Ok,
Now that I got my deadlift pain figured out, my elbow has started acting up during skull crushers.
It started last Saturday on my last set. I felt this pain in the palm of my hand, about halfway between the base of my ring finger and my wrist. It was sort of a sharp tingle and I noticed on the last rep or two that it had started to move down my arm to my elbow.
It went away quickly, however, and stopped bothering me almost immediately, so I forgot about it.
I was doing them again yesterday, and this time it really started bothering me. And It was there all day. The pain in the elbow was far more present this time and it was obvious that the elbow was where the source of the pain was. Maybe it was a pinched nerve or something which is why I felt it first in my palm.
Anyway, it is barely noticeable today, but it is still there. Does anyone have any insight? Also, I figure I will need to take some time away from the skull crushers. Can anyone give me another good tricep exercise? I already do close grip bench presses , so it would need to supplement that, and all I have are free weights.
Thanks All!!
JF
It sounds like tendonitis. When I do heavy skullcrushers, I always get pain in my right elbow. I have used chiropractor care to help, but the only thing that really works is to take a break from doing them for a few weeks and then come back to doing them with lighter weights and higher reps (8-12).
Of course, I’m just getting old and 10 years of lifting is beginning to wear on my body, and the elbow pain is the least of my problems. As I’ve had shoulder and knee issues for the last few years. Even with ice, rest, massage, PT, ART and rehab exercises, I still deal with certain aches and pains on and off all the time.
I have to stay away from many exercises that cause pain, but that’s fine for me because now I stick to very basic training. And the basics are almost always the best.
[quote]Nate Dogg wrote:
It sounds like tendonitis. When I do heavy skullcrushers, I always get pain in my right elbow. I have used chiropractor care to help, but the only thing that really works is to take a break from doing them for a few weeks and then come back to doing them with lighter weights and higher reps (8-12).
Of course, I’m just getting old and 10 years of lifting is beginning to wear on my body, and the elbow pain is the least of my problems. As I’ve had shoulder and knee issues for the last few years. Even with ice, rest, massage, PT, ART and rehab exercises, I still deal with certain aches and pains on and off all the time.
I have to stay away from many exercises that cause pain, but that’s fine for me because now I stick to very basic training. And the basics are almost always the best.[/quote]
Thanks for that info!
I myself just started training six months ago, but I am 32 and my body does not heal quite as quickly as it used to and I find that I have to be a bit more careful how I do things.
Thanks!
JF
[quote]Jesus_Freak wrote:
I myself just started training six months ago, but I am 32 and my body does not heal quite as quickly as it used to and I find that I have to be a bit more careful how I do things.
Thanks!
JF[/quote]
No doubt. The older you get the more recovery time you need. But you can still train hard.