Sanders Clinic Testimonials: Tennis Elbow
Tina Pyne, 44
Stay-at-home mom
Houston, TX
He (Dr. Sanders) didn't just say here's some medicine and go on. It was an overall fitness and health type of
program. He said here's the plan and here's how it works. He explained how the body works and said to get off my
tuff. He has a holistic... no... a realistic approach rather to your overall health and well being that goes far
beyond your average doctor.
I had had problems with my elbow for years. It was always aggravated when I was exercising, or gardening. It got
to the point that even picking up my young daughter, or while sleeping late at night it would hurt. Doctors I would
see encouraged cortisone for the pain and told me surgery was the only way to fix the problem for good. I tried many
pain medications, but just did not want to consider surgery.
These doctors explained that they would repair the damage using a graft from another area. Ugh! It was all very disturbing.
When I met Dr. Sanders, I absolutely did not feel he was eager to steer me towards surgery. He approached the problem
at the core - my diet and exercise. Then, he approached the weakest point of my injured arm - the wrist - and worked up
to the pain that was merely stemming from that - my elbow. He explained that diet and exercise are key to maintaining
the strength of joints, muscles and tendons. He further explained that the weak tendons in my wrist were causing the
pain in my elbow. So, he took care of the most immediate problem and put a cast on my wrist for one month to allow the
damaged tendons to heal.
He told me to work my wrist area with small weights after removing the cast and then to build my forearm area in order to
release the strain from my elbow. It was all new information to me. I don't think people realize just how much different
parts of the body can affect one another.
He also recommends a vitamin program to assist in strengthening bones - as well as a general vitamin program that I
wasn't on before. I'm working out with a trainer now on a regular basis and feel great. I am absolutely pain-free today.
It was an overall fitness and health type of program. He didn't just say here's some medicine and go on. He says here's
the plan and here's how it works. He explained how the body works and said to get off my tuff. He then inquired about any
other problems I might be having in my life - looking for deficiencies that might exist elsewhere. He looks at your overall
picture - not just the injury. He looks at your lifestyle and your diet - what you drink and eat. He's much more than an
Orthopaedic Surgeon to me. He's an informative, caring doctor who is concerned more about helping patients than getting
them out the door. I never had a doctor ask about the kinds of things I was eating on an average day, or what kind of
stress I am under. He's a real doctor.
