THERABAND FlexBar, Flex Bar, Physical Therapy, Tennis Elbow, Blue

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 probably have every rehab/prehab/mobility tool you can buy. Foam rollers, vibrating rollers, lacrosse balls of all sizes, peanut, pso-rite, pso-spine, massage guns, yoga blocks, scrapers, voodoo floss, cupping tools, you name it I probably have it. This thing hands down beats all of them. It comes with a handy book to visually show you what it can do, but dont forget to also check youtube as there are even more exercises you can do. If you travel and usually bring a roller or peanut, this handy bar will change your mind and you'll only be grabbing the flexbar from now on. I originally bought it just for my elbows, and I am amazed at how well it exercises and release pain in them. My elbows have never felt like this before, you can physically feel it in your elbows after doing tyler twists and similar movements, you will KNOW its working. Even if you're doing other rehab exercises for golfers or tennis elbow using different equipment you might already have in your gym, trust me nothing will maybe your elbows feel it like the Theraband Flexbar. My only regret is not buying it sooner. This is NOT a paid ad, this thing is just that good.

I've had it on and off for almost 15 years. For me, when it starts, it sticks around for months. I read about the studies that demonstrated how much faster people get better with this bar and a simple exercise. To be brief, the had to cancel the studies early for ethical reasons: the FlexBar group was doing so much better than the control group that they couldn't, in good conscience, allow the control group to continue without the FlexBar treatment. I can attest that this gets you to a place of very little pain very quickly. I've been at it about 2 weeks and I now only notice it when I stress it badly. I read some reviews on some of the other FlexBar offerings on Amazon, where people bought a resistance that wasn't right for them and regretted it. After reading and thinking about it, I decided to get red(light), green(medium), and blue(heavy). I lift weights, worked construction for a couple decades, and am just generally a little stronger than the average guy. Some others might do better with yellow/red/green(yellow being extra light). I found that the red was pretty much uselessly light for me, and spent a week on green with very rapid improvement, then went up to blue. Another interesting thing -- I have plantar fasciitis, and I bought a wooden foot roller thing, which is kinda nice, but the little booklet that comes with these also recommends them for that, and I tried it, and it is WAY better that the wooden one. The difference seems to be that the ridges on the FlexBar run longways down the bar, whereas the ridges on the wooden thing are circumferential. So, when you roll your feet across it, the wooden ridges are going parallel to your motion, while the ridges on the FlexBar are cross-wise, and that seems to do better about stretching and massaging the tendons.

It works. Used it for medial epicondylitis aka Golfer's Elbow. It's not a miracle cure so don't expect one use to heal your elbow. It still takes time and rest. Suddenly my elbow started bothering me (probably from overuse) because of constant Crossfit workouts and my regular lifting/strength training program. There wasn't a particular moment that caused my elbow pain. I refused to see the doctor though I visited a chiropractor to see if any upper back adjustments could be done in the event that the nerve was being pinched from all the way up there. Between that, daily tricep/forearm massaging, refraining from movements that cause pain, and this Theraband, my elbow is finally getting better. I would definitely recommend the blue one if you're a strong person. I do it 10-12x twice a day.

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.

The Flexbar isn't necessarily a magic bullet in all cases, but it is inexpensive and could get you past the crisis point with elbow pain. A couple of notes about applicability. [1] You'll see numerous comments here about certain colors of the flexbar being too stiff for a woman to use, or not stiff enough for a full grown man. In fact it hardly matters how big or strong you are. What matters is how badly you are injured. You might be a 250 pound bodybuilder, but if your elbow is in bad enough shape, you won't benefit from the blue flexbar. For many people it makes sense to start with the green one. If that's too painful to use, get the red one. You haven't necessarily wasted your money: after you have used the red one a while you can probably graduate to the green, and eventually the blue. If it comes to that, a complete set of flexbars is still very inexpensive compared to all those physical therapy sessions that did you absolutely no good. After you've recovered, you will have your flexbars around to help keep your arm in shape, and to loan to friends with similar issues. [2] If flexbar exercises don't seem to have helped after 2-3 weeks, or your pain actually worsens, stop and go back to your doctor. You might have a significant tear in the tendon or nearby muscle rather than the classic tennis elbow scenario of diffuse damage. It can be hard to tell just from the symptoms, without soft tissue imaging that your doctor probably wasn't willing to order at the outset. If you do have a significant tear, you might need surgery, or you might need a sling for a while to get your arm into a position where the tissue can stop being repeatedly pulled apart and finally start to knit. Only after the tear is addressed can you go back to the flexbars, which will still be a great therapy tool for your recovery.

THERABAND products--such as their FlexBars--have helped me resolve tennis elbow. And their stretch bands are priceless for fitness on the go...anytime...anywhere. Highly recommend.

Started with green, have moved on to blue. I do four exercises- twisted 180 degree clockwise and CCW, bending up into a U, and down into an arc, holding all four in position 30 seconds. Short, easy, do it any time. Surface has striations for good grip. Have increased forearm muscles and mad a significant different in my grip and arm strength. Actually the four exercises will stress arms and shoulders building them to. A really satisfying exercise….

Excellent innovative product. Simple to use and easy to carry around

Had golfer's elbow for many months. Tried massage and eccentric dumbbell exercises but no signs of improvement. Gave this a shot and after 5 weeks, I'm back to normal with no pain. I started with the blue which provides max resistance but I should probably have tried green to begin with. You should begin to notice a slight improvement after a week if you follow the exercises. I did 3 sets of 12 each day. Dumbbells don't provide the same kind of resistance that this does which is why I think it works so well. With the blue flexbar, I had to slightly modify the technique to prevent myself from developing tennis elbow in the good arm. Just pin that good elbow to your side when doing the reverse tyler twist.

PICTURES ATTACHED I don't have anything bad about to say for this product except it's high price. I bought the heaviest version straight up since I have enough confidence on my strength level and

Fantastic product. I'ma big ol' child, so doing corrective exercises to combat the stressors of adult life working 40 hours in steel toes.. is just ..plain.. is not fun. These wobbly rods are a fun way to giggle the shoulder back into its proper place! Fun to use while watching television for low impact use after a hard day. This is my second blue one. I have played around and had some really fun, ergonomic, full arm stabilizer exercises just jamming out to some music. My tip for more intense oscillation exercise: Pretend you are drumming(probably won't work for an actual drummer because they would have muscle memory for how a drum stick actually behaves), or find the rhythm and create a gryoscopic battle rope situation. I hope that description is accurate. "Gyroscopic battle rope situation", lol. Pretend you are a hard rock drummer with a full circle drum set and just feel the wobble with the rhythm- can make it as intense as you like. Getting a good wobble on these big blue ones will get difficult very quickly, but the music (and rhythmic wobble of the natural rubber) makes it so fun! Something else if both put to each side with outstretched arms. It can assist in something I believe called "fascia hopping"? I dunno.. another suggested use. It's a wobbly rod that lets you play with forces like momentum and gravity in rhythmic fashion- endless uses beyond the recommended ones.

Es un excelente producto. Me ha servido bastante para realizar ejercicios y adquirir fuerza en el antebrazo. Ideal para epicondilitis.