Pillow suggestions - for chronic bicep tendonitis?

[iron lifter]

I am right handed and also have chronic bicep tendonitis on the same side and on and off rotator cuff problems. i also sleep on my stomach/side which means i usually have my arm under my pillow.

any tips to alleviate discomfort. i know i can try to sleep on the other side, but i always revert back to the same old side. my physio said at my age now the problem i am facing is more not what i am doing in the gym but things outside of the gym impeding my recovery.

what pillow /sleep positions worked for you guys?

 

[socialdfan]

Same problem. Really work to release your pecs. Use something to dig into the pec, especially that chunky portion near the armpit. A "boomstick" works wonders so watch videos by Donnie Thompson or Kabuki/Duffins group. Go to level eight discomfort and let it twitch and release. Work the entire pec. It willl be life changing.

Then for sleep use a normal pillow for your head but a thinner one under your side so there is a valley for the arm to lay in reducing pressure. Then I prop another under the other arm for support. It's the pec release that really is the solution or was/is for me.

I also do lot's of work to maintain scapular mobility.

 

[iron lifter]

Same problem. Really work to release your pecs. Use something to dig into the pec, especially that chunky portion near the armpit. A "boomstick" works wonders so watch videos by Donnie Thompson or Kabuki/Duffins group. Go to level eight discomfort and let it twitch and release. Work the entire pec. It willl be life changing.

Then for sleep use a normal pillow for your head but a thinner one under your side so there is a valley for the arm to lay in reducing pressure. Then I prop another under the other arm for support. It's the pec release that really is the solution or was/is for me.

I also do lot's of work to maintain scapular mobility.

wow i failed to mention my armpit hurts too its that whole junction it always seems so bunched up. thanks i will try the broomstick release. it seems like some nerve is always pinched in my armpit and runs into my bicep tendon?