Thread: Nasty elbow tendonitis

Super cissus Rx has helped me.

I recently had some major pain on the inside of my left elbow (that little knob on the inside). I was told it was tendonitis, and to give it some rest. There was really nothing that I could do other than that.

Ya know, sometimes there's no miracle cure, injection, or supplement you can take. It's been compromised somehow, and it just needs some time off.

I've taken about 3-4 weeks off really hard routines in which my elbow is involved, and voila! I'm working my way back up without pain!

Keep working out, but if it hurts your elbow, don't do it.

good luck.

I take glucosamine(3g), chondroitin(1.5g), and msm(1.5g) everyday and when get a suspected inflamation I take ibuprofen(200mg) 3 times a day for a few days(a week max) and it almost always works for me.

yeah truthfully supplements are only going to help a little when it comes to this. just need to rest it. I used to get it bad too. had to take off about 2-3months and after that I cut back on the number of exercises i did involving triceps. for one I almost never do just tricep exercises anymore. they get worked when you do bench, shoulder press, dips, and a lot of other exercises so just lay off em for awhile. When you come back, don't blast em if your like me and have problems with it.

The best thing you can do right now is remove the aggravating stimulus. That is, lay off anything that bothers it at all.

Is the site of the pain medial or lateral?

You may consider working on mobility in your wrists and shoulders to some extent. Sometimes lacking mobility in surrounding joints can be an issue.

Overuse could also be the problem. Is there anything you do at work or home that you think could contribute to the pain? Sometimes pains like this manifest themselves in the weight room, but there is some kind of stress being placed on it outside of the gym. Stress is cumulative, and the gym isn't the only place where the body is subjected to physical stressors.

Thanks for all the tips. I guess the most important thing right now is to take time off, as much as I don't want to. The pain is worse than it's ever been though, so I'll rest at least a week. I am concerned though because it just feels like my whole arm is a little out of whack right now, not just the elbow. Even curls are hurting. Ironic too because almost 2 years ago I fractured the humerus of my other arm. I had surgery and got it plated and that is now my "good" arm at the moment. Who knows, maybe the pain stems from shifting too much when I lift, although I think my form is pretty good. I also have been guilty of being a little upper-body happy lately, so I need to better balance the program out once things resume agian.

Right now I am also seeing a chiropractor who uses something called the Graston Technique, maybe somewhat similar to A R T. I actually had some noticeable relief after the first visit, but the pain soon came back. See how the follow-up sessions go.
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As far as stresses outside the gym, I sometimes had a tendency to lay on my side in bed on that arm, so I have stopped that. Whenever I lay next to my girl too, there tends to be limited space and I have noticed my elbow started getting flared up again when I was spending a lot of time with her. I'll save the jokester's the time, I'm not going to break up with her, at least not for that reason lol.

2-3 months of not doing aggravating movements is your cure. Fuck your chiropractor and voodoo BS. He's not substantial by any means. Seek alternatives to aggravating movements and give it time. Your alternatives are here............ ask.. read.. time ...KEEP WORKING OUT( keep the blood flowing to this area in good quantity ) ....... heal.

IMHO

an herb called "teremic" helped me alot. i have tendonitis in my left elbow and right wrist. my mother told me about it. she has suffered from arthritis for over 20 yrs. a friend of hers told her about it. it's a spice used in indian food, but has been used as a natural anti-inflammatory and antiseptic for thousands of years. it is good for any kind of "itis". it has freed my mother from about 80% of her pain, and she had alot. i've been taking 3 per day for about a month now and can tell an improvement. it takes a little while to build up in your system. it's really cheap. check into it. i'm sure everyone's results vary drastically with stuff like this, but i can honestly say it helped my mom alot and so far, so good with me too.