Dr Tony Bates

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338 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 12 Jul

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Brendan O'Connor · “Crying shows us what really matters to us” - The Power of Crying with Dr Tony Bates · 12 Jul 2026 podcast

And he said, no, just this is important.

He said, don't do more than you can cope with.

You just gently massage it.

And for as long as you can, not too painful.

And he said, I want you to do this three, four times a day.

I said, you must be joking.

That's a recipe for self-harm.

I don't want to do that.

And he said, no, trust me, you need to do this.

I said, will that take away the pain?

He said, no, not for at least a week.

And I said, you're asking me to hurt myself.

I'm not going to get immediate relief.

He said...

And he said, all the research shows us that, you know, particularly cortisone injections, they work beautifully in the moment, but people get a relapse about three months later and it's often even worse.

So he said, we're not going to go down that road.

So anyhow, I did this.

And that was about 12 years ago and I've never had tennis elbow since.

I never had that kind of agony and pain.

I remember I really learned a lot from that moment.

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