Help me heal my forarms!

[natural-mike]

I hate to sound pessimistic, but I believe once you have tendonitus....its here to stay. I always try to layoff, weeks, months, I've tried all the pills, the point is when you start piling weight on, it inevitably comes back. Every time I layoff, I heal, feel great etc. etc. but once the poundages build back up, Here she comes again..tendonitus.

Sometimes the only thing you can do with it is try to zero in on the movement that hurts or aggravates it the most and cut that movement out. But unfortunately your problem hurts when you bench.....you cannot necessarily cut that out.

I really hate to sound like there is no hope, but no matter what I do or how many doctors I go to, I will never shake my bicep tendonitus.

Mike

 

[IrishPower]

when i was a lot younger, i used to get recurring bouts of this. i think it is severe tendonitis, especially if you have it in both sides.

i just trained through it as best i could and eventually the frequency of these subsided.

things you can do:

neoprene bands on the elbows at all times.

begin some serious NSAID therapy. see my site FAQ for how i use Ibuprofen

wait it out.



If this all fails, you can go for some stronger anti-inflamatories from an ortho.

good luck

 

[AnimalMass1]

thanks Irish. I was hoping you would repond to this, since you are a walking injury story.

I read the stuff about the ibuprofin, and will begin treatment immediately. I squatted with the neoprene sleeves today, and it def helped somewhat, althought the true test is when I have to bench. I hope the combo of NSAIDs, Ice, Sleeves, and a little extra rest will help this out.

Thanks Guys. (and Spatts)

AnimalMass