We don't use pullups for anything, so I don't know.
I read all about the pin fire technique via the article and threads here for Golfer's elbow and that others have potentially used it for tennis elbow as well, but it mostly seemed that everyone that tried it and had success had golfers elbow.
I am suffering now for 5-6 months with tennis elbow. The pain not so much in the elbow but the high forearm muscles. Not bad enough to stop training, but certain exercises like front and lateral raises set it off. I want to try the pin fire method as nothing else has worked (including the theraband for a while now). Given chin-ups don't really bother me at all, but pull-ups set it off, and the goal is to set it off to cause more inflammation, am I better off using pull-ups instead of chin-ups for the pin fire method for tennis elbow, as opposed to chin-ups for golfer's elbow? Thanks so much!
We don't use pullups for anything, so I don't know.
It works for both sides of the elbow.
Why don't you just stop doing the front and lateral raises?
I’m going to give you some excellent unsolicited anecdotal advice.
1) Avoid a cortisone shot. I don’t know exactly why but I think they work great in the short run and will turn your elbow into jello in the long run. Good for multimillion dollar athletes I guess. Maybe not even.
2) If ibuprofen in a pretty good dose makes it feel better it might be an inflammation type of injury. I don’t know how it works either or if it’s a good idea. They still sell it where I live without a prescription . It’s my go to test injuries, but really, what the fuck do I know? It’s well described on this forum, somewhere.
3) Your hand muscles are extraordinarily strong in grabbing (flexIon I think). Even weaklings have crazy strong hands. Extend your hand muscles against some resistance once in awhile. Like a rubber band. A broccoli band is too hard. A newspaper band is too light ( not that they exist). A guy who can crush a potato doesn’t need equivalent extension strength. But he doesn’t need to neglect it either.
It works for me. I do it when my elbows ache and then forget to when they don’t. It’s like stretching.
(Rubber bands are sold exactly for this purpose. I’m not completely insane)
4) Don’t stop training. Ever.