Do you have elbow pain from Disc Golf? Here's why and how to relieve it.

[@nifty95xf150x05]

Thanks for this video! What about backhanding hurting your elbow?

[@Y0ursTru1y]

Good advice on changing it up so you can still play. Getting hurt and dealing with it properly is part of life for all athletes.

[@nmnml5602]

I got tennis elbow after a few weeks of starting disc golf. I taught myself to play left handed and now I am more comfortable throwing lefty. I still have tennis elbow 2 years after first feeling it and I don't think it will ever leave.

[@nwbearcat823]

I have had elbow pain in the past. This was helpful so I know what to do moving forward.

[@gunrok1779]

When did Charlie Day start doing DG videos.. jk mang. good vid! i have elbow pain that won't go away. Thanks for the Tips. it is very difficult not to DG during heal time.

[@solbaird952]

Seth…Thanks for your video. It was so helpful in so many ways! Looking forward to seeing more of your teaching…

[@humanman]

Thank you so much for this. After a few weeks I got this, just when I was starting to get power in it. If it takes 6 months the winter will be here when I'm healed. I guess I'll start swimming or something. Having this for years is not an option.

[@johnbayer9371]

Thank you thank you!! Video is greatly appreciated. I do a lot of flicking and spin putting and noticed my elbow just hurts now, the pain goes away but every morning I wake up it's stiff and sore until it gets moving again. I can't stop playing disc golf so I'm starting to learn left handed hahah. Glad to know what I need to do to heal and prevent injury.

[@carsgates3]

How can I prevent this in the future?

[@nathanwilson7929]

Best cure is kettle bell swings. Strengthen your shoulders and wrists. Injury in elbow are often due to weakness somewhere further down the kinetic chain and the muscles around the elbow are trying to stop the strain on the joint or are being recruited to do the job your other joints cannot. I did 400 swings with at 25 lbs over 12 hours and went from not being able to close my hand without pain to almost no pain all together.

[@mikedoughtie6308]

Hey Seth, I stumbled across your channel today and now I'm a subscriber! Really really good advice and instruction for maintaining strength and health related to disc sports! I'm an ultimate player as well so I'm throwing just about every day. So glad you're sharing this info! Thanks!!

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Mike Doughtie, thanks! Glad you're finding the information beneficial. It's always interesting to find out how people stumble across my channel. Were you searching for fitness routines for disc sports specifically? I played a little ultimate in college. Loved it. Didn't play on a team. Just with friends often and took an "ultimate" college class. Thanks again for subscribing!

[@mikedoughtie6308]

Disc Golf Strong. Your video was a recommendation due to my interest in strength and fitness for ultimate as well as the many disc golf channels to which I subscribe. Thanks again!

[@flyingfishsurf]

I'm 65 and throw both backhand & forehand. I am a spin putter as well. After experiencing tendonitis in my elbow, I dropped from throwing 172gm discs down to @150gm discs. Regardless of arm health, I always stretched before & after and I always ICED when I got home. A hot tub also helps. A typical day for me is 36 holes and I average 2-3 rounds per week. With the lighter discs, my pain went away completely, distance(@300-350ft) never suffered and the wind didn't bother the drives. Now, when I throw a 170gm disc, it feels like a pig. I think throwers with elbow pain should consider THROWING LIGHTER DISCS. My spin putts never bothered my elbow & I love throwing 'circle two' putts hard at the chains. I've always thrown lightweight @160gm putters because they reminded me of freestyle discs. (Sometimes the big winds can affect those).

[@DiscGolfStrong]

flyingfishsurf, thanks for the comment! Glad to hear your elbow pain went away. Sounds like you had a good combo routine that attacked it from many angles. Interesting to hear your experience with lighter discs. Sounds like that was definitely the right direction for you to take.

[@discgolfninja9679]

flyingfishsurf yeah buddy! ive always only thrown max weight, but the pain has me thinking about lighter discs too🏃🌕🔱

[@bomboy7]

Solid ideas. I’m going to try it! I think throwing lower speed discs could help as well.

[@do7810125]

I had what I thought was tennis elbow thing when playing disk golf but I hapily found I out it was largly carpal tunnel sydrome while discussing it with my doctor. He arranged for me to get a simple procedure called a "carpal tunnel realease" and the pain isn't 100% gone but it's 90% better. It was totally covered by insurance becasue its considered a work related type problem.

[@natebell4764]

Thanks for the vid. Can you use a counter force strap when ever you play as a preventive measure? I was getting a little pain and started using the strap and easing up now I don't have any trouble.

[@brandonwoodworth]

Love your content can u maybe talk about hypertension like a hyperextended elbow cause I have a hyperextended elbow right now and I have had a few times so i hope u can talk about how to prevent it and how to help and long term effects if it keeps happening thank you.

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Hey Brandon! Thanks! Glad you're enjoying them. I will definitely get a video up soon about elbow hyperextension and ways to prevent it. Thanks for subscribing!

[@veb81fc8]

Hi. First off all I want to tell that this chanel is great and I find your tips super usefull. I'd like to ask if you have some recomendations for wrist pain. I have one in my right hand for a long time and I belive it coused by playing disc golf, I play RHBH. Thanks in advance.

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Hi Lukasz! Glad you are finding the tips useful! If there is any inflammation in the wrist, than resting it for a bit would be very helpful. I would try working on your grip strength and see if that helps. If that doesn't help, then seeing a Doctor would be the next best step.

[@Flakzor123]

Rest and time for sure, anyone who previously overloaded their elbow in this fashion should probably get stretching and self-massage into their future routine as a preventive measure against relapse or just aid recovery somewhat. If you have the opportunity and know a good massage therapist it can be a great help in sorting out the problem. (I go to one a few times a year who also happens to be a physical therapist, great combo.)

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Hey Henrik! A good massage therapist can definitely be a great thing. Even better if they are a PT as well!

[@haleygarner4667]

My husband and I both have tennis elbow from time to time. But he also has bone spurs in the top side of his elbow. Is there anything besides surgery that can help with that pain? And is surgery the only option? Thanks so much for your videos! They’ve been extremely helpful!

[@discgolfninja9679]

thanks bud. ive been playing along time. i throw 400' rhbh and 475' rhfh and i almost always get elbow pain. the only thing that helps me is rest, tons of fruits and veggies and a gallon of water daily.

[@michaelnevins5820]

I have tennis elbow but not caused by disc golf. I am a deli worker and have to lift heavy fryer baskets. My pain started in the off season (winter). Its been 4 months of pain. I have not disc golfed this year because of it.

[@Lankybrit52]

Hi, I got elbow pain just throwing backhands and backhand upshot’s in the field yesterday. I’m sure it’s the golfers kind on the inside. I played today and it didn’t hurt today. Should I stop playing?

[@Mindy-s-channel]

I've had that elbow pain for a while due in part from my work (ultrasound tech) and I have a dog that is Frisbee crazy. I have to work so I can't avoid all irritations to my elbow but I've had a lot of relief from wearing a wrist brace. I can even throw the Frisbee pain free with the brace. nice video

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Bummer to hear about the elbow pain. It’s definitely tough when the duties of your job can irritate the elbow. Glad to hear the brace is helping you find some relief. Thanks for watching!

[@kellywilliams3715]

To get over pain, build up your elbow with use but not abuse. Even the bones themselves can adapt their shape and size to loads over time (look up research on baseball pitchers' arms). But don't push it so hard as to cause chronic pain; like Seth says, rest up if you do - you'll come back stronger.

[@kevindonn10]

Mine appears to be tricep tendinitis. Are your treatment recommendations the same that condition? I'm 51 and began spin putting this spring and have gotten a lot of repetition in over the recent months.

[@Jo-oo1mx]

I recently got into disc golf and love it. But got golfers elbow in the first week. Damnit lol

[@johanlindhe7378]

My elbow problem from drives and putts is a bit different. I started with doing hard drives and I used my arm to power it and flung my arm over so the elbow bent the wrong way and the bones on the outside of the elbow hit each other hard! I stopped doing that like almost a year ago because I got better technique with my drives. I do however still have some pain and am a bit swollen and my putts still sometimes make my elbow bend over backwards and make my bones hit each other...

[@ryanmccullough5525]

Hey DGS I am curious if you have any advise for wrist pain. I have been diagnosed with De Quervains Tenosynovitus since I’ve started playing DG. I feel like you touched on the repetitive strain injury and resting. Do you have any exercises that might assist with wrist strength?

[@adamphillips6200]

What about on the inside of the elbow? Like in the crease between forearm and bicep

[@jon-patmyers5792]

nice again! just subscribed and due to a hit and run accicdent some months back I busted my elbow and ripped the tendons and ligaments in my wrist. Busy recovering but still really sore elbow especially on F/h drives. Trying to get my extension and flexibility back. I find flex shots hurt more for some reason and low flip releases less so. Im still getting out to about 100m max but dont want to damage further. Any tips for safe stretching? thanks in advance.

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Hey Jon-Pat, sorry to hear about the accident! It can take a while to recover from an injury like that. Definintely work on building up strength and stability in the muscles around the elbow and wrist. If you have something heavy lying around that you can pick up and hold with one hand, then try picking it up and holding it for as long as you can. That will help build up grip strength, which will be very important in your recovery. Hope that helps! I'll get more videos up in the near future about this topic.

[@jon-patmyers5792]

Disc Golf Strong thanks.. working with a dumbell. just fyi..my arm is like 30% better in only a week as i have been doing these excercises! thanks again.

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Excellent! Glad to hear.

[@RoboticDragon]

Man I have had this for 3 years now, I have taken months off. Played about 6-12 games through the spring and summer, and it still causes me issues. I am ready to retire.

[@Hotshotben]

Thanks for that video

[@themusketeer9458]

Me and my friends get elbow pain that last the entiee day if we throw 5 forehand throws. Thats all it takes, so it seems like alot of the guys here on youtube seem to think the people complaining about hurting their elbow are simply over doing it, but it obviously is some technique fault from us beginners. I can throw backhand all day no problem, but if i do 3-5 forehand throws, my elbow hurts straight away, same as my friends..

[@MrAndyroy33]

Have you ever tried the theraband flexbar for combatting these two conditions as a preventitive measure before you develop these issues? if so how effective do you find them?

[@oldDNU]

Andy Hall I did for (non-DG related) tennis elbow a few years ago and the pain went away after 2-3 weeks (I had been dealing with it for months at that point. Dealing with some golfer’s elbow now directly caused by DG. Hoping the theraband works its magic again

[@klohs3340]

what about pain closer to bicep ? I've dealt with knuckle pain as well any tips on that?

[@brandonsartorius7194]

This is an old video but hopefully you see this, what if the pain is coming from the middle of my elbow. Specifically when if I snap my elbow straight?

[@IcedFire79]

So I literally just started playing about 2 weeks ago and I am already experiencing pain in the elbow and the shoulder. Is this do to my body just getting used to a different movement or is this actually like tennis elbow or something like that like you guys are saying

[@firacingast]

For the record, I'm not a physical therapist or anything of that nature. I'm just gonna give you my experience when I first started disc golf. I had pain my elbow and my shoulder. After doing more research into discs, throwing techniques etc. I realized a lot of my issue was I focused heavily on power over form. You can throw powerful throws and get good distance without tearing your elbow and shoulder to shreds so long as you have good technique. Practice this in an open field by slowly driving your force up. Secondly, look at the weight of your discs. They might be heavier than recommended for new players. Generally discs only vary in weight by 10-15g (about 160-175g) so I'm not going to recommend you get new lighter discs. What I will say is that keep in mind that you're working with a heavier set of discs and thus putting more strain on your elbow and shoulder to throw them... When you notice the pain STOP playing for a few days until it subsides. Just like going to the gym, you're working muscles when you throw a frisbee golf disc and they need to recover. Take a BCAA or protein supplement to strengthen the muscles and curb your recovery time. When you return to playing, make sure you properly stretch and warm your body up. A good addition to my warmup stretching that I do is pushups. I take my previous performance at the course and how ever many over par I ended up I do in push ups to increase my heart rate and get blood and oxygen flowing to my muscles. This helps reduce any chance I overexert myself and end up damaging my body and honestly this is the piece of advice that has provided the biggest benefit to me personally! I know your comment is over a year old and you're probably well past the issues, but for anyone else seeing this comment and dealing with the same issues now, best wishes!

[@nordicdiscgolferatrumble9430]

I dont hurt my outer elbow, but I hurt my inner elbow (the arm fold) when throwing BH and straighten my arm too harsch during the rip. Any advice?

[@sgouletas1]

Have you heard of guys like me that have hurt their shoulder from too much push putting? Any other advice in addition to Time, Rest and Ice regularly?

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Hey Steven, I've definitely heard of shoulder issues arising from too much push putting. When push putting, we are essentially doing a front shoulder raise. If the shoulder joint (glenohumeral joint) doesn't move properly when raising the arm (flexion), the tendons and ligament at the top of the arm bone (humerus) can get pinched between the arm bone and the shoulder joint. This is called a shoulder impingement. It is very common. I would focus on improving your shoulder range of motion, strengthening your shoulder stabilizers, and your shoulder blade (scapula) stability as well. On my website, www.discgolfstrong.com, you can download a free warm up e-book. You also receive a free jump start program as well. Implementing what's in those e-books will definitely get you headed in the right direction. If the pain increases or doesn't get better over time, I would definitely recommend being seen by a physical therapist or chiro to assess your shoulder joint.

[@sgouletas1]

Thanks for the all the help. It is better now but I want to avoid having to take months off again by following your advice. Thanks again!

[@itsgoingtobedone]

I have not elbow pain but shoulder pain can you help!?

[@sgouletas1]

I assume the advide for Spin Elbow is the exact same as for Forehand Elbow?

[@DiscGolfStrong]

Indeed!

[@bradleybyrd7899]

I throw backhand and push put. I’m getting same pain

[@steveackerman5066]

I’m currently experiencing this elbow pain. Thank you for the tips! Would you be able to provide links for your other videos that show more stretches?

[@HaikesXO]

Rice... pretty much applies to every injury.

[@wisherb1]

I'm confused, so the answer to my elbow hurts is stop doing it? I guess I'm going to start throwing with my left hand instead of using a flick.

[@stevenfaulkenberry5156]

all you need to heal tendonitis (tennis elbow) are ultra sound treatments. mendmeshop.com sells little home ultra sound kits for around 200. i bought mine in 2012 used it and my tennis elbow didn't flare back up for 5 years. problem healed. just buy yourself one. it treats dozens of problems. you'll be glad you did. have a good game.

[@DaveWiebelhaus]

just get a flexbar and use it regularly

[@Oeugh]

I dont know what to do, ive been playing disc golf for 2 years now and the last two weeks have been just absolute pain. Everytime i throw the disc i dislocate my elbow. Then i rest for a while and not throw and try to relieve it that way. It doesnt hurt after a while but when i throw again i hear a snap and feel hella pain. Would be appreciated if someone could help me.

[@DiscGolfStrong]

m Y b R o D d A s K n O w De WaE Bummer to hear about the pain and elbow dislocations. I would definitely say it sounds like you need to rest it longer and strengthen the muscles of your shoulder and arm. Shoulder taps are a great place to start. I would also HIGHLY recommend you get your elbow evaluated by a medical professional such as a Physical Therapist, Sports Dr, or Sports Chiro. They would do a hands-on eval of your elbow joint, which I would suggest you absolutely need. Hope you find some relief soon!

[@Oeugh]

Disc Golf Strong Thank you so much :)

[@SHDiscGolf]

Ouch... stop doing forehand :(

[@kevinjames9716]

stop flicking start backhanding.

[@valttimartti]

oooor go lefty :D

[@discgolfninja9679]

Alexander Laukkanen i actually did this a few times. the worst i ever played lolz

[@discgolfninja9679]

kevin James im trying but my rhfh goes further

[@AlphaDork101]

There is no Audio!

[@bethestandardallday]

Long video to say rest and ice... acupuncture and manual therapy.

[@AlphaDork101]

DUDE! There is no audio!!! WTF!!!

[@DiscGolfStrong]

AlphaDork101 hey there! Not sure what’s going on, but I checked the video on both mobile and desktop and the audio works on both.