Re: Resumed training after 5 weeks off - still have elbow pain.

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Stephan Carydakis wrote:


"Sir Jackery" <roehrig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Stephan Carydakis wrote:

Hi All,


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Unfortunately, I am still getting quite a bit of pain on the outside of
my
elbows. It doesn't hurt during training but definitely hurts after
training.
Even a shoulder workout seems to flair it up. I haven't re-introduced
dips
or pull-ups yet and most of my training has been much lighter with
reduced
sets (2 instead of 3). So I'm thinking there's something else going on?
Could this be related to the muscles used for gripping? Any thoughts?


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Steph.

I got lateral epicondylitis from triceps exercises. What exercises are you
doing that involve elbow extension?


OK. I did have tennis elbow about 10 years ago when I was a full-time
musician and did 4-5 gigs a week for 5.5years. At the moment I'm doing
ticeps press-down and skull crushers.

My personal experience is that skull crushers seemed to hurt more than push-downs (a lot more). Overhead extensions hurt the worst.

I had tendinitis in my wrists, hands, elbows, and shoulders that I acquired from over-training. I wasn't isolating articulations well and was exercising muscles multiple days in a row. I changed my workout substantially; isolating things as best as I knew how and allowing my muscles more rest time. Instead of letting up for 6 months like the doctor (quack) suggested, I took the medicine she prescribed for about a year and a half (ibuprofen). A couple of weeks ago I stopped taking it and have not had any pain yet.

<knocking on wood>

Perhaps a regimen change would solve your problem? Perhaps over-medicating yourself for an absurd amount of time might help? Maybe some combination of the two? Luckily you have the brilliant minds of MFW to critique what you decide to do. (-;


--Sir Jackery
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