The Monkey Man

I have been increasing the overall volume of training in my split
in order to try to squeeze in more technique work and a general conditioning
familiarization with the exercises in my split...

Doing this has caused me to overtrain...
No shit!? How else are you going to get anything done?

But now I am feeling electrical type pain in my forearms,
the pit of my elbow, and mildly in my shoulder!!??

the way the pain is stretched over such a distance and that it is such a sharp sensation
makes me think its a tendonal or some sort of nerve pain

Has any one had Wrist Tendonitis or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome???

Can you describe the symptoms?

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Decker

I had this same problem with my forearms and elbows (pit of). I fixed it (at least I think I did) by doing more back work--bent over rows and such. I don't know why that fixed it, but I no longer have those pains---they hurt like hell to the point where I couldn't do a pull up if I tried.

PreMier

I've got tendonitis, I just dont do anything anymore that makes it flare up. Im afraid the only thing you can do is rest it untill its completely healed, and use ice on it.

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The Monkey Man

If this is what I am feeling here...

I know the only way is rest
A friend of mine, a Pianist, had it bad..
He sought a Chinese doctor who gave him some weird stretches
and herbs...

(this was a last resort, he said it was the only thing that helped him heal,
and he had seen some top specialists, in Detroit & Boston)

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PreMier

I can only guess its what you have, because those are the symptoms. Are there any specific activities or movements that make it flare more than others? Mine usually takes a good 2 weeks to heal after I have inflamed it, so it really sucks. You usually have to just find ways around it. Good luck

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growinbigger

I've also had trouble with tendonitis in the elbows. I feel a sharp pain in the pit of the elbow that radiates up my forearm. I've found that it was caused by the way I did certain exercises. As long as I've kept extremely strict on elbow positioning, I don't get it anywhere as bad as I used to. Preacher curls was one exercise that did it to me, and I had to make sure I kept my elbows positioned so that my arms stayed perpendicular to the bench. If they flared out at all, I'd get the pain. Lying tricep extensions is another one. Again, I have to be strict in keeping the arms and elbows straight.

When I do get the pain, I have to back off and let it heal. There is really no other way around it. I have used lr3-igf-1 before, and it helped me heal faster.

Tchau,
--GB

P-funk

doesn't sound like tendonitis. Sounds more like a nerve. What exercises agravate it the most? Snatches?

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BUA

i had that, when i was overtraining my elbows hurt and my forearms ached especially when i did cable crossovers (they were a killer)!

P-funk

well that sounds more like tendonitis then an "electrical" currtent shooting down your arm.

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The Monkey Man

I'm guessing it's from two heavy days of Olympic lifting...

Throwing wrist & grip articulations into other movements...

Adding extra "technique" sets on odd days, in an attempt to master Olympic form...

Using the Ironmind gripper, all morning before my daily WO's...



I know I am over training, because I have systematically removed all
the callusses on my hands, and replaced them with bleeding holes and blisters -

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P-funk

well....

1) don't do two heavy days a week.
2) stretch
3) be patient with the lifts. no need to do more and more technique.
4) lower the volume of the grip work
5) ice
6) rest

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The Monkey Man

No shit, Dick Tracy...

Yesterday was the first day of those weird pains...
I did want to push it to redline, so I guess I found out what that was

I am skipping any weights today...

I am going to go a week of light stuff + I really want to stick those
cleans & snatches to balance, so form only -

I have to stop running also until I can figure out how to position my
feet low into the lifts to remove some of the strain from my knees

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