I know TMUSCLE is filled with rehab/prehab stuff to do for shoulder pain, but never found much about wrists and elbows (except for an article by Eric Cressey). I have no scientific proof for this, but I just thought, hey what about foam rolling or using a tennis ball/lax ball to roll over your forearms and upper arm?
I remember when I had knee issues and i did some foam rolling on my IT band and used a tennis ball to roll my calves and in a week my knees were whooooo, feeling good!
Now i know that legs are not anatomically identical to arms, but it’s something i can’t help but want to try.
Anybody have any opinions on this or better yet, information about this?!?!
Thanks guys
A tennis ball or lacrosse ball works well for your wrist flexors and extensors. I like to put my arm behind my back with the ball between my forearm and the wall.
I’ve had this problem for a while, and while soft tissue work can help, I found the biggest help to be aggressively stretching my lats, pecs, and triceps. I also do some rotator cuff exercises every so often. This was all stuff I did for PT to avoid getting Tommy John surgery, and I found it let me start doing heavy presses again.
Interesting idea, I’d never thought of doing it there, I suppose it could help. However, from my experience, people with specifically elbow problems have shoulder problems that seem to be the root of the problem. A host of scapular disfunctions can place alot more stress on the elbows, somewhat akin to someone who has poor hip mobility has knees that bother them.