Features:

  • TheraBand FlexBar Red is ideal for those suffering from tennis elbow pain and looking to increase flexibility and range of motion
  • Clinically researched and proven to reduce elbow pain by 81% and increase strength in the tendons by 72% in tennis elbow patients, Tyler Twist with FlexBar is simple and works
  • Ridged design is easy to grip, twist and oscillate for elbow, wrist, forearm and hand rehabilitation and upper extremity strengthening, lateral epicondylitis therapy
  • FlexBar is portable and convenient exercise, rehab, and injury prevention equipment, packaging includes detailed exercise instructions
  • 12” long, 1 1/2” diameter, made from dry natural rubber, takes 10 pounds of force to bend to a U-shape
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I have been struggling with tennis elbow for years. It wasn't too bad until last November when I bowled and did something awful (not sure what, as I have bowled a couple times over the past several years w/no trouble....). It got so bad and started to radiate down my arm. Thought I'd give the Flex Bar a try. Cheap and easy option. THIS THING WORKS!!!!!! I honestly only do it a few times a day and within a couple days the pain was almost non existent! Mind blown and heart/arm happy! Sure hope this can fix the whole problem - time will tell. :)

Excellent for muscle tone!

I really am impressed with the TheraBand FlexBar. I recently had a hip replacement and was in a physical rehab facility. There they not only gave me physical therapy, they gave me occupational therapy also. It was there that I was introduced to the TheraBand FlexBar. My occupational therapist worked with me to build up my muscles in my arms and then suggested that when I returned home I should buy the exerciser from Amazon. I did and I love it! My muscles have responded to the exercise that I do with it and I feel stronger every day. It’s an excellent product at a decent price. Thank you, Amazon!

If only everything in life was a simple as finding the perfect cure on Amazon?

This bar gave me my life back after a one time workout gave me tennis elbow. No one believed my injury was actually tennis elbow, but I could barely bend my arms to pick up the phone at work. After some rest I found this product and watched a couple Youtube videos and started using this and stuck with two main exercises from the videos. A couple weeks of doing it 2x a day, then 1x a day and now after a couple months I just maintain by doing it like once a week and I'm PAIN FREE. I don't do the workout class that gave me the injury in the first place, but I am able to work out 4 x a week pain free and truly am so thankful to this bar for giving me my life back so easily. Just be mindful of the muscles you are using as you do it, and go slow, thats the only way to target and strengthen the correct areas. If only everything in life was a simple as finding the perfect cure on Amazon?

This is just "What the doctor ordered," so-to-speak...

I feel a little "weird" about writing a review about what amounts to be what is simply a rubber "stick," and an overpriced one at that (Although ALL of these are over-priced with this one being the most affordable) but I am because the thing just WORKS! So I guess I should explain why I bought this. Years ago I wrecked my neck wrestling; concussion, blackout, pinched nerve. But it was survivable and I didn't exactly seek out surgery and such. However, while it got better it never came back and that dang pinched nerve still remains. So jump some 45 years later (Gads, has it really been THAT long? Ouch!) it's flared up and affects my right side, from neck to foot. Now, we're not talking CRITICAL here, but when it got to the point that I can't pick up a cup of coffee, well, time to "take action!" (Do you hear the resounding blare of trumpets in the background?) These are generally sold to help with "Tennis elbow," but that's just one aspect they can help with. So, my "call-to-action" was to try out some form of light therapy which led me to try this. I figured it was a good place to start and I ordered, from another vendor, the "green" version of this, what they generally call "medium." I guess pride drove that decision given I have a very long athletic history including karate, weights, heavy weights, jogging, tennis, so on. Well, the green one brought me to admit I should'a put my pride aside -- it was a bit to hard and painful -- and bite the proverbial bullet and try a red one, "light." (Sniff...) At this point lemme do a slight comparison between the green and red ones. The green is thicker, of course, and "harder" to twist and bend. As said, in my case I had to admit, I needed a lighter one and working out just great (More on that later.) And also, the green one, from another vendor, cost more, and came just wrapped in plastic with a label; no booklet nor instructions. THIS one, the red one from this vendor was less expensive and contained some pretty impressive (for such a simple product) instructions, one with color pictures and explanations of the product, and an illustrated booklet showing a dozen or so different exercises that can be done with it, many of which I'd never thought of. So now, to finish this review off I'll first say this vendor and this "Thera-Band" product is impressive and clearly better supported than the other "stick" I bought (Although the other stick is fine in and of itself, but clearly the Thera-band developers put more pride and care in the product they're selling.) But does it WORK? Well, while to early to state definitively, I believe so. Hey, after just a week or so (Longer if I include using the green stick) I actually NOW can drink that cup of coffee with my right hand, so I guess it passes the "coffee test!" In time I believe I'll outgrow this red one and move to the green stick (And one Youtube video said a beginner should, as a generalization start with a lighter stick and move up so according to that advice (and common sense) that's the right move. After that, assuming this works as I expect, I'll forego these entirely and move back to weights. "Baby steps," I know, but I honestly think these sticks are what was called for for me to use. (And one last thing. The instructions/description says the equivalent "weight" supplied by the different colors are 10lbs for the red ones and 15 lbs for the green -- the green sticks never applied actual NUMBERS to these products and that does make some sense given elastic materials don't really provide "weight" per-se, but it's still nice to get some quantitative guides.) So, obviously my vote is "RECOMMENDED."

It seems to being helping a LOT and with my new brace, I actually have the range of motion to do these exercises.

First of all, I HIGHLY recommend watching the youtube video from Dr. Daniel Bockmann before you use it! The bar seems to be helping a lot. I'm also using it in conjunction with the DashSport copper sleeve and tennis elbow brace. So, I can't rightly say which is helping most, but it seems to me that they both seem to be working really good. The brace relieves the pain and I instantly had almost full range of motion back. If you don't already have a brace, I would highly recommend getting one.

Allowed me to continue weight lifting

Developed tennis elbow due to an ego issue (ie too much weight on my curls) and developed this constant aching pain and hardly any ability to do biceps curls, especially the eccentric part. And it impacted back and shoulder stuff too. I was told to just stop lifting until it went away. Instead I bought this and it was back in the gym immediately. I don't use this as often as I should, instead I do it between sets when working upper body. I do look like an idiot at the gym, but it makes a huge difference. For reference I'm female, 5'2" about 112, pretty strong for my size and the red works perfectly. I bought the green too but it was too much resistance (for me) and made the pain worse.

IT WORKS, AMAZING

This was the only thing that I found that worked with my Tennis Elbow. I got a red and a green one. Started with the red and worked into the green one, I tried all the you tube videos, tried resting it for weeks, braces, arm bands, nothing worked for 10 weeks until I found these rubber tubes. I could feel the difference in less than a week, it has been 3 weeks since I started using the sticks and I am about 90 percent healed. Also to add about the exercise, the muscle in my forearm got much stronger.

Tired of requiring two hands to lift a glass?

Have been suffering with tennis elbow for eight months. ONE exercise session doing the Tyler Twist and the pain receded by around 50%! By the SECOND DAY the pain had all but disappeared! Still have a slight bit of ache and occasional stiffness, but after a quick exercise session things feel better, and I've been using it for only a week, so I'm sure I'll be able to eliminate the pain fully, given time. I also use the bar to roll over the top of my arm, to try to relieve the sore, achy, bunched muscles, and that has also worked amazingly. Now I'm going after both hands with exercises to specifically target carpal tunnel syndrome. Since that's been bothering me for many years I'm not expecting overnight results, but I'm willing to bet it'll make a difference here, too. I've been rolling the bar across the tops of my hands and wrists - all the way out to the tips of my fingers - (as well as the palms and the bottom and sides of my wrists) and after a week of this the tops of my hands and wrists and fingers are far less sore and sensitive to the rolling bar. It actually feels kind of great, like a lovely massage that relieves tension you didn't even realize you were storing in your body. Don't hesitate! Buy this! You could be feeling SO much better very quickly! The novelty of being able to lift a glass one handed after all these months is not going to get old!

It Worked for Me!

This product was recommended by a tennis friend. I bought one to use for my Golfer's Elbow (medial) which had kept me off the court for two months. Resting, braces, nothing really had helped. I followed the YouTube video by Jamie Dreyer and had great success in healing my arm. Also, I researched "arm friendly" racquets, bought one, and am now playing with no pain at all. I have recommended this item, or the green one with more resistance, to several others. It worked for me.

This REALLY alleviates tendinitis in the elbow. Amazing!

I've had really bad tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) for years. It got to the point where my tendinitis was so acute, that I couldn't open doors or twist open water bottles. I saw two surgeons and endured years of physical therapy, but improvements were marginal. When this was recommended by a third doctor, I really didn't believe it would help at all; I thought it was just another dumb gimmick. Boy, was I wrong! This product has really reduced the chronic pain and strengthened my arm; it's amazing. I was advised to do three sets of five and when I started, I couldn't even do a single one. After persisting a few days, I felt the pain subside and within two weeks, my arm started to improve rapidly. I now do my exercises religiously and they make a huge difference! I have since shared it with other tennis and pickle ball players and they're converts, too. I wish I had known about this years ago! The ridges can give you blisters, so I found it helps to wear workout gloves to do my three sets of five exercises daily. Watch the Theraband flexbar video on YouTube to see how it is done. Your elbows will thank you!

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