elbow pain

[bigp3]

I have the worlds worst elbow pain when I am doing tricep exercises it does not hurt on pressing but only push down and extension style exercises. My doc says it is just tendonitis and to work through it, but I am fucked when I do triceps. I can not do any weight and I dont want to blow out a tendon or something. The pain is on the outside of my elbow. Any help or suggestions..

Thanks

 

[gymtime]

Unfortunately, my experience has been that the only way to eliminate the pain, or at least lessen it, is to do what your doc says, work through it. It will take some time and you'll have to start with lighter weights, but it's the only thing that will help. And it WILL help, just have to be patient.

 

[b fold the truth]

Have you tried doing
Lying dbell tricep extension for volume?

Tate Presses?

B True

 

[louden_swain]

Simple answer:

Glucosamine, rest, and exercises that DO NOT inflict pain in the area.

 

[RusPA81]

I had the same problem. Make sure to stretch your triceps before and after training them. Also stretch them on at least 2 non-training days. Icing them will also help. This is the only to actually to actually treat the problem. All the supplements you can take will just mask the problem. If don't know how to stretch the tri's, just say so and either myself and I am sure some other people will try to explain it to you.

 

[bigp3]

yea I know how to stretch them and I have been doing it. I guess I am just going to have to work through it. Strangely enough I have found dips do not hurt. you would think they would,,, what the fuck. Thanks for the help guys

 

[DrBones]

IF you have tendonitis, I'd avoid EVERYTHING that irritates it... if you aggravate it too much you are going to create a lot of scar tissue on your tendons which will cause more future problems...
I'd be careful, take anti-inflamatories, and ice your joints. Post training I'd use heat on your elbow to increase blood flow... then a little while later ice it again to reduce inflamation... Repeat this as often as possible to help decrease healing time..

 

[big4life]

IF you have tendonitis, I'd avoid EVERYTHING that irritates it... if you aggravate it too much you are going to create a lot of scar tissue on your tendons which will cause more future problems...
I'd be careful, take anti-inflamatories, and ice your joints. Post training I'd use heat on your elbow to increase blood flow... then a little while later ice it again to reduce inflamation... Repeat this as often as possible to help decrease healing time..

Yep, ice and a anti inflammatory are your best bet. Like he said, if you keep aggravating it, you will get a build-up of scar tissue, and serious problems.

One of the best things that I found was deep ice massage. Where you numb your elbow with ice and have someone that knows what they are doing get in there and give you a deep massage in that area. It hurts like hell, but it does help.

 

[Zyglamail]

Yep, ice and a anti inflammatory are your best bet. Like he said, if you keep aggravating it, you will get a build-up of scar tissue, and serious problems.

One of the best things that I found was deep ice massage. Where you numb your elbow with ice and have someone that knows what they are doing get in there and give you a deep massage in that area. It hurts like hell, but it does help.

It does sound like tendonitis, however I totally disagree with with your recomendations for treatment. Tendons/ligaments have poor circulation but are high in nerve density. These nerves serve many functions and when the tissue is damaged it unfortunatly causes a lot of pain. Are you aware that inflamation is a key element in healing? Ice and anti-inflamatories will help with the pain, but they will also reduce inflamation which is essential to the healing process. Rest is also not the best way to approach an injured are because motion increases blood flow and so does heat. What I recommend is doing light weights that cause little to no pain, but still work the area, this will increase blood flow and in turn help the body get needed healing elements to the injured area. Heat instead of ice will also aid in healing. Avoid anti-inflamatories at all costs. If the pain is to much to handle use acetometaphine(sp?) (ie tylenol). Doctors today treat symptoms (ie pain) but in doing so they ignore the actual problem.

DrBones, as for scare tissue, it is largely made up of collogen, which is also the primary component of tendons/ligaments. Tendons and ligament cells have a normal half life of approx 300-500 days so under normal conditions an injury, especially treated with ice and anti-inflamatories can take that long OR LONGER to heal. The key to rapid healing is encouraging the body to heal itself. Tendons and ligaments, when injured are capabe of greatly increasing cell creation which in turn aids in healing however far to many people circumvent the process by icing it, resting it and taking anti-inflamatories or even worse corticosteroids.

bigp3, take a few minutes and visit prolonews.com to learn more about prolotherapy and the healing process, find out for yourself why the common recomendations are not in an athletes best interest.

 

[The Syndicate]

I have the same problem. I do one arm push downs to warm up, then I do DB extensions very slowly with a weight I can do 12 times to failure, then I do close grip pushdowns. These exercises don't hurt as much as close grip bench and extensions do