Misc Seasoned weight lifters? elbow pain - Page 2

missinDThomas · 02-17-2009, 03:09 PM

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?

CrazyHorse · 02-17-2009, 04:54 PM

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.

missinDThomas · 02-17-2009, 04:56 PM

appreciate it fellas

ChiefsOne · 02-17-2009, 05:03 PM

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.

BigCatDaddy · 02-18-2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by missinDThomas

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.

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.

Silock · 02-18-2009, 01:28 PM

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

King_Chief_Fan · 02-18-2009, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by missinDThomas

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 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.

thebrad84 · 02-18-2009, 01:42 PM

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.

MagicHef · 02-18-2009, 02:07 PM

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

missinDThomas · 02-18-2009, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MagicHef

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

missinDThomas · 02-18-2009, 02:22 PM

Thanks again for all the info

Johnny Vegas · 02-18-2009, 02:41 PM

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.

Brock · 02-18-2009, 02:42 PM

Try taking glucosamine.

missinDThomas · 02-18-2009, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Try taking glucosamine.

just started taking osteo bi flex 2 weeks ago

BigCatDaddy · 02-19-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Brock

Try taking glucosamine.

They say Cissus Quadrangularis is supposed to be much better.

ChiefsOne · 02-19-2009, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Silock

Time off. Ibuprofen. Try lighter exercises again in 2 weeks.

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

02-17-2009, 03:09 PM
missinDThomas Nobody fucks with the Jesus! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Casino cash: $10004900	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?
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02-17-2009, 04:54 PM	#16
CrazyHorse All Motor! Join Date: Sep 2000 Casino cash: $10004900	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.
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02-17-2009, 04:56 PM	#17
missinDThomas Nobody fucks with the Jesus! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Casino cash: $10004900	appreciate it fellas
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02-17-2009, 05:03 PM	#18
ChiefsOne Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Springfield, MO Casino cash: $5058192	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.
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02-18-2009, 01:28 PM	#20
Silock MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $10020882	Time off. Ibuprofen. Try lighter exercises again in 2 weeks. If it hasn't subsided, go to the doctor.
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02-18-2009, 01:42 PM	#22
thebrad84 My name...is Horace! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Olathe, KS Casino cash: $5864069	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.
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02-18-2009, 02:07 PM	#23
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02-18-2009, 02:22 PM	#25
missinDThomas Nobody fucks with the Jesus! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wichita Falls, TX Casino cash: $10004900	Thanks again for all the info
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02-18-2009, 02:41 PM	#26
Johnny Vegas MVP Join Date: May 2008 Casino cash: $3164814	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.
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02-18-2009, 02:42 PM	#27
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