God bless my wife, she also had been spreading the word and happened to chat with an old college friend who claimed to be pain-free after years of elbow pain. Neither one of us knew him all that well so we couldn’t tell if he was pain-free because he had not returned to normal activity, but anything to delay surgery was appealing.
His recommendation was a very specific treatment and a very specific doctor of sorts. I never did find out if Dr. Mike had a real medical degree. He did have some official looking certificate from Stanford on his wall next to an acupuncture chart and a very interesting theory of pain. He immediately declared that medial epicondylitis was absolutely the wrong diagnosis – instead he said it was epicondylosis. A pretty eccentric guy who claimed to combine western and eastern techniques, we started a journey together that would last 3 months, once a week and a check for $150 each time. For 90 minutes I would be put through TENS, microcurrent, acupuncture and massage. On top of all that, Dr. Mike said I need to be mindful of my stress and mind – not so easy to do when your elbow is flaring all day long…
After 3 demoralizing months and no improvement, I was at a dead end. I was ready to accept pain as part of my life. It wasn't like I hadn't tried and looked under every rock for a solution. And it was in that moment of surrender that by chance I discovered the secrets that melted away 3 years of elbow pain. If you've followed the journey this far, keep going you're almost at the end. But like me, if you're finally had it with unsuccessful treatments, click here to jump to the all-natural, 11 minutes a day method that allowed me to go from chronic pain to pain-free in less than 2 weeks.