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Elbow spur

Dear Doctor Stoll,
I have a sometimes painfull bone spur on the point of my elbow. The spur is visually obvious to me, causing my elbow to have a sharp point, whereas the other is rounded. The elbow gives me trouble if I lean on it, and when I do sports like cross-country skiing, mountain biking, or if I try to do pushups. The first doctor I went to said it was a bursitis and gave me about five boxes of free anti-inflammitory. The drug seemed to make some pain go away, but had no effect on the growth, and pain returned when I stopped taking the drugs. Next I went to a Sports Doctor, and he said I had a bone spur and that the only treatment was an operation to shave the bone down. I am averse to any operations and I am hoping you may know other other ways to treat bone spurs. Many thanks. p.s. I am 33 years old and generally healthy.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Elbow spur (Archive in calcium deposits.) Walt Stoll 07:09:55 5/02/01 (0)

In Reply to: Elbow spur posted by Daniel on April 30, 2001 at 04:36:55:

Hi, Daniel.

See the archives about Calcium Deposits. The new ultrasound method of dealing with all calcium deposits without surgery is there. The technology has been proven with 20+ years of success with kidney stones but surgeons are dragging their feet about this non-surgical advance.'

Let us know how you do.

Walt