Aching Elbows!! Need Advice

[louden_swain]

OK guys here is the situation:

I love to train heavy and intense, but lately my elbows have been aching. It is starting to affect my presses, rows, and curls. It is at the point wear fabric wraps, glucosamine, and advil are not helping. I am starting to think I am over-trained, but I am not sure. My appetite and mood are fine. I am also thinking about taking some time off from upper body training to let my elbows recuperate. I plan to continue training my upper legs, calves, and abs at high intensity. I can also spend some time pigging out to get some fat around the joints. Also, the weather has been funky around here. Any advice?

 

[Ingram]

Injuries suck! Try and go light or eleminate any exercises that bothers them; If it doesn't start getting better take a few weeks off.

 

[benchmonster]

If you grip the bar close to your shoulders on squats, this may be a culprit. Move your hands as wide as possible, and use a manta ray if you have to.

Also when doing triceps movements, if you are doing dumbell tricep extensions, quit it. Do board presses, and JM presses, and if you have to do some type of extension use a barbell and not a dumbell.

Deca seems to help a lot too. DMSO with crushed aspirin in it works, and Super Blue stuff is supposed to be good.

Mainly if some particular exercise is hurting you, like I described in the 1st 2 paragraphs, then you need to figure out how to work around them, or you will never get over it.

B.

 

[b fold the truth]

Cut your tricep exercises back to 1 exercise 1 time per week...and go light. I suggest lying dbell tricep extensions. Yes, just like skull krushers except with dbells and your palms should be facing. It should be easier to find your natural grove that doesn't hurt your elbows with these. Try doing 8 sets of 8 with 10 seconds rest between sets. Start with the 5-10 pound dbells. I use the 20's on these and the first 5 sets are easy...the last one makes me sream in pain.

Back off on the weight and continue to do lower reps. What I mean is, use less weight AND less intensity. Maybe superset flat bench press (light) with incline dbell flyes. Find other ways to stimulate muscule growth for a few weeks: speed, rest, supersets, etc...

Cut your exercises down, rest, ice A LOT, and take preventative measures. Put IcyHot on your elbows and where your bicep meets your elbow before you work out and before you go to bed. Even though it smells bad, it really seems to help me a lot. Remember that you don't want it to inflame while you train...or ever.

Take Ibuprofen or alleve before you train and after (8-12 hrs after if you take alleve). You can take 600mg Ibuprofen 3x per day for 10 days and it should help a lot (don't miss a dose).

Ice before and after a workout...every workout.

Take charge of your injury now, don't let it get worse, and treat it till it is completely healed.

Good luck...

B True

 

[louden_swain]

Thanks guys!! A friend of mine who is an incredible powerlifter always told me to take a bunch of shit before you train so you won't feel anything throughout the workout . Squats will not be a problem since I use a collar to collar grip.

 

[benchmonster]

Louden, where in Oklahoma are you? I am in Tulsa, bigokie is in Stillwater, and Screwball is recently relocated to Bentonville, AR, after living in Southwest Oklahoma for some time (I am not even sure they have towns out where he lived)

Maybe if you are close we can get together for a training session sometime.

B.

 

[louden_swain]

I am from Oklahoma City. . . . I work out at Gold's Gym in Edmond.