Hurt elbow yesterday doing chest, any advice?

[mus1cjunk1e]

I mentioned this in my cycle log but because its many posts down I don't think people will really see it so I'm making a new thread.

I was working chest and tris yesterday. When I finished chest I started my pulldowns. I was noticing that my left elbow was a little tight as I would come back up. Then I went on to dumbbell triceps extensions. I couldn't even move down more than a few inches because it would hurt and my elbow got real tight.

I looked at my arm in the mirror and noticed a small bruise near my elbow (but I hadn't bumped it on anything). If I held my arm straight down at my side and you were looking at the outside of my elbow (the wrinkly part) , the bruise is on the right hand side. It's only about the size of a nickel and doesn't really hurt. It is a little tender when you push on it. I seem to be able to use my arm fine but when I put any weight on my tricep it feels a little weird by my elbow so I'm trying not to do that.

What do you guys think it could be? I don't think its anything too serious because it didn't get worse overnight, but I have no idea what I did. I think I did it when I was doing my chest dips. I tried to go a little too high on the weight (for me anyway lol). In either case I'm taking a few days off the gym to hopefully let it heal.

 

[josenunes]

I mentioned this in my cycle log but because its many posts down I don't think people will really see it so I'm making a new thread.

I was working chest and tris yesterday. When I finished chest I started my pulldowns. I was noticing that my left elbow was a little tight as I would come back up. Then I went on to dumbbell triceps extensions. I couldn't even move down more than a few inches because it would hurt and my elbow got real tight.

I looked at my arm in the mirror and noticed a small bruise near my elbow (but I hadn't bumped it on anything). If I held my arm straight down at my side and you were looking at the outside of my elbow (the wrinkly part) , the bruise is on the right hand side. It's only about the size of a nickel and doesn't really hurt. It is a little tender when you push on it. I seem to be able to use my arm fine but when I put any weight on my tricep it feels a little weird by my elbow so I'm trying not to do that.

What do you guys think it could be? I don't think its anything too serious because it didn't get worse overnight, but I have no idea what I did. I think I did it when I was doing my chest dips. I tried to go a little too high on the weight (for me anyway lol). In either case I'm taking a few days off the gym to hopefully let it heal.

ice first, doctor second, you probably made an internal rupture

 

[enacer420nj]

RICE baby...and im not talking about long grain or brow... Rest Ice Compression Elevation...goto the doc too if it still bother u

 

[josenunes]

and of course don't train till you know what happened

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Thanks guys. I iced it up last night, so I will do it again tonight. I took some advil today for a headache but I know that advil also reduces inflammation so I don't know if that'll help it at all. I'm not gonna work it at all until it is better so I'll see how it does in a couple days.

josenunes: When you say internal rupture do you mean a blood vessel?

 

[josenunes]

Thanks guys. I iced it up last night, so I will do it again tonight. I took some advil today for a headache but I know that advil also reduces inflammation so I don't know if that'll help it at all. I'm not gonna work it at all until it is better so I'll see how it does in a couple days.

josenunes: When you say internal rupture do you mean a blood vessel?

no I believe you damage the muscle in the tendon insertion, a muscular rupture can do what you said it happened..

 

[mus1cjunk1e]

Ya I figured I overworked the tendon or something. Thanks for the advice. I'll be icing it up for a few days and hopefully it'll be fine.


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