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Tennis Elbow mid-cycle....

Christianlifter

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Hey bros,

I got tennis elbow towards the end of my last cycle. I took a month off, cortisone shot too and it doesnt seem to be working I made an appt with an Orthopedic doc. I cant get in until 12/1 though.
I have been wearing the strap for tennis elbow, it helps a little;;Anyone else have this happen?

Thanks Bros.

God Bless
 
About 1 1/2 years ago I had tennis elbow. I t drove me nuts. I did'nt try a cortisone shot but someone told me to try one of those copper bracelets with the little magnets in it. I did, and after about 4 or 5 days I noticed it getting better and a couple weeks later it was completely gone. I still wear one today. I'm not saying it will work for you, but it's worth a try.

Best of luck
 
Oh Yeah...

I've had both tennis AND golfers elbow happen during different cycles. The former is related to tendon pain on the outside of the elbow, the latter is on the inside.

The problem is that tendons don't respond to AS the same way muscles do. While muscles on AS can withstand much greater stresses than normal, tendons actually become more supple and prone to damage like micro tears, (especially if cycles are run excessively long).

What to do...? If you're in pain, the damage is done and there's no way to accelerate healing other than using movements that eliminate or reduce the amount of pain you're feeling.

I keep hearing people say they're getting corticosteroid (cortizone) shots to reduce inflamation and pain. But when you get these, your doctor should also be telling you NOT to go back to lifting heavy. Just like regular AS for body building, corticosteroids weaken the tendon even more while the healing takes place. If you try pushing back into your normal routine after a corticosteroid shot, you run the risk of even more damage or worse yet the potential for something more drastic like a partial or complete detachment of the tendon. Either way, it's not worth the risk.

If you only have moderate tenderness in and around the elbow, WARM UP the affected joints with light weights before every workout (more than you normally would). Experiment with different exercises than the ones that cause pain. For me, heavy straight bar curls and wide grip pull ups were the killers. I just switched to dumbell curls so I could shift my wrist angle during the movement and went to a closer grip pull up until the tendons healed (it took about 2 months to completely get back to normal).

If you have debillitating pain in your elbow(s), then you should probably lay off working out altogether for at least a few weeks. A torn tendon will heal a lot faster than one that becomes completely detached and needs to be surgically fixed.
 
Well, there's been an underground movement for years now becoming more main stream you can try. It's called active release technique or ART for short. A lot of Olympians and atheltic organizations use doctors that are trained in this field.
You can read more at
www.activerelease.com
 
ART is useful AFTER the tendons have healed if your condition was so severe that it caused shortening of the tendons and reduced range of motion (due to scarring).

What they're basically doing is stretching the tendon through deep tissue massage and manipulation. While this can provide temporary relief for currently inflamed tendons, I've seen no evidence that it helps in healing the damage any faster and it may actually prolong the healing process.
 
what about cross friction massage?
i have tennis elbow and its been hurting for months now my doc is doing cross friction massage theropy and it hurts like hell when he does it but its been getting better
 
Bro I've had this off and on for the last 15 years. What has worked for me is icing it after workouts and taking anti-inflammitories (may not be good if your on orals at the same time). You probably don't want to hear this, but, when it got unbearably bad a couple times the only thing that worked for me was backing down in weight on the exercises that caused the most pain (back pulldowns, barbell curls, etc).
 
Im going against the grain on this one, anti-inflamatories, ice and worst of all cortizone will NOT be the best rout to healing.

Inflamation is paramount to proper healing. Im not going to bother going into details now since I have preached on this topic many times in the past. Athletes and AAS users in particular are the first ones to condemn the medical community for their lack of knowledge when it comes to exercise and AAS yet blindly follow what most preach at the expense of their health. It blows my mind.
 
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