Man, I’m sorry to hear that. Yea, those 6 months of recovery didn’t include much exercise at all. It was PT as-prescribed and a lot of walking. Is surgery an option for you?
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I had a lot of yard work to do and that contributed to the problem. The tear I have is in a tendon that has been abused for quite a while. (it’s the mileage) and decided to go diva last year. It’s bad enough that the Tenex procedure is not guaranteed to help which is discouraging. That is considered surgery, and a larger hail Mary’ than the PRP. There is no way to replace the tendon, or to fix the tear, so I’m just managing the pain and hoping it doesn’t get worse, and trying to baby my right elbow as it was going down that hill too.
So quick answer, It’s an option, but of questionable value with a potential for badness. I was trying to be good before, and now have to ‘be gooder’
… The wife isn’t happy about having to pay for the stuff I used to do for free. 
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That’s a tough spot to be in for sure. I’ve heard of the Tennex procedure, but don’t know anyone who’s had it. I had a minor tear in my tendon, but it was way too small to operate on. Jeez, I hope you find a solution.
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Hmm… I was told that operating on the tendon wasn’t worth the effort as it would only inflame the area and tendons generally don’t heal the way other tissues do.
What’s happened is that over the years of overuse, it has had nerves and blood vessels invade the tendon tissue making it more sensitive and weaker, and it just tore. ‘Fixing it’ would mean reversing the degenerative process and removing the extra ‘junk’, this is all me paraphrasing what I’ve been told, and there are elbow replacements but they aren’t as sophisticated as knee replacements are, and so even my orthopedic surgeon who does knees and hips all the time does not do elbows, so thinking of it in totality, it appears that there isn’t much that can be done, except possibly doing the PRP again and handling the recovery process differently somehow.
It seems like I’ll just have to live with what I have, and hope like heck it doesn’t get worse. (Today, it’s hard to bend my elbow, so what the heck did I do last night? Arm wrestle a gorilla?!?! It hasn’t been this bad since pre-procedure 
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Yea, I’m no surgeon so I can only speak to what they told me about surgery on my arm, which is they couldn’t do it.
My ortho told me that some people do need 2-3 PRP treatments. Might be something to discuss with your doctor. They did recommended taking it very easy on the recovery process.
It’s so debilitating to be in pain all the time. You have my empathy.
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