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I knit myself into a serious elbow mess a good many years ago. I really did need to slow down and give it some time to heal, but an elbow strap made all the difference. That, some serious drugs and a discipline of limiting yourself to a pre-set number of minutes should help to control the inflamation and allow your elbow to heal. For breaks from knitting I used a timer so that I actually could enjoy the knitting and allow an exteral voice announce that time was up - less cheating that way.
My guess it that you can really knit yourself into some serious trouble. I hated the idea of stopping completely so paid attention to the pain and what I was doing to mess with it.
Good luck!

I hope you feel better. I found a website with some advice that might prevent this from happening again. http://www.fuzzygalore.biz/articles/yoga.shtml -- Dan

Just went to the doctor for a routine visit and complained about my left elbow hurting. She diagnosed "tennis" elbow and promptly told me to "lay off the knitting for a while!" (she's also a knitter and knows I somtimes knit pretty intensively). She gave me an elbow strap to wear, but didn't recommend any pain meds. My knitting group meets tomorrow evening, so I may take along crochet project. Of course, I have recently power-knit a shawl for a charity auction, hurried to finish a baby blanket (the baby arrived first -- darn!), and spent two glorious days of non-stop knitting at the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat. Regrets? No way!