F**ked elbow. Any ideas?

[Wizzyman]

Has anyone rehabed a fucked elbow? I hurt mine a while ago - almost one and a half years ago - doing heavy cable curls. Didn't hurt at the time, but got pretty bad over the next couple of weeks. Saw everyone for it - physio's, doc's, orthopedic's - got ultra sound, deep tissue, accupuncture, cortisone - nothing helped. I've been training on it now for about 7 months, and while it is heaps better than it was, its still pretty bad. Can't do any french pressing at all, and it aches in the cold. (Which sux, coz it gets cold over here in New Zealand!) Don't wanna sound like a moaning bastard, but has anyone got any ides? Cheers.

 

[Imnotdutch]

The only thing I can think of is complete rest......the injury cant heal if you are still working on it.

Has anyone rehabed a fucked elbow? I hurt mine a while ago - almost one and a half years ago - doing heavy cable curls. Didn't hurt at the time, but got pretty bad over the next couple of weeks. Saw everyone for it - physio's, doc's, orthopedic's - got ultra sound, deep tissue, accupuncture, cortisone - nothing helped. I've been training on it now for about 7 months, and while it is heaps better than it was, its still pretty bad. Can't do any french pressing at all, and it aches in the cold. (Which sux, coz it gets cold over here in New Zealand!) Don't wanna sound like a moaning bastard, but has anyone got any ides? Cheers.

 

[b fold the truth]

Rest, Ice, Heat, NSAIDS....work around it man....

B True

 

[Love Bone]

If it's something you can work through, take loads of Glutamine, like 25 grams per day for about two weeks, and creatine. Glutamine will help the repair process and creatine will gets some water in the joint to help lubricate it a bit among it's other good benefits. If you see progress, continue 10 - 15 grams glutamine per day. If you see no progress, you really need to give it some proper rest, maybe as much as a month - joint damage takes a long time to heal. Good luck.

 

[DJ S.PRED]

Try some yoga...locust position...in brief, you lay on your stomach, with your arms under your body, palms on the floor, pinkies touching, chin on the floor. Raise one leg, then the other, then both together. All for a ten count. . Try it every day for a week. Your pain will be gone. It worked for me.

 

[focoman]

yeah, my training partner has bad elbows too. He has to avoid several exercises in order not to reinjure himself. He avoids preacher curls, skull crushers, and overhead extensions. He just substitutes other exercises for these, and has no problems.