TheraBand FlexBar, Tennis Elbow Therapy Bar, Relieve Tendonitis Pain & Improve Grip Strength, Resistance Bar for Golfers Elbow & Tendinitis

The hundreds of positive reviews are well earned, it works. But I can't help adding more.I had quite severe tennis elbow, and like most, didn't seek treatment for months because the closest I've ever been to a tennis court is watching Wimbledon on T.V., and I kept expecting it to heal up. My wife was ready to divorce me because I couldn't open jars or pour her coffee--although to be fair, I also was trying to use my elbow as an excuse for not doing the dishes. (The circular scrubbing motion was agonizing, you see.) But I'm sure everyone who is reading this is in the same boat as far as pain and duration of the condition, so that's not of interest. The two things I can add are these:1. If you are beginning the exercise after you've had the condition for a long time, like me, do not expect a "miracle cure." In fact, I got quite discouraged after the first week and a half, because of lack of progress. But a little more after the 2 week mark, doing 3 sets of 15 a day, I began to notice slowly diminishing soreness and stiffness, and now, after a little more than month, I have no pain flexing and extending my arm. (Its still agony to do the dishes, though!) The reason I'm confident it was the bar are the months of no change prior to starting the exercise.2. Although there is, understandably, a little uncertainty about what strength to buy, and I would recommend the medium green because of that, I think there is more leeway if you are using it for therapy. I bought the blue bar by mistake. (Saw the picture of a green bar, and didn't read the text that clearly said "blue--heavy."). But after receiving the package, and confirming the order was my mistake, I gave the blue bar a try before returning and it was fine for me, and believe me, I'm no strong man.Keep in mind that if you are buying the bar for the "Tyler Twist" for tennis elbow, you are twisting the bar with your good arm, and then you control how much you resist the untwisting with your bad arm. At the beginning, I had to let the bar turn my bad arm's hand without resisting the movement. Then, as I got stronger, I gradually increased my resistance, and by the end, I appreciated that it was a challenge. I now know I must resist the untwist.Of course, you have to be able to twist the bar with your good arm to begin with, so probably the blue one is too stiff for some people. Also, the ridges do tend to make the hands a little sore if you have to grip it hard to twist it, as I do. So that would again argue for the medum strength. But otherwise its simple design serves its purpose, and $15, while a little high for a ridged hunk of rubber, is worth it for the elbow relief.

This product is amazing. Had several cortisome shots followed by (30 days later) PRP. Extremely painful those were. The pain went away, but with a little activity the pain would come back. I tried EVERY kind of brace, cold and hot packs, massages, nothing helped. I was hurting in both elbows. Went to OTs, nothing helped. I couldn't brush my pain without pain. Then I found the flex bar. I bought the red one first. It did wonders. I was afraid to do almost anything fearing that the pain would come back. It worked great but seemed like the rubber loosened up or got weaker in strength. I had great results. I couldn'the believe it. I was pain free for awhile. Then the pain came back. I bought the blue one. It was way too wide. You need monsters paws for this one. And it's so thick that it's tough to get a workout with it. Then I bought the green one. It fits just right. The strength required is normal. It probably fits most guy's hands. I'm able to hit golf balls now. I could never do that before with the pain. The pain does come back. Not to the previous intensity bUT it's there. I pull out my green flex bar and let it do its magic. I have recommended this to at least eight people. They all love it. My father and his golfing partner for over 40 years have had tennis elbow for over 30 years. Not anymore. They golf pain free now. They were skeptics for a long time. I kept telling them. They kept refusing. Then my pops broke down and tried it. He loved it. His friend denied it for almost a year but saw my father was happy after swinging his clubs. Now he too is a believer. They are able to play tennis without pain, too. The pain will probably come after playing sports or lifting heavy stuff. All you have to do is pull out the flex bar and person the Jacob''s twist. My buddy is an OT. He says, "we have those, they're OK. Ha! It takes away business from him. Probably my best purchase from Amazon. And that says a lot.

I love this flexbar. I have been suffering off and on with golfers elbow symptoms for a couple years. I have tried lots of different things. The only thing that previously worked is laying off the pull ups, curls, and other pulling muscle activities, I did not like that option though so I eventually saw videos for this and decided to give it a try. After a couple weeks using it daily I noticed improvements, then a couple weeks later even more improvements. I am 99% pain free after a month without taking any time off training. I still continue to use it daily to be safe, but I keep it in my car and use it in there at red lights on my daily commute so it is very convenient. Thank you Flexbar!