It turns out that you can develop tennis elbow from playing too much table tennis. Start by swinging a 200g racket violently with poor form for 2-3 hours per day. Repeat month after month and voilà—(table) tennis elbow. While the prescribed remedy is rest, I can’t fathom not playing.

Instead, I take performance-enhancing ibuprofen beforehand to dull the pain and apply ice afterward to minimize the swelling. Until platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections become affordable (currently $500-$2,000 per treatment), this parsimonious quadragenarian will stick with the more cost-effective solution.