Nagging injuries...

[pwr_machine]

you can heed this or not, but I have had some ridiculously harsh bicep tendonitis in the past.

I will continue to modify my workouts until this bout of tendonitis passes. I've done partials and many of the other exercises you mentioned. Heat, ice massage, and regular massage seem to be speeding up the recovery. It shouldn't be too much longer before I'm back training hard again.

 

[IronLion]

I have slight tendonitis at the back of both elbows. Lying tricep extension and pushdowns are pretty rough on them. I using do pushdowns with a rope, bench dips, kickbacks. The stuff that's easy on my elbows. My triceps aren't near as severe as my biceps tendonitis. I think it all stems from my few months of boxing earlier this year.

you can heed this or not, but I have had some ridiculously harsh bicep tendonitis in the past. When I graduated high school I could bench 315 for like 5 reps.....over four years of college I never really got ANY stronger, I was to the point of desperation because it just hurt so bad I couldn't even lift my arms sometimes. I tried everything to fix it, rehab, ice and stem and ultrasound, everything. Finally this winter I started benching like a powerlifter, I cut out extentions, pushdowns, dips, and any other move that pissed off my tendonitis. I replaced those with HEAVY partials for triceps off boards and pins usually with some type of accomodated resistance. I use tate presses to hit the long head of my triceps but didn't add those until it calmed down (roughly 3-4 weeks).

All I am saying is that I went from having to go to the hospital because the trainers thought I might have broke my neck b/c my arms were so weak and kept going numb, to benching 500 raw and having 2 extra inches on my arms....

 

[pwr_machine]

I did a few sets of bench last night. 45 x 10, 95 x 10, 135 x 10, 185 x 10, and 225 x 10. My tendonitis problem is not only around my elbow but up near my shoulder. Last night, it flared up a good bit but with ice and massage I can barely notice it today. I am slowly healing. I can't wait to move some heavier weight soon! I'm headed in the right direction! I'm hoping by next week that I'll be as good as new and healthy enough to attack another training cycle!

 

[eazyb81]

I have been battling a case of what i believe is tendonitis in my elbows and forearms for a couple months now. It started in my right arm, and has now switched over to my left. Most exercises are not too bad on it, but barbell curls really put a number on it. Straight bars are out of the question now; i can only use the EZ-curl bar. When I am finished w/ a set and want to take my hands off the bar, I have to very slowly do it and put my wrists at i certain angle, or i will have shooting pains up both arms. Also, I've had to take preacher curls out of my workout after yesterday because the pain was too much to take. I'm hoping to just fight through it for about 3 more weeks, because I am moving back to my college town on the 15th, and school doesn't start till the 25th. That will give me about 10 days of rest for it to heal, hopefully (crosses fingers). If not, I'm really not sure what I'm going to do.

 

[pwr_machine]

I When I am finished w/ a set and want to take my hands off the bar, I have to very slowly do it and put my wrists at i certain angle, or i will have shooting pains up both arms.

I know exactly what you're talking about. I just don't know what it is. I'm pretty sure that it's not tendonitis. It's like shin splints but in your forearms. I've had the same problem in the past and it would always go away with a little rest. Straight bar curls would always put a hurt on em. You'd think that if I had the problem in the past, I'd know what the heck it was rather than calling it shin splints in the forearms.

 

[eazyb81]

Yeah, a friend of mine basically told me the same thing, that is was shin splints in the forearms. Do you know why this injury occurs? Is it from too much weight to fast, or just weak forearms? On top of this, I think i have a mild case of tendonitis in my left elbow, because it is a nagging pain after i workout and throughout the day, and I have to apply pressure to it sometimes to dull the pain. I think it might be aggravated by my job, where I have to carry bus tubs around filled w/ dishes (i'm a busser at a restaurant). Wow, I never thought I'd be talking about all my aches and pains as a 21 yr old. I feel like an old man .

 

[pwr_machine]

Yeah, a friend of mine basically told me the same thing, that is was shin splints in the forearms. Do you know why this injury occurs? Is it from too much weight to fast, or just weak forearms?

I assume that it's from inflammation and overuse. The actual pain probably originates from the periosteum which is the vascular connective tissue that lines all the bones in our body. I think this is also the origin of shin splints. When I find time, I may look into it further. Rest and ice are your best bet.

 

[louden_swain]

pwr_machine,

Maybe this Christmas break I can come down and train with you. Your goals seem similar to mine so I think it would work out really well.

I have never been to Mississippi.

For now we must concentrate on the Fall semester.

Good luck with your problem areas. . .keep me informed on areas that are giving you trouble.

 

[Serea]

I have several recurring problems:

- lower back (I think it's one of my sacroiliac joints)
- right hip joint (I was born with hip dysplasia, where the joint isn't fully formed at birth)
- left knee (squats aggravate it, but there's no strength loss during the exercise luckily)

 

[pwr_machine]

pwr_machine,

Maybe this Christmas break I can come down and train with you. Your goals seem similar to mine so I think it would work out really well.

I have never been to Mississippi.

For now we must concentrate on the Fall semester.

Good luck with your problem areas. . .keep me informed on areas that are giving you trouble.

That would be great! I'll be mid-training cycle and swaining some food like a madman!

And I'm not ready to start thinking about the Fall semester yet. I'm in the middle of finals for the Summer semester as we speak.