Help! Elbow Pain!

Fortdaddy · 18-06-2006, 11:17 AM

My elbow is killing me! It started hurting about 2 weeks ago. I took a week of from physical activities and training. Yesterday I went back to the gym for my chest and tri workout and I had to almost stop in the middle of it because my elbow was hurting so bad. What can I do to get it better and what may have caused this to happen? I can't afford to take even MORE time off training.

This is depressing.

Thanks.

**LeeB** · 18-06-2006, 11:22 AM

initially keep on training BUT keep it very light and strict with high reps... make sure all the weight is going through your muscle and not the joint!!

choose exercises that dont hurt it!!!

first thing tho is get an appontment with a good reputable physio or sports therapist... let them diagnose teh actual problem for you so you can find out how to correct it...

dont bother seeing your GP it will be a waste of time!

Fortdaddy · 18-06-2006, 11:28 AM

Thanks for the advice! Has anybody else on here ever had this problem before?

wigz · 18-06-2006, 02:27 PM

yeah had problems with my tendons last year, about a week after a cycle i started with a slight pain which after a few weeks training became an unbearable acute pain. as lee said forget your gp he will say rest, get to a physio.

but its probally the best thing that ever happened to me (apart from divorce) i had to train light and learnt to really squeze the muscle and concentrate on form and not on how much i could bench!

Fortdaddy · 20-06-2006, 06:51 AM

Ok thanks for the advice. I will check into a physio soon. I had a shoulder/trap work-out yesterday and the pain wasn't near as bad as it was on chest/tricep day. Def will get it looked at though.

wigz · 20-06-2006, 11:42 PM

my tendon pain was always worse during chest sessions, incline press was a killer!!!!

smythe · 21-06-2006, 12:08 AM

i had this
was simular to tennis elbow
had it for a month or so was recommended to accupunture but it just stopped on its own..
went light on bicep & cable crossover..

s

c8rsa · 25-06-2006, 08:57 PM

I had that pain in my left elbow,,was doing a set with dumb bells and it felt like it was gana pop out the socket!
Ive not had it in a while but can feel somthing when i get a really good pump around the bicep area.

splinter · 25-06-2006, 09:17 PM

Yeah gp's complete waste of time. I had to get diagnosis from another bodybuilder before.

NHS what a waste of my hard earned blood sweat and teared money!

18-06-2006, 11:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Fortdaddy Under Construction Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 58 Rep Power:	Help! Elbow Pain! My elbow is killing me! It started hurting about 2 weeks ago. I took a week of from physical activities and training. Yesterday I went back to the gym for my chest and tri workout and I had to almost stop in the middle of it because my elbow was hurting so bad. What can I do to get it better and what may have caused this to happen? I can't afford to take even MORE time off training. This is depressing. Thanks.

18-06-2006, 11:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
LeeB Moderator Musclechat Icon Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,938 Rep Power:	initially keep on training BUT keep it very light and strict with high reps... make sure all the weight is going through your muscle and not the joint!! choose exercises that dont hurt it!!! first thing tho is get an appontment with a good reputable physio or sports therapist... let them diagnose teh actual problem for you so you can find out how to correct it... dont bother seeing your GP it will be a waste of time! ______________________ If your not a part of the greatest... you got to be the greatest yourself! For the best supplements: www.extremenutrition.co.uk

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18-06-2006, 11:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Fortdaddy Under Construction Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 58 Rep Power:	Thanks for the advice! Has anybody else on here ever had this problem before?

18-06-2006, 02:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
wigz Making Progress Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 429 Rep Power:	yeah had problems with my tendons last year, about a week after a cycle i started with a slight pain which after a few weeks training became an unbearable acute pain. as lee said forget your gp he will say rest, get to a physio. but its probally the best thing that ever happened to me (apart from divorce) i had to train light and learnt to really squeze the muscle and concentrate on form and not on how much i could bench!

20-06-2006, 06:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Fortdaddy Under Construction Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 58 Rep Power:	Ok thanks for the advice. I will check into a physio soon. I had a shoulder/trap work-out yesterday and the pain wasn't near as bad as it was on chest/tricep day. Def will get it looked at though.

20-06-2006, 11:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
wigz Making Progress Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Manchester Posts: 429 Rep Power:	my tendon pain was always worse during chest sessions, incline press was a killer!!!!

21-06-2006, 12:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
smythe Under Construction Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 13 Rep Power:	i had this was simular to tennis elbow had it for a month or so was recommended to accupunture but it just stopped on its own.. went light on bicep & cable crossover.. s

25-06-2006, 08:57 PM	#8 (permalink)
c8rsa Making Progress Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Beds/Herts Posts: 202 Rep Power:	I had that pain in my left elbow,,was doing a set with dumb bells and it felt like it was gana pop out the socket! Ive not had it in a while but can feel somthing when i get a really good pump around the bicep area.

25-06-2006, 09:17 PM	#9 (permalink)
splinter Illuminati Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,058 Rep Power:	Yeah gp's complete waste of time. I had to get diagnosis from another bodybuilder before. NHS what a waste of my hard earned blood sweat and teared money!