The popular Tyler Twist exercise for tennis elbow with the FlexBar was recently featured in a story on National Public Radio (NPR). Reporter Allison Aubrey featured physical therapist Barton Bishop at Sport and Spine Rehab in Rockville, Maryland instructing a patient in the exercise. In the interview, Dr. Bishop helped demonstrate the exercise with his [...]
January 14, 2011 – 7:01 am
Last week, I asked you to rank your favorite Top Blog Post of 2010….and we had a tie! Not surprisingly, the posts about Tim Tyler’s FlexBar exercises for tennis elbow and golfers elbow were the top vote-getters from our readers. The “Tyler Twist” has helped hundreds of people with tennis elbow based on the numerous [...]
December 23, 2010 – 3:52 am
The “Tyler Twist” has gained quite a bit of attention since it was introduced last year at the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine meeting; but you probably already know that if you follow the Academy blog! The novel exercise using the Thera-Band® FlexBar® for tennis elbow (i.e., “lateral epicondylosis”) was developed and researched by [...]
September 16, 2010 – 5:00 am
I’m proud to announce that the North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy has just published my review paper on the “Tyler Twist” outcome study. The Tyler et al. study was just published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Download my review article here (requires free registration to the Academy). The article not [...]
September 8, 2010 – 2:16 am
Akron, Ohio – September 8, 2010 – A simple and novel exercise using the Thera-Band® FlexBar® has been found to be effective at reducing the pain associated with chronic lateral epicondylitis — a.k.a. tennis elbow. Two recent studies support the effectiveness of this inexpensive treatment. The first study, published in the September 2010 issue of [...]
August 26, 2010 – 1:31 pm
Tim Tyler’s study on the novel FlexBar® exercise for tennis elbow has been published in this month’s Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Congratulations to Tim and his co-authors! Their study using the “Tyler Twist” exercise for patients with tennis elbow showed significant improvements over tradition treatment. The study has been featured in the New York [...]
The “Tyler Twist” using the Thera-Band FlexBar continues to receive lots of media coverage. The novel tennis elbow exercise, developed by Tim Tyler, PT ATC in New York, has been shown effective at reducing the symptoms of tennis elbow. The May 2010 issue of Health Magazine featured the “Do it yourself cure” The May 15, [...]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB3TVb8a5mk] Note: the ‘unwinding’ portion of the exercises should be performed very slowly, for 5 seconds.
August 26, 2009 – 10:36 am
The New York Times ran a story on the “Tyler Twist” exercise using the Thera-Band FlexBar on August 25, 2009. A recent study found this novel FlexBar exercise led to significant improvements in tennis elbow patients compared to traditional treatment. Lead researcher Tim Tyler, PT ATC was quoted in the article saying, “We couldn’t believe how [...]
August 12, 2009 – 1:20 am
Tim Tyler PT, ATC from Pro Sports PT in Scarsdale New York, investigated a novel exercise using the Thera-Band® FlexBar for tennis elbow. “We know that eccentric exercise is very effective at treating tendinopathies such as tennis elbow,” said Tyler. His exercise, the “Tyler Twist” involves eccentric wrist extension, and was easily performed at home [...]
