I’ve got various problems that are getting in the way of my lifting. (My Elbows get seriously tweaked when I do pull ups. My shoulders get tweaked when I do any pressing. Bench, military, and even push ups. And my left hamstring is keeping me from squatting.)
My question is how long should I rest for, before I see a doc about it? 1 week, 2 weeks, a month?
If your performing the exercises with good form but still experiencing pain then I think you should see a doctor some time in the next few days
I really hate to see the word “tweaked” when describing injuries. Not to bust your chops, but it gives no intelligible sign of what the problem is. Is it shooting pain, dull pain, aching, grinding, numbness? Is it acute or chronics? Lateral/medial, etc? The more you can describe, the better we can TRY to diagnose. We are not doctors but I have had my share of injuries.
There are a million articles here on shoulder pain, and a good handful on elbow pain. I would glaze over those, then reply to my post with more accurate information. Best of luck.
elbows will get a burning sensation during and after pull ups and will come and go periodically throughout the day.
strong ache in the delts (toward the posterior end) during push ups, benching, and military pressing.
sharp pain in the left hamstring when squatting.
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elbows will get a burning sensation during and after pull ups and will come and go periodically throughout the day.
strong ache in the delts (toward the posterior end) during push ups, benching, and military pressing.
sharp pain in the left hamstring when squatting.
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If you’r doing any type of machine press that might be the problem. I’m telling you this out of personal experience, bfore Mark’s SS program i was doing some gay program which was pretty much useless…anyway, after doing machine chest press my left shoulder joint would hurt like a bitch. Everything’s good now without machines.
Everything is free weight and bodyweight. the first two years of “training” was curls benching and crunches. no lat training or leg training at all. I’ve probably got muscle imbalances galore.
[quote]Sliver wrote:
I’ve got various problems that are getting in the way of my lifting. (My Elbows get seriously tweaked when I do pull ups. My shoulders get tweaked when I do any pressing. Bench, military, and even push ups. And my left hamstring is keeping me from squatting.)
My question is how long should I rest for, before I see a doc about it? 1 week, 2 weeks, a month?[/quote]
take 3-4 weeks off using affected areas. take 2 ibuprofen 3x a day. My parents wasted money getting me an MRI when all I needed was simple fucking advice. Don’t waste your money unless you NEED to.
On a side note, what is your warm up routine like? Foam rolling, mobility work and a few warm up sets can really help reduce pains and aches.
zephead has it right, but I disagree with the painkiller. All it does is trick your CNS into thinking you are OK, and you might jump into action too quickly. Just masks the pain, and pain is the body’s natural signal to STOP.
You can still the affected muscles with simple isometric/BW exercises in order to stimulate the muscles … in order to prevent atrophy in the meantime. You wont grow, but you can minimize your losses. But I strongly recommend not taking painkillers. Just my two.
My guess is imbalance(not enough back work/external rotation), but I don’t know enough of your routine or history to make that assumption.
As for the elbows…form in the pullup?
The thing about ibuprofen isn’t that it’s a painkiller, it’s also an anti inflamitory, keep your body from hurting itself more.
I already know what mistakes I was making with the pull ups. (after some reading.) I’d force out one pull up (the best I can do right now. I can do 4 or 5 bodyweight chin ups but because my upper back is so weak I can only do one or two pull ups) and then instead of lowering myself slowly, I’d just drop straight down.
I’ve still got PLENTY of mobility in my shoulders. (I can do that shoulder mobility test thingy where you put your hands behind your back and my hands can reach eachother.) But there’s definetly an imbalance between my front delt, and posterior delt, and my internal rotators vs external rotators. I HOPE that’s what’s causing the pain when I press because it means all I need to do is work my pulling muscles and after enough time it’ll be fixed. If not then I’m out of ideas.