I found this interesting. Both elbows have started irritating me over the past month or so. Slowly ramping up in irritation. So, I went to the ortho to check them as well as a shoulder issue. Ultra sound revealed what he felt was calcium in both elbow tendons. He sent me for x-rays which I got within the hour and actually was able to go back to his office in the afternoon.

He initiated what's called Shock Wave Therapy (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy) which is sound wave technology. Basically what has been used for decades on kidney stones. It only took about 5 minutes per elbow and when the frequency was ramped up over the calcium it was a little painful. Tolerable but painful. I need to go back a few more weeks in a row but after just one treatment they do seem to be improved.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-p...y/mac-20454275

Then while researching elbow calcium I came upon this type of treatment with basically acid reflux medications:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28659055/

https://europepmc.org/article/med/33312981

Fascinating stuff so I sent the link to my Ortho so it's something to consider if the Shock Wave Therapy doesn't help as expected.

Anyway, I thought I'd share as no doubt others here have had elbow issues.

kel