Thread: Joint pain = Over doing it? Please help

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First up I`d say forget about 1rm`s totally if you`re getting joint pains....if you are doing them at the end of your workout, they aren`t you true max anyway, so I think they are probably just aggrevating them more.

You could try a Glucosamine & Chondroitin supp, which may help, though did little for me. A lot of people do have some success though.

Are you drinking enough water too? How much p/d?

Which joints?

Mainly shoulders and elbows. Have a sore right wrist too, but that's from a sprain I got a week or so ago.
I drink a lot of water yeah, about 3 liters per day. Haven't been drinking that much lately which may have had some sort of negative effect on the joints or something. Anyway...will try to train with less weight today and see how my body reacts...

Thank you for your help

post you diet also. too much water will not affect your joints,just to little. you might be lacking else where, meaning diet. try going light for awhile, see if that helps, but lets take a look at your food intake. o.k

Sounds like tendonitis to me!! I had that...still do!! I had to get a cortisone shot in my shoulder and elbow!! It still gets sore from time to time, but I have learned to train with it and know when to back off! Aspirin and ibuprofin will be your best friends!! Get it a break for a few days and see if it lets up!

Originally posted by kuso
You could try a Glucosamine & Chondroitin supp, which may help, though did little for me. A lot of people do have some success though.

Are you drinking enough water too? How much p/d?

This works great for me. Also you could try MSM. If they act up your are probably overtraining a bit. Try lifting lighter for a week or two then cycle heavy again. And when they act up back off again.

Shoulders and elbows? Stop them 1reppers.

Can i ask, when you bench, where do you lower the bar to?

And do you do upright rows?

If that pain continues more than 2 weeks, I would see a doctor. You're too young to have (annoying) joint pain. You also shouldn't do any movement that causes pain. It will only lead to making whatever you have worse.

TJohn

Originally posted by kuso

You could try a Glucosamine & Chondroitin supp, which may help, though did little for me. A lot of people do have some success though.

Yep this stuff worked for me. Thanks to Kuso and IT for telling me about it.

But I'd say go lighter to give your joints a little rest. and see how they feel when you switch back to lifting heavy.

I've had joint problems in my knee's from doing squats as well as rotator cuff damage. I had some pretty good success with both Glucosamine and chondroitin, but I heard shark cartilage is also a good supp to use although a little more expensive.

Requested info on my diet:

As mentioned in my first post I take Fish Oil, Multi vitamin, E-vitamin, Creatine and whey protein powder. Furthermore I drink a lot of water now and yet pretty healthy. Drink lots of milk and eat low in fat mostly. I eat lots of tuna too. Would never suspect my diet of having anything to do with the pain in my joints...

To DG806, who said "Sounds like tendonitis to me!!" - I am not aware of that medical term, as I am actually Danish and it doesn't say what it means in my dictionary Could you explain please. I know that it has something to do with the tendons, but that's about it...

Should have said "Eat pretty healthy" in my last post. Sorry 'bout that

"Can i ask, when you bench, where do you lower the bar to?

And do you do upright rows?"

Sure you can

I lower the bar to my chest when I do straight bench (excuse my lack of pro. terms)

Not sure what upright rows are...

Tendonitis as described by http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

is called inflammation of a tendon.

Go lighter. Anytime I get serioud joint or tendon pains I make sure that I back off the weight. At 18 you have to make sure that you're not setting yourself for a chronic injury.

I also have to agree with what some other people have said: If the pain lasts more than 2 weeks then go see a doctor.