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Anyone have/had golfers elbow or tennis elbow from lifting?
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:13 am
Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:13 am
I feel it coming on lately. It's not really painful yet, it's just letting me know it's there. I had it worse about 3 years ago. I stopped lifting and rested it as much as I could and it went away . The sad part is I'm not even a month into lifting again. I'm not sure which lift is most responsible, but it's a pulling exercise. I did body weight exercises for a couple months before hitting the weights and thought I was prepared.
I did some research, and some said give it rest, use ice and when it goes away use really light weights and focus on the negative part of the movement. I can rest it from lifting, but not at work. I still have to lift and pull and turn tools etc.......
I know it will go away with rest, but when I want to be able to do deadlifts and pull ups. I asked about power cleans in another thread, but I think for the sake of my joints I will avoid them. I don't usually do curls, but I think this is what I need to do with light weight and high reps for a while.
Anyone have some tips to add? Something I'm missing?
I did some research, and some said give it rest, use ice and when it goes away use really light weights and focus on the negative part of the movement. I can rest it from lifting, but not at work. I still have to lift and pull and turn tools etc.......
I know it will go away with rest, but when I want to be able to do deadlifts and pull ups. I asked about power cleans in another thread, but I think for the sake of my joints I will avoid them. I don't usually do curls, but I think this is what I need to do with light weight and high reps for a while.
Anyone have some tips to add? Something I'm missing?
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Posted on 7/7/17 at 5:53 am to upgrade
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Anyone have/had golfers elbow or tennis elbow from lifting?
Yes, I've gotten it recently from working on my split jerk. I can perform every exercise but the jerk with no pain for some reason.
Ice, rest, antiinflammatory drugs, rogue voodoo band, scraper tools all help.
My doctor said that sometimes it can be caused a large difference in forearm strength between inside and outside of the forearm. So I have been working a lot more on that.
This post was edited on 7/7/17 at 5:54 am
Posted on 7/7/17 at 6:19 am to upgrade
Yes. Just happened to me last week in fact. I'm not even sure which lift caused it.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 7:08 am to Mo Jeaux
It's a repetitive stress injury caused by overuse and the result is small tears in the tendon, which causes the inflammation. I've had periodic tennis and golfers elbow on both arms and currently have tennis elbow on my left arm- Aleve & deep massage with my fingers and a lacrosse ball works well. Some people swear by those forearm cuffs but I've never used one. For me it comes and goes and I just deal with it.
This post was edited on 7/7/17 at 7:09 am
Posted on 7/7/17 at 7:44 am to AZBadgerFan
I've tried quite a lot of treatments. Gua Sha scrapers and ice therapy certainly help. Supplement-wise, I've found adding Cissus to my usual Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM arsenal has made it better. I've also used a cream called Penetrex that seems to help.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 8:04 am to upgrade
I've had a ton and resolved all.
My thoughts and experiences:
1.) Don't Ice. I'm with Kelly Starrett on why we shouldn't ice.
2.) Self Massage is key, but you must do your forearm AND triceps. The TriggerPoint therapy ball is best for forearms (against the wall) and the Yoga Tuneup ball is best for triceps (sitting at a table). Lacrosse ball is too much for the forearms, you'll never get deep enough and fully relax.
3.) If you want a true forearm solution, look into the Armaid, which basically cured a previous bout with diagnosed carpal tunnel.
4.). As mentioned, Voodoo Flossing is great for the forearms
5.). I've had genuine success using the Zensah calf compression sleeves for forearms (I found the forearm sleeves too loose).
6.). I've read that tendons strengthen at a significantly slower rate than muscle, which is a big driver behind injury. Sometimes it's necessary to slow linear progression to allow your tendons to catch-up.
7.). Supplement Rec: Curcumabsorb for inflammation.
My thoughts and experiences:
1.) Don't Ice. I'm with Kelly Starrett on why we shouldn't ice.
2.) Self Massage is key, but you must do your forearm AND triceps. The TriggerPoint therapy ball is best for forearms (against the wall) and the Yoga Tuneup ball is best for triceps (sitting at a table). Lacrosse ball is too much for the forearms, you'll never get deep enough and fully relax.
3.) If you want a true forearm solution, look into the Armaid, which basically cured a previous bout with diagnosed carpal tunnel.
4.). As mentioned, Voodoo Flossing is great for the forearms
5.). I've had genuine success using the Zensah calf compression sleeves for forearms (I found the forearm sleeves too loose).
6.). I've read that tendons strengthen at a significantly slower rate than muscle, which is a big driver behind injury. Sometimes it's necessary to slow linear progression to allow your tendons to catch-up.
7.). Supplement Rec: Curcumabsorb for inflammation.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 9:08 am to jeff5891
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My doctor said that sometimes it can be caused a large difference in forearm strength between inside and outside of the forearm.
Elaborate a bit on this. Inside vs outside strength?
Posted on 7/7/17 at 9:28 am to upgrade
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Anyone have/had golfers elbow or tennis elbow from lifting?
So I started lifting in April. 3 weeks in I thought I was getting golfers elbow. After a few days I had a terrible rash pop up all around the elbow that was in pain. Turns out I had come down with shingles. It sucked arse and sidelined me for a month. Had a terrible blister on my palm in-between my thumb and index finger. Couldn't grip anything without extreme pain. So go get a shingles vaccine. That was the lesson I learned from golfers elbow and lifting.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 9:36 am to upgrade
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Elaborate a bit on this. Inside vs outside strength?
I strained the inside of my elbow doing the jerk. He said that sometimes this can happen from a lack of strength on the other side (this will depend on the movement you strained it from), but could also be from me jerking for the first time in 15 years.
This post was edited on 7/7/17 at 9:38 am
Posted on 7/7/17 at 10:19 am to upgrade
I'm 7 months into golfers elbow. Kept lifting doing pushing movements only for months with it and wouldn't go away. I'm now on my 4th week away from all lifts trying to let it dissapate. I've read it can take up to 6months.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 10:43 am to upgrade
I get it when doing dips.
A couple of days ago I watched a YouTube video from Athlean-X that says it's a forearm weakness and is often due to curling your wrists when lifting heavy.
Try keeping yours hands inline with your wrists when lifting. Also, do wrist curls and grip work to strengthen your forearms.
A couple of days ago I watched a YouTube video from Athlean-X that says it's a forearm weakness and is often due to curling your wrists when lifting heavy.
Try keeping yours hands inline with your wrists when lifting. Also, do wrist curls and grip work to strengthen your forearms.
Posted on 7/7/17 at 4:58 pm to upgrade
I got it about 3 years ago for the first time. I had been lifting a lot for about 6 months and gotten really strong and put on some good weight. One day will doing preacher curls I felt a very painful burn in my forearms. I let it rest for a bit then went back and it came right back that same workout. It got to the point that it would hurt carrying groceries or wrapping a towel around my waist.
I went and got some PT. They scrapped both forearms and gave me some exercises to do. They did not help. I try to go back to the gym every now and then to see if it's gone but it always comes right back in both arms.
I went and got some PT. They scrapped both forearms and gave me some exercises to do. They did not help. I try to go back to the gym every now and then to see if it's gone but it always comes right back in both arms.
Posted on 7/8/17 at 7:32 am to Hogwall Jackson
Elbow sleeves help keep you warm during workouts. Light stretching and scraping are good too.
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