I'm suffering from "photographer's elbow."

[Josh66]

I get that from spending too much time in front of the computer.

 

[gsgary]

check up with your doctor!

Yes, understood, but I'm wondering if this is a common problem among photographers.

Only Porno Photographers.

By the way, It's not cheating if you switch "Holding Methods." :mrgreen: :lmao:

But don't grip it too tightly

 

[jwbryson1]

Is that what they mean when they say "gripped" in the description of their camera?

 

[bhop]

It's happened to me. D200 + grip + 70-200, shooting some racing for close to 8 hours. It's hard for me to pan fast cars smoothly with a monopod.. My elbow hurt for nearly a month. It's the same injury as tennis elbow, so treatment will be the same.

 

[12sndsgood]

depends on the person I think. ive got horrible back issues and shin issues so just shooting for a couple hours yesterday was killing my shins standing and kneeling as i was shooting a bunch of ferrarri's.

 

[imagemaker46]

I also have a very good physiotherapist that repairs me when I get broken.

 

[DiskoJoe]

My elbow on my right arm has been hurting when I left even moderately heavy objects for the past month or 2. I thought I had injured it doing yardwork but yesterday when I lifted my D90 + 18-200mm lens which is the heaviest set up I own, it really hurt.

Could I be suffering from photographer's elbow? Does that even exist like tennis elbow? I don't really spend an inordinate amount of time carrying my camera so I am a bit bewildered.

How do I fix it? I've been wearing one of those stretchy velcro elbow braces daily for a few week and it has not helped. :scratch:

You just pulled a muscle. Take some advil and give it a few weeks. When my arm hurts a lot I use wrist bands to keep pressure on the area that is pulled. They work better then the velcro braces for me and are cheaper.

 

[imagemaker46]

My elbow on my right arm has been hurting when I left even moderately heavy objects for the past month or 2. I thought I had injured it doing yardwork but yesterday when I lifted my D90 + 18-200mm lens which is the heaviest set up I own, it really hurt.

Could I be suffering from photographer's elbow? Does that even exist like tennis elbow? I don't really spend an inordinate amount of time carrying my camera so I am a bit bewildered.

How do I fix it? I've been wearing one of those stretchy velcro elbow braces daily for a few week and it has not helped. :scratch:

You just pulled a muscle. Take some advil and give it a few weeks. When my arm hurts a lot I use wrist bands to keep pressure on the area that is pulled. They work better then the velcro braces for me and are cheaper.

It can be muscle related but usually it's the tendons that cause the pain around the elbow. Depends if the pain is on the inside of the elbow or the outside, ice it and rest it, and if it doesn't get better talk to a sports physiotherapist and not the family doctor.

 

[ChristianGrattan]

I have had this type of problem before, and have seen it with other photographers. I get pain in my forearm below the elbow from gripping the camera.

I got rid of most of it with a 1 1/2 hour massage. I have seen massage work for friends with the same problem. If you can go to an acupressure or a Chi Gong place that would be the best. Just have them work you out. Also you can ask an acupuncturist if they do massage. It will hurt, but in a couple of days you should be better.

 

[o hey tyler]

Get you some Bengay, dogg.

 

[HughGuessWho]

Get you some Bengay, dogg.

Or a shot and a beer!!

 

[Jaemie]

It might be a tumor.

 

[pdf]

Hi,
I was suffering from Tennis elbow too.
Check my story out which i just posted on my blog.
http://freddy.vemma.com
Kind Regards
Freddy

My elbow on my right arm has been hurting when I left even moderately heavy objects for the past month or 2. I thought I had injured it doing yardwork but yesterday when I lifted my D90 + 18-200mm lens which is the heaviest set up I own, it really hurt.

Could I be suffering from photographer's elbow? Does that even exist like tennis elbow? I don't really spend an inordinate amount of time carrying my camera so I am a bit bewildered.

How do I fix it? I've been wearing one of those stretchy velcro elbow braces daily for a few week and it has not helped. :scratch:

 

[pdf]

Hi,
I was suffering from Tennis elbow too.
Check my story out which i just posted on my blog.
http://freddy.vemma.com
Kind Regards
Freddy

 

[rokvi]

Ya'll need to lift some weights, then a little thing like holding a camera wont hurt so much.



jks but exercise will help.