At the Wet Spot, a few months ago, I whipped my sub with my Bullwhip for a very long time.  I frequently begin a Scene with a warm up and then I introduce my Signal Whips.  I then graduate to my matched pair of "Wheeler" Signal Whips and when my sub is on an extended endorphin high, I begin to use my harder hitting Bull Whip.

I was in a Dom-trance state and everything was working just perfectly.  The whip was cracking just right, the placement of the tip was right on the target of my Lil’ One’s ass and back.  She was flying and I was in "The Zone". The scene was just right and time seemed endless.

After our Play time, a couple of hours of delicious sex in the back room completed our scene and we then wandered into the main area to say "Hi" to friends and head for home.

"Ouch"!  When I picked up my Toy Bags to carry them out to the car, my elbow suddenly began to hurt and the next day I discovered that this painful feeling was not going away.  Whip elbow, tennis elbow… whatever you call it, I had it!

An Acupuncturist I met with helped a little but a Physical Therapist helped a lot.  Mark Stockman, owner of Black Diamond Sports Therapy in Wenatchee, WA understood the interrelated causes that influence how Tennis Elbow develops and explained to me that a weak or injured Rotator Cuff will put stress on the elbow and injure the ligaments.  Mark did ultrasound treatments which helped and more importantly showed me exercises and a stretching program which would help to strengthen and heal my arm.  If you injure your elbow, ice it immediately and the very next day begin these exercises.  At the same time, these exercises will also help prevent you from getting ‘whip elbow’ in the first place.

Hold your arm straight out in front of you and pull back your palm with your fingers pointed upwards then, with your other hand, stretch them back toward your body. This stretches the tendons on the bottom of your arm.



Next, drop your hand down with your fingers pointed toward the floor and pull your hand and fingers down, focusing especially on the middle finger, back toward your body. This will stretch the tendons on the top of your forearm.  BEFORE you use a whip, warm up with these stretches every single time.

Techniques to help strengthen the Rotator Cuff are difficult to describe so please just look at the photos.  Do these exercise with a rubber tube at least three or more times a week.