Seasoned weight lifters? elbow pain
 

I have lifted weights for the last 16 yrs. This past yr when I do most tricep ext exercises I get a bad pain on the inside of the point of my lt elbow.

Anyone else have this pain? If so, what did you do to fix it?

I had the same thing. It is better if you do tri exercises that don't fully load all the weight on you elbow however that takes away all the really good ones. A PT gave me a stretch to do and said it was because I didn't have as much flexibility in my left shoulder (I only had severe pain in one elbow the other got sore but not the same). It didn't really help much for weeks that I would lift real heavy. Pretty much lifting lighter helped the most. And since I have stopped lifting and it has gone away.

it sounds like tendinitis , take some anti-inflammatories and rest it for about 2 months then you can try exercising that area again.

youth is key

Yeah, just go lighter, or don't do the excercises that cause the irritation for a few months.

This is absolutely a possibility.

That's what I would assume by what you've listed. I have experienced the same exact thing, but mine is from a previous and existing tendinitis, so I'm just careful and don't throw the heavy weight around as much anymore. Kind of the start of my changing toward a leaning/fit workout as opposed to bulking up like I was used to.

Depending on exactly when and how bad it hurts, you could have torn something as well, minor tears can be tolerable but painful. I'd have it checked out ASAP, you don't want to develop long term problems in joints, and you never get younger.

Sounds like tendonitis. You're going to have to go much lighter or even skip tricep work for awhile.

I had a similar issue with my forearms whenever I would do bicep work, particularly preacher curls. Had to stop working biceps for about a month and then do much lighter weight when I came back.

Basically its tennis elbow. Try one of those band/brace things that wraps around your arm just below the elbow...take it easy for a couple of weeks or so and see how it feels. Any type of exercise where you extend the arm will aggravate it...avoid the exercises that cause the pain for alittle while. Eventually it should go away. No pain no gain. Right? Good luck.

Tendonitis.

Are the tendons from your triceps really "tight" and sore? You'll be able to feel it when you roll your finger over them.

I suppose it could be cartilage or other injuries or inflammation as well.

yeah, epicondylitis or commonly "tennis elbow". The extension of the elbow (think tennis shot or rotation of the wrist at extension in golf) is usually what causes it. I have had it and unfortunately, it takes alot of rest if it is prettty sore. I quit golfing about July and mine started feeling better about december. Take ibuprophen 800 mg every 6 hours for about 5 days and dont work out your arms for a few weeks. See how that works.

Prob something like tennis elbow.

I had something what appears to be similar to this before. I obtained it from arm wrestling a bunch of people one time. It took me about 1.5 months before I could lift normally again. I've even had a less severe version for tricep exercises. To this day, I still have not found a tricep exercise that I'm comfortable with. Most of the time it just doesn't feel like I'm working the muscle efficiently

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yeah no shit

thx for all the answers. I am 34 and since I am a little older I stopped going heavy every week, and go light one week heavy the next. I am stronger than I have ever been. So it would suck to stop now.

You have to quit at somepoint lifting all heavy. I know too many people who tore muscles and missed work, at some point being the big dog in the gym isn't worth it anymore

The ibuprofen advice is good. Also, without reading the whole thread, naproxin sodium is also an anti inflamatory that does the same thing as ibuprofen. It's a good idea to cycle from one to the other every couple weeks to keep from getting aclimated to it. Take it like you would an antibiotic. Every 4 to 6 hours or 4 times a day. Your taking it as an anti inflamatory not as asprin. So you want to keep it in your system at all times during the treatment period.

Also, going past a 90 degree angle at the elbow will keep it irritated. Try to learn not to go past a 90 in your workout. It's not an easy thing to learn. That goes for every joint. After a certain age, you shouldn't go past a 90 because it has a shearing force on the joint.

It will take awhile. Good luck.

appreciate it fellas

Bone Spurs, I have had them twice over the past 10 years. Surgery both times. You can live with them if you have a desk job and don't lift. If you are going to workout you will need them removed.

Oh yeah. You're in your weight lifting prime right now. You lose the reflexes and agility as you get older, but those muscles keep getting stronger. Youth doesn't matter. I injured my elbow the same way when I was 18, so it can happen at anytime.

Time off. Ibuprofen. Try lighter exercises again in 2 weeks. If it hasn't subsided, go to the doctor.

I feel the same pain doing the same thing. I also feel it when doing the bicep curls, hurts like the dickens during the routine but feels somewhat o.k. by next day. Company doctor suspects tendon that runs down the side of the forearm from the elbow down to the wrist...or something like that. I was told to go for an MRI, I haven't....been 6 months. I just live with it for now.

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As someone mentioned above, try out one of these (or two if you have pain in both elbows). I just bought one about a month ago due to really sharp pain in my left forearm when doing curls and moderate pain in my elbow when doing tricep pulls/extensions. Has worked out quite well in reducing the pain during the workout, then I ice both forearm/elbow for about 15 mins each after the workout. Been pain free for a month now.

Stop seasoning your weights. There's really no point to it.

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Thanks again for all the info

when I had tendonitis I could literally hear my tendons flex when I would move my wrist up and down. Sounded like and old door creaking and the feel of it was like rocks moving around under my skin. Hurt for about a month. I took Aleive, Advil, but the doc offered me drugs that I declined.

Try taking glucosamine.

just started taking osteo bi flex 2 weeks ago

They say Cissus Quadrangularis is supposed to be much better.

That's what my doctor keep telling me. When to another doc and immediately he said bone spurs. X-Rayed, bingo.

Sure, but you still should take those first two weeks off. If it doesn't get better with rest and ibuprofen, then you look at something besides over-use as the cause.