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I stopped watching about 45 seconds in after he asks the guy if he plays golf or tennis and the answer is no "so it can't be golf or tennis elbow it must be some sort of itis" so I can't really comment on technique they use. It may work as you suggest but I get turned off when they start a pitch like they are snake oil salesmen.

Tennis elbow is just a common name for lateral epicondylitis and has nothing to do with whether one plays tennis/golf or not but a result of using the muscles in that are to grip, carry and twist.

From what I understand from talking to my physio friends this is generally the type of injury that you can rehab at home after a mere 2 or 3 sessions with a physiotherapist to make sure you are doing the exercises correctly. Note that while I do not have tennis elbow I do have chronic patellar tendonitis and had a similar issue to what you suggest. Tendon massage, strength exercises, and mobility exercises were the order of the day and I was able to do those at home (and still do). It was chronic so it literally took months to get significantly better.


edit: having looked a bit more into voodoo bands and especially the patellar tendonitis video they are really a variation of a product that is known and has been sold in stores for years and years....a Cho Pat strap. For the knee they do work to remove a good chunk of the pain when exercising while you rehab the injury. It sort of squishes out the tendow where it joins the muscle and distributes the impact across a greater area. It thus reduce the irritation so you don't get the post exercise inflammation and can then get to work on improving the fitness in the area with rehab exercises.