Elbow tendonitis and forearm tightness...

[LK3]

I couldn't carry a wine btl for more than a block or so in my right hand for a while, now zero pain since back on curcumin!

 

[Mickey23]

did you elbow gradually start to hurt over time or was there a sudden movement that kicked off the whole process??

my last bout of tennis/golfers (mine was actually golfers) elbow i was able to heal it using a flex bar. in a nutshell you are healing and re-building using negatives.

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Hmmm, interesting. I've never seen that before. I'll check it out. I hurt my right elbow doing curls one day 2 years ago. Boom, a sharp pain shot down my arm. The left one came on gradually over time.

 

[p-lethal]

Hmmm, interesting. I've never seen that before. I'll check it out. I hurt my right elbow doing curls one day 2 years ago. Boom, a sharp pain shot down my arm. The left one came on gradually over time.

not to scare you but something similar happened to me a few years back. was doing underhand pull ups when i noticed quick twinge in my elbow. went to multiple specialists, mri's, etc and was diagnosed with elbow tendinitis. well after a year of going through therapy (art, rehab, etc.) and being fed-up i had my doc go in and low and behold i had a tear that needed repair. six months later all is good.

ive had 4 total surgeries (both elbows and shoulders) and ever damn one started with a quick twinge/shooting pain. when i truly get tendinitis it comes from overuse and is resolvable using standard protocols.

 

[astral_essence]

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Hey bud,

Had tendonitis come on from year of doing heavy overhead extensions and such. Stopped those exercises and the tendonitis slowly went away.


However recently the tendonitis came back in one elbow. Could not figure it out for a while as to why this was happening since I had eliminated those exercises a while back. Then I realized that just like you I had been curling my arm up when I sleep and it was only one arm because I predominantly sleep on my left side so it was just my left elbow. Forced my self to keep my arm stretched out to the side of me while I sleep and after a couple months the elbow is almost back to 100%.

So maybe you can try that in addition to some of the tips others have provided if that is indeed the root cause.

AE

Anyone else consistently have problems with elbow tendonitis (tennis elbow) and forearm tightness? This has been hampering my training for the past 3 years. If one arm doesn't have it then the other one does. I can't seem to get rid of it and I've tried everything from cortisone injections to icing every night and stretching.

When I sleep I tend to curl my arms up towards me and I believe its been the cause of my problems. Anyone else? :banghead:

 

[Bobby Biceps]

I get elbow tendonitis from heavy declines, benches, skull crushers and overhead extensions. I have to reduce the weight and exercise volume while using other elbow friendly exercises and the problem goes away. Inclines, db bench, tricep bench dips and press downs are much easier on my elbows. But like an idiot I always go back to the exercises that give me tendonitis and increase the weight and volume until my elbows are fried. For tennis elbow I found that putting a fat rubber band or two around the finger tips and extending the fingers for 2 sets of 100 reps, followed by a 2 sets of very light reverse forearm extensions and then squeezing a tennis ball for 2 sets works like a charm. A week or two of this and tennis elbow is gone. This has worked for several friends too.

 

[Dezzy]

PRP injections. If you have it 3 years then its probably tendinosis and very hard to heal. Prp or regular blood injections plus rehab should fix it.

I had patella tendinosis for 9 years and tried everything but it always came back. Then saw a sports doc who gave 2 blood injections over 6 weeks. Totally cured it.

Did you get the PRP done in the states?

 

[buck]

do you keep your wrists in a neutral position while lifting? or do you bend your bend your hands back while benching, press downs etc. causing the tendon to over stretch and not ride in the track it was meant to be in?

 

[liftlarge]

Have pain in my elbows for years now. But it was never a next day or pwo pain onset. Just progressive type. If I hold my arms in a bent position too long, numbness and tingling down down hands and fingers. Sometimes as much as doing it hurts, I have to push my elbow upswards, as if you were trying to hyperextended it, and it will finally "crack". Anyone around me can't believe I do that cause it sounds nasty…. But at the times I am needing to do it, it is the only thing that makes it feel better for a while. Probably not too smart I know, but to each their own. I was told I have bone chips/spurs that need to be removed.

 

[Love_to_Bodybuild]

mine have not been fuly healed for over two years, my elbows, before this i got them better, and were bad 2-3 years before this

i got imne better through active release therapy and rehab stuff

ive been trying all of this ,the past 2.5 years and while I can train around them i havent been able to go heavy on certain exercises

the thing that seems to make them the worst is using non aromatizing compounds, so if i do use one, i make sure to stack it with one that aromatizes or if i must do contest prep, dont use any that really bother it.

and ai's forget about it, every time i have used one, it been bad on joints

 

[PitbullTank]

inj curc and tb4 healed mine after seeing 2 different therapists... went thru voltaran script gel, then celebrex, both did nothing... i stopped BBing for over 8 months bc of it...

u also need a trainign plan for it, well i did atleast... this is what the doc told me and it worked, he use to be a pitcher for the Twins...

2 weeks- ZERO activity, keep brace on
2-4 weeks- do half of your normal sets/reps for arm/ back/ chest workout but use EXTREMELY stupid light wieghts like 5-10lb dbs...
4-6 weeks- Do ur full sets/reps with the super lightweight
weeks 6-8- Half ur workout with Medium weights
8-10- full workout med weight
10-12- half the sets/reps, normal weights
12+- full routine

 

[Dezzy]

Pitbull, did you inject the tb4 in area of the injury or systematically. I'm still a little confused about that one.

 

[PitbullTank]

Pitbull, did you inject the tb4 in area of the injury or systematically. I'm still a little confused about that one.

right into very end of that smaller middle forearm muscle all the way as close to the elbow as it would go... pretty sure they were 2mg ones, and i did 4mg first week, 4mg 2nd week, and the 2mg a week for 2 more weeks... i was amazed honestly... i did do the inj curc with it at the same time tho, so i couldnt say for certain if it was one or the other, or the combo...

 

[Dezzy]

Ok thanks Pitbull.

 

[Wayne Root]

Great insight from everyone! I once had it on one forearm. I took four months off, and it recovered. I started training again, and then it affected the other forearm! Ugh! I took four more months off training. I used to train around tennis elbow in the gym in order to get in my workouts. I sought physical therapy, however, after it hurt me to squeeze my bottle of contact lens solution. That, and it hurt me to rub one out. That was the final straw.

I've been without tennis elbow the past two years after incorporating extra forearm training in my workouts during pull days. I work out flexors, extensors, radial deviation, ulnar deviation, pronation, and supination. Forearm prehab work is a pain in the ass, but it keeps the tennis elbow away from me.