how to train with tendonitis?

[pennypacker]

I have severe tendonitis in my left arm. I feel extreme pain in my biceps on any biceps or back exercise. I used to be able to curl 135, now I can't even lift 2 25lb dumbbells without a shooting pain in my arm. Is there any way to train around it, or to strengthen a damaged tendon? The problem with taking time off is that I use the tendon in just about every upper body exercise, so if I need to rest it completely, I think that will mean the end to all upper body workouts for me for a while.

 

[louden_swain]

Time off and glucosamine is your best solution. Your tendons are over worked and it is time for a rest. When you return to training purchase some neoprene wraps. I suffered from tendonitis throughout the summer. . . no fun.

 

[MidwestJ]

I'll second the neoprene wraps. I wear them on my elbows...they are sleeves really and they fit tight. They've helped me a bit and kept my elbows from exploding on bench and skull crushers.

 

[b fold the truth]

www.jackalsgym.com

They make the BEST neoprene sleves. Use Icy Hot and/or Zostrix HP.

B True

 

[brian747478`]

has anyone used neoprene wraps for patellar tendonitis?
thanx

 

[collegiateLifter]

try eccentrics. charles staley recently put out a newsletter on this topic and he purposes that it significantly decreases recovery time. you could do 1 arm curls with the right hand basically lifting the weight held in your left hand, slowly lower it with your left arm do several times, head over to myodynamics.com for the intracacies.

 

[pennypacker]

Thanks guys.

collegiateLifter -- A trainer at my gym said that eccentrics made tendonitis worse. The pain is definitely more severe on the eccentric part of the movement, but I'm not sure that is a good thing...

Anyone know where I can get the neoprene wraps?

 

[Zyglamail]

I would avoid all anti-inflamatories such as ibuprofin, aleeve and even ICE. If you must take somthing for the pain try tylenol. The pain is iften due to inflamation but inflamation is particularly cruicial to healing of tendons/ligaments. If you have had the problem for a while and does not seem to be getting better I would suggest you look into prolotherapy treatments, they worked wonders for my elbow tendonits close to a year ago. You can get more details on the procedure (done with a short simple office visit) at prolonews.com and you can also see if there are any docs in your area.

 

[pennypacker]

Zyglamail -- thanks for the info. I did some web searches on tendonitis and prolotherapy came up, but I didn't know if it was real or not. Do you know how it works? It looks like they inject something in your tendon, but I'm not clear what. Did you need many treatments? Was it expensive? Sorry for the barrage of questions, but I've had tendon trouble off and on for about five years and it has gotten much worse over the past two months, so I'm a bit desparate. Thanks for the help.

 

[PoyeBoy]

I would avoid all anti-inflamatories such as ibuprofin, aleeve and even ICE.

I have that shit in my left wrist. I hat it. I just deal with the pain, but mines not that bad. Yeah, I tried to ice it and it didnt work, ive tried tape, and wraps. Wraps seem to work the best foor me.

hg, why the name change?