times. It didn't cost much and I figured I didn't have much to lose. I did the recommended exercises three times a day for two weeks and it worked. I now no longer have my mild case of tennis elbow.

As many others have mentions on this site, this product is pretty amazing for relieving tennis elbow soreness. I am 175 lb athletic male and I found the 15lb perfect for perfoming the Tyler twist. I'm talking instant relief from tennis elbow pain. I've tried the arm bands and in comparison they are waste of money for minor tennis elbow pain. Perform the Tyler twist couple times a week and no pain.

The blue flexbar is listed for heavier resistance to twisting.I am strong and athletic with only minor tennis elbow issues,and the blue has ample resistance but not too much. Strong guys... buy the blue!If you'd like to try the exercises, before buying a Flexbar,you can use a simple pool toy. I mean the long brightly colored foam tubes that arethree inches in diameter and about five feet long and cost only a couple of bucks.Cut off about a foot and give it a twist!The real Flexbar has much greater range of twist and is very heavy and appears durable.

Most people probably haven't ever heard of eccentric exercise, which is the type of exercise these bars provide. Eccentric, or "negatives" as bodybuilders call them, are basically the lowering portion of an exercise. For instance, if you lift a weight over your head and lower it, the lifting is the "concentric" part, and the lowering of the weight is the "eccentric" part.Without a doubt, this is one interesting tool you can use that will provide eccentric exercise for your wrist muscles. So what's the big deal with eccentrics? Well, there have been studies showing that when people with tendonitis conditions do just the eccentric part of an exercise, they get better. Problem is, there are tennis elbow studies specifically showing that if you do just the concentric (or lifting part) only, you get better too (Martinez-Silvestrini 2005). Therefore, eccentric exercise, as this tool most surely provides, will help tendonitis, but its far from a "magic" cure, and you can achieve the same results as doing "concentrics" with a light dumbbell.Perhaps more importantly though, people with tennis elbow need to know that resistance exercise is just ONE part of what you need to be doing to totally get rid of your tennis elbow.Studies on tennis elbow and eccentric exercise, such as the one I quoted above, had patients ALSO do stretching exercises and I know of no studies that have had people with tennis elbow do just eccentric exercise alone and they've gotten better. Therefore, suggest people with tennis elbow check out this tool, as well as books like Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow for a well-rounded program. Good luck.

I concur with the other reviewers who saw the video on the New York Times web site which demonstated how exercises with the FlexBar Exerciser can help relieve tennis elbow. I have not used the exerciser that much but it still has helped a lot. One caution, the green medium tension still requires a lot of strength to perform the twists so you may want to start with the red tension bar.

I bought all 3 resistances that these exercisers are offered in, and I highly recommend them. Follow the included instructions for excellent progressive recovery from rotator cuff (shoulder) and tennis elbow tendonitis. These were a great help in my recovery from both problems.

Some recent research has shown that flexion of the wrist extensors while being eccentrically contracted, will accelerate the healing of this repetitive injury. If you have tennis elbow, this is the first thing I would do. I have had success so far with using this for treatment. Beware, the exercise must be done exactly correct, and is easily done incorrectly. see the youtube video. search tennis elbow flexbar. the muscles should be lengthening while contracting. A good thing would be to buy one and bring it to your chiropractor or physical therapist, have them look up the video and do proper instruction. Our practice is Healing Hands Chiropractic in Gulfport MS.[...].

I got the green thera-band - was having throbbing pain prior to it. I've been using it on a daily basis. The pain is not as severe. Still have slight tennis elbow but not anywhere like before. Would recommend to those who have tennis elbow - it does help. I play about 4-5 times a week, 2-3 sets each day.

doesnt fix it completly but has helped me out alot, worth the money for sure!

This is a great product (red bar). I wish the doctor would have told me about trying exercises for tendonitis rather than just writing a prescription. The "Tyler Twist" is the exercise needed for elbow pain. The pain has backed off immensely. I would recommend trying this product.

I've tried creams, heat, cold, stretches, rest...anything to relieve my tennis elbow. I figured it was worth the money to give this a try and I'm happy I did. I've been using the green flexbar for about 2 weeks and while I'm not 100% I'm definitely feeling better with less pain, more strength, and the ability to play tennis or do other tasks without being sore for days after.

You must do the proper exercise for relief. The "Tyler Twist" is documented on other websites as used with this product.

I purchased this item after reading about it in Reader's Digest. It took me several week to get around to ordering one. It would have saved me weeks of pain if I had acted quickly. I used the exercise I found online and I have devised more on my own. I can drive all day again. Thank you whoever came up with this idea.

Very cool product. I use it for tennis elbow therapy and the Flexbar works perfectly. I'm glad I went with the Green/Medium. Seams to be a good resistance for this type of exercise.

This worked great for me, but with these provisos.1. You have to look up the Tyler Twist on Google to figure out which exercise to do. It's a specific exercise for tennis elbow that isolates and stretches the tight, tense muscle at the root of the pain. This exercise doesn't come with this product.2. The stretching helps right away, but tendons take a while to heal, so don't expect an overnight cure. Figure on at least three weeks.3. This blue is okay for fit men, but probably the green is the starting point for most people.

I have had Tennis Elbow for many years. After a week of using the Thera-Band, the Tennis Elbow has mostly disappeared. There are many other uses for the Thera-Band. Great product.