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10-28-2012, 03:21 PM
Sometimes pain or discomfort in your limbs is a neck issue, and not actually an injury in the area where you're experiencing the pain. Maybe you have some kind of nerve irritation that's causing it, and the source is your spine. Sleeping in a bad position, or a poor mattress can cause it.
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10-28-2012, 09:25 PM
Alright I think I isolated it. It's right behind my elbow, where my tripcep connects to the elbow. It hurts if I massage it.
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10-29-2012, 01:00 AM
What do you mean "more than a week after I last worked out"? Are you only working out once a week? That's the problem.
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10-29-2012, 01:38 AM
Obviously, you somehow over stressed your elbow-tricep connection. Likely while lifting weights. (Sometimes it takes a week for these things to show up)
Sometimes we have so much adrenaline and testosterone flowing that we cant feel these little strains when they happen.
The usual suspects:
lifting heavy and "shocking-straining" the ligaments/tendons/muscle
failing to get a good warm up
slept with your arm in a weird position
bumped it against a girls knee during sex but didnt really feel it
"over-use" injury from weight lifting
Should go away with 1-2 weeks of rest.
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10-29-2012, 06:06 AM
Whenever I quit weight lifting for very long, I get all kinds of body pain.
I actually think that since the muscle is not getting stressed any more, it's somehow causing pain from not getting it's fix. I've lifted continually for months before with no pains during any lifting so this is how I see it.
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10-29-2012, 06:59 AM
Try the old prescription of your own forum: Apple Cider Vinegar. Mix a spoon of it with half glass of water and drink it before meals. If it does nothing, then yes, doctor.
(Last week I had a pain in my ankle and it went away with ACV)
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10-29-2012, 11:03 PM
If you're saying it's at the back of the elbow could be a few things:
If it's tender where the tricep attaches to - could be a tricep tendinopathy - have you been doing lots of dips lately?
Have you previously hyperextended the elbow or had any elbow injuries in the past?
Is there much swelling at the back of elbow?
Also don't see a general DR about these things, they don't know shit.
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10-30-2012, 01:48 AM
While we are on this topic, any way to protect and strengthen our joints? It seems like a fucking bitch of an injury that every one gets and nobody knows how to make them stronger.
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10-30-2012, 02:52 AM
Let me guess, you used to do a lot of bicep curls to increase the size of your guns?
Had the same injury. Takes a while to heal. Wear elbow supports on both arms from now on before lifting and do warm-ups/stretch before and after your lift session.
More prevalent for guys in their 30s and 40s as the body starts to slow down.
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10-30-2012, 08:00 AM
Quote: (10-30-2012 01:48 AM)malc Wrote:
While we are on this topic, any way to protect and strengthen our joints? It seems like a fucking bitch of an injury that every one gets and nobody knows how to make them stronger.
Strengthening joints is not very complicated but it is hard to do. Basically anything that causes it to bear a great load will make the joint stronger.
Curling exercises will not help to condition the elbows.
So for the elbows, handstand work, front lever work, planque progressions, and iron cross progressions.
Of the three, handstands or their barbell corollary will help you the most. To be completely honest I think that most people are not cut out for the last three. Me included so far. It's very difficult to get past the initial progressions if you're a fully grown adult.
With barbell/machine work;
the overhead press, the overhead carry, and some cable machines. With the overhead press, make sure to lock out completely (and pause).
I'm not extremely familiar with cable machines and do recommend the gymnastic route out of convenience.
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11-01-2012, 02:58 PM
Sounds like it might be triceps tendinitis:
http://www.physioadvisor.com.au/9588650/...ysioad.htm
I've dealt with this myself. You should cut out the following lifts for a few weeks:
- Flat bench press
- Dips
- Skullcrushers (the worst)
- Weighted pullups
After a few weeks of total rest start up the following exercises:
- Wide grip pushups
- Assisted dips (off a bench, with legs parallel to floor resting on another bench)
- Light weight cable tricep extensions
- Cable rows
I mostly avoid that first list of exercises these days because they aggravate my elbows. The good thing is that none of them are really indispensable, so you can substitute other exercises pretty easily.
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11-19-2012, 04:40 PM
Went to the doctor today. They did an x-ray and ultrasound. Diagnosis: tendinitis. He said it's a mild case. I'm going to do a couple sessions of PT to learn some exercises for self care.
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11-19-2012, 04:47 PM
Did you ask him what causes tendinitis?
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11-19-2012, 06:22 PM
[quote='Giovonny' pid='311616' dateline='1353361624']
Did you ask him what causes tendinitis?
*** it can be caused by many things- google tendonitis and scroll down to the orthopedics.about.com website. They have some pretty good info there, sorry I cant link to it though.