elbow pain

[aka-tapout]

my right elbow has been killing me and really bothering my bench. a bench shirt helps for some reason but when benching raw or doing tris my elbow screams. its cracking or poping on the way up and the way down and severe pain in the middle bottom of the elbow. I was planning doing some bench meets in may area and wanted at least 455. so can anyone tell me what is wrong or suggestions on what to do to make it better.-----i have more drugs then elvis presley(like vioxx,pain killers,muscle relaxers,celebrex,motrim and relefin). which of these or what else would help best.

 

[GRIMMER]

First you need to find out what is causing the pain IE. which mivement is making it worse. I know that db skulls are what makes my elbows scream for a week and any pressing movements suffer because of it. Get some elbow sleeves ,use tiger balm or something of the sort and warm them up.

Second , you need to hook me up with some of those pills so we can both bench 445 at the next meet.

 

[b fold the truth]

I hear good things from vioxx and celebrex.

A general suggestion is this...slow down your volume/work on your tris and all extra movements for a week to week and a half. See if it allows any progress of your bench and your elbow. For myself...any elbow problems have been a pre-sign of overtraining.

B True

 

[SouthPawSE]

I think ya just need to stop being a SISSY and deal with it!!LOL

Just joking! I was having the same problem Bubba. Didn't see a Doc to find the cause, just started taking Gucosamine Chondroitin(2,000mg ed) and the pain stopped after about 4 wks. I've also found that now I need to do a few extra warm-up sets.

 

[IrishPower]

i find the number one aggravator of my elbow pain is squats. whenver i go over 600-700, its a battle to keep it in check.

are you using arm bands to squat?
are you turning your elbows down when you squat or flaring the straight out back?
are you giving yourself a squat day off 5 - 6 weeks or so? louie now recommends this....

when i added bands and changed to angling them down, my joint pain eased up.

i do NOT recommend cutting volume in tri work. i would cut weight down but keep the volume to get that healing blood in there.

/irish (thinking about getting a life on sat night instead of sitting at the computer)....

 

[bigokie]

Well, I know if you use a lot of db extensions, like once or twice every week these can really upset your elbows. For me, skullcrushers killed my left elbow once the weight got heavy. Once I dropped these my elbow feels great, and now I'm stronger than ever.

Vioxx will kill the pain completely and will allow you to train through it. It's fucking awesome if your hurt and need to train or compete. But on the flipside, if you train thru it too much you can seriously hurt your elbow, permanently. I would start with some kind of rub on pain killer, if that doesn't work then try the vioxx. Once the vioxx wears out the pain returns though.

You might also try band pushdowns for rehab this pain by getting blood in there.

 

[Screwball]

Elbow pain...

When I get pain it's tendonitis in the biceps & forearms. My elbows haven't really given me problems. My tendonitis is definitely caused by heavy squatting. The pain affects me when doing upper body movements. I take MSM, Glucosamine & Chondroitin (sp?) but my tendonitis still come's and go's. I've tried Vioxx but it didn't seem to do much for me. It could have been too low a dosage. I might try Celebrex. I would be careful with Vioxx. It has received bad press in the past month - something about meningitis (sp?).

- Screwball

 

[powerlifterjay]

Thats very easy to fix. Number 1 take the vioxe. Only when it hurt too bad. Too much actually hurt smy stomach! Ya knwo me i take a 50 pack of BC powers and for every 2 BC i take i take 3 ibuprohins. Anyway get elbow sleeves. They will keep the joint warm while we sit and wait to lift. I have no elbow pain since then.

Irish power just hit the nail on th ehead. MY squats totally fuck up my elbows and shoulders. I always were elbow sleeves when squatting. I have no choice. Right now its ok. I feel my most pain when the bar is loaded over 700. Our bar whips like a bitch. It looks i am about to fly away! SO it really shakes my joints up top.

 

[mishon1]

i have been having elbow pain but i am pretty sure that it is the tendons just because of the location of the pain. bro if i was u i would go hit up a doc to find out what the problem is so u do no injure yourself more than u already are.

 

[aka-tapout]

thanks everyone yea irish the squats works everything in the body some things good some bad i will try the elbows back and like pljay says get a real good elbow sleeve i will also try some type of rub mon before training to see if it helps then go home and ice it for a couple of hours yea mishon1 i go to doc at middle of april for my usual check up and i will have him check it out. southpaw se i think i will start glucosimine and alfalfa as well. bigokie i dont do any db ext hurts too bad but i was doing them before pains may have been a factor thanks bros