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I've been trying to learn to crack my 10' whip and although I'm trying to finesse it rather than use brute force, I think I gave myself tennis elbow. Any preventative or rehabilitative tips?

What's amusing is that I asked my doctor's assistant about it and when I told her I've been learning to "crack a whip," she thought I was joking. And again today, I mentioned it to my massage therapist and she laughed. I said, "Why does everybody laugh? I'm serious." And she laughed again.

Use the other arm?

Don't be afraid to put a little power into it. After I learned of the dangers of overtoruqing, I went the opposite way and started

undertorquing every crack. Especially on anything over 8 feet, it does take some power to give it a good crack. I know I'm going

back and forth, but don't put TOO much power, but it will take some muscle. After you get used to using it more, it will feel like

you're putting hardly anything into the crack, but it's just you getting stronger, putting about the same into it.

This is a good opportunity to learn left handed cracking ( if you haven't already ).

riku1914 wrote:This is a good opportunity to learn left handed cracking ( if you haven't already ).

I am naturally right handed, but I have noticed that I find it do much easier to crack my whip using my left hand. I'm completely mystified as to why this is, but I find it funny. Lol.

lol weird. I definitely picked it up with my left hand quicker than my right , which is only because I had already learned on my right,

but a right hander finding it easier with his left... That's very odd!

I recall reading somewhere that Harrison had injured his wrist prior to Raiders and they would not have know had they not specified a bullwhip as his weapon. and during the interview, the writer said that Harrison was rolling around a steel ball in his hand trying to strengthen his injured wrist.
I believe it is in the 'Making of......' paperback that I can't find anywhere.
so...you can try that!? but rolling your arm at the elbow instead of the wrist.

I have one of those Dyna-Flex gyro balls...

I've had tennis elbow before. It lasted about five months. I work in a medical clinic that has an orthopedic dept. and they gave me one of those straps that compresses the muscles of the forearm. Basically, your tendon is inflamed and is rubbing against the surrounding tissue causing the pain. The straps change the shape of the musculature around that tendon and relieves that pain caused by the friction. Try not to bend your arm as much as possible and if you get the strap wear it as much as you can and as tight as you can stand it without cutting off circulation. Also, stretch your wrist forward and backward, keeping your arm straight, as often as you can. Hot water beating down on the area helps a lot, too. I hope this helps you.

jlhampton

riku1914 wrote:lol weird. I definitely picked it up with my left hand quicker than my right , which is only because I had already learned on my right,

but a right hander finding it easier with his left... That's very odd!

I've always been slightly ambidextrous. There are certain things I can do better with my left than my right. My instinctual fighting stance, for example, will be a left handed (southpaw) stance, and when I go clay pigeon shooting, I aim better holding the shotgun in my left arm.