Joint Pain

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I’ve been lifting for about a year now - 48 years old. I could do more weight than I’ve been doing, but I constantly have shoulder and elbow pain. Do these joints get stronger over time or will I always deal with this?

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Have you tried MAT (Muscle Activation Techniques)?

Soft tissue pain could be coming from muscle patterns being "shut down", thus recruiting neighboring structures to compensate - causing your pain.

54 yr old here and I think it depends.

I’ve stopped having chronic back and knee pain through lifting. So in some cases strengthening the muscles has helped.

My shoulder on the other hand has structural issues so I’ve had to alter my workouts to avoid putting my right shoulder in a bad spot. No bench, no dips. I can overhead press with elbows forward as long as I don’t come down too deep and can dumbbell press and use cable flies as long as I get in the right position. So I work around it. You can feel the difference between an ache (elbow) and an “oh shite something isn’t right in there” pain. I did OH press yesterday and today it feels as good as it normally feels. I also warm it up with intent before every workout.

Also, I do believe tumeric and glucosamine and chondroitin help with overall inflammation. YMMV.

Thanks guys.

I’m doing a pretty standard upper body Monday/Thursday with legs Tuesday/Friday with a mixture of free weights and machines.

I’m probably not doing a great job of stretching which is a good point. Tha may be a good thing to research.

I enjoy the gains, but I’ve gotten off of blood pressure and cholesterol meds because of lifting, which is my primary goal.

Can you elaborate? What do I need to look at?