Outer part of my elbow, and inner part of my bicep just above the inner forearm.
EDIT: I have no pain when I write whatsoever and my handwriting is fine.
Outer part of my elbow, and inner part of my bicep just above the inner forearm.
EDIT: I have no pain when I write whatsoever and my handwriting is fine.
See that’s the problem, I really don’t feel the pain until I’m done working out. I feel it a tiny bit compared to what it feels like after I’m done, Then it’s HOLY FUCK TIME.
I’m pretty sure a dr. can give you a cortisone injection, which can help quite a bit.
He doesn’t do well with needles.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Nope!
After meeting you I seriously can not see how they would be a problem, but everyone has a phobia I guess.
I’ve had a cortisone shot, hurts like a bitch! The needle has to go right in the joint.
It was like a magic trick, my elbow was perfect for a few weeks but eventually got worse from over doing it.
through pain comes comfort, does stretching it out help?
Tendons are basically rubberbands and I remember from my short stint in the weight room that when I would get any pain if I made sure to really stretch everything to the extremes slowly before and after the work outs it would get better over time.
One of my friends had what sounds to be the same spots of pain you have and the trainer said it was because he was doing reps to fast, he changed his form and speed it solved the problem.
Honestly, what I think could be some sort of hurt tendon in my ankle was fixed up great with an ace-bandage, or I suppose in your case anything to keep your arm in check would work. I’m on my feet all day so keeping pressure on it to keep everything in the correct line up does work.
I remember something about “Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness” from somewhere. That might be something to look into, the title fits your condition especially since you say it happens after. I always thought tendinitis and such are made much worse by doing the activities and aggravating, not occurring afterward.
These are just the random blurbs from what I recall on the subject, by no means am I an expert on this stuff.
Sounds like a delayed onset in early stages of tendonitis.
You have to wear the wraps and elbow band, may have to adjust technique too (improper technique can cause big time damage!).
It won’t get better, but won’t get worse as quickly. As BigEd said, the tendon is like a rubber band, so it won’t regrow or repair itself really. Think or your elbow as a rubber band with a notch cut into it.
If it gets worse then go see an orthopedic, you may need steroidal injections later on.
Thanks Bro, I really appreciate the help.
Is the pain much worse when you do curls with a bar and not nearly as bad when you have your palms rotated in (ie hammer curls)?
I use a Nike tennis elbow brace, I found their product offered the most comfort and flexibility. Good luck.
If you have any other questions let me know.
Back when I swam, a lot of the swimmers had tendonitis in the shoulder. It was mandatory that we all do warm-ups together, like the arm twirls, little cirlces, throwing the medicine ball. Some guys still got it anyway. We would take some asprin, ice and lay off the hard work outs to keep the inflamation down.
The best advice i got was to do the proper warm up’s before our work outs began. As gay as they were, I didn’t have any major shoulder problems. I swam competitively almost every week for 12 years.
No, it’s worse with hammers
Mine must be slightly different then. I definitely feel it much less with hammers and it definitely runs more along my ulna (bone running from the forearm to the pinky finger side of the hand). As previously posted, time off, NSAIDS, and icing are your best bets and then definitely ease back into it. I made the mistake of taking a week off, then doing one light day and feeling fine, to go right back to my normal workload and immediately reaggravated it. :roflpicard:
Strange question for you guys :
How humid is it around your house?
UPDATE:
I went and bought the tennis elbow brace from dicks. It felt nice in the store and made the pain subside quite a bit…In the store. I went to the gym and tried it out, but I couldn’t get full range of motion through the curl not to mention the pain was still there.
So I bit the bullet and went to see a sports physical therapist to hear him tell me to take time off blah blah blah. But to my surprise it was the exact opposite. He said he sees guys like me atleast 5-6 times a day with the same problem, and that it’s the most common “injury” with weight lifters.
He says the only way to heal it and keep lifting is to stretch the tendons in the arm back out, because they’re bound up from gripping too hard and lifting heavy weight, and then ice it immediately afterward.
He said this is the only way to properly get a full stretch on the affected tendons. My right arm is the worst one so I’ll describe what your supposed to do using my right arm. Outstretch your arm in front of you, take your left hand and place it over the top of your right hand, with your right hand pointing to the left pull on your hand towards your body. While doing this make sure your right elbow is pointing towards the floor and your right bicep towards the ceiling. Stretch this for fifteen minutes, then immediately ice it. He said you CAN use Ibuprofen but you don’t need it, the stretch is the most important thing.
I thought for sure this wasn’t gonna work but I’d try anything at this point and all I can say is HOLY SHIT it actually works. I did arms on Tuesday and when i got out I was in excrutiating pain. Today I have very very little pain in my arm and I only did this Tuesday night and last night. Normally I’d be in alot of pain till atleast Sunday or Monday.
Also throughout the day now I’m constantly stretching my arms.
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ahh see the chuckmeister was on the right path…
I’m happy you got some real advice though! Hope all goes betterer now
Definitely the right path. I feel like I’m at 95%