ColoradoJay
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Hi gang,
I've started to have a decent amount of elbow pain in both arms. Worse in the left, but also there in the right. It isn't so bad that I've stopped working out, but I've been doing a lot of reading on the topic in my spare time, and I'm starting to think I need to take this a bit more seriously, as I could be building up scar tissue that will be a problem down the road. The pain is in the inner/lower elbow, in the area that would typically be described as "golfer's elbow". This didn't start with a big "pop" in the arm or anything like that - it just started one day, I *think* after doing some triceps nose-breakers. Regardless of the exercise that caused the initial pain, now there really is no one specific exercise that makes it feel worse than any other - anything I do with the upper body (other than shrugs) engages the elbows, and makes them bark. Barbell bench, dumbell bench, biceps work of any kind, triceps work of any kind, flys, etc. What I don't want to do, at least for the next 10 weeks, is take time off from working the upper body.
So, my research came across something called "trigger point therapy". Great information on it, here: http://www.massagemag.com/how-to-fix-elbow-pain-with-myofascialtrigger-point-therapy-5107/
Without repeating everything in that article, it appears that many times pain in the elbow can be caused by a muscle problem higher on the arm rather than a problem in the tendon - often in the triceps brachii or surrounding areas. Anyone here have any experience with this type of therapy? Articles and theories are great, but I'd love to hear from someone who has gone down this path and had good results.
I've started to have a decent amount of elbow pain in both arms. Worse in the left, but also there in the right. It isn't so bad that I've stopped working out, but I've been doing a lot of reading on the topic in my spare time, and I'm starting to think I need to take this a bit more seriously, as I could be building up scar tissue that will be a problem down the road. The pain is in the inner/lower elbow, in the area that would typically be described as "golfer's elbow". This didn't start with a big "pop" in the arm or anything like that - it just started one day, I *think* after doing some triceps nose-breakers. Regardless of the exercise that caused the initial pain, now there really is no one specific exercise that makes it feel worse than any other - anything I do with the upper body (other than shrugs) engages the elbows, and makes them bark. Barbell bench, dumbell bench, biceps work of any kind, triceps work of any kind, flys, etc. What I don't want to do, at least for the next 10 weeks, is take time off from working the upper body.
So, my research came across something called "trigger point therapy". Great information on it, here: http://www.massagemag.com/how-to-fix-elbow-pain-with-myofascialtrigger-point-therapy-5107/
Without repeating everything in that article, it appears that many times pain in the elbow can be caused by a muscle problem higher on the arm rather than a problem in the tendon - often in the triceps brachii or surrounding areas. Anyone here have any experience with this type of therapy? Articles and theories are great, but I'd love to hear from someone who has gone down this path and had good results.