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Yes, and though I always will say "go see a professional", I knew enough to know it was not serious, and basic laying off the exercises that aggravate it.
It took about nine months or so for it to be 100%.
Did no special treatment other than not doing exercises that impact it, which sucked because things like pullups were probably the worse, followed by dips.
I think I’ve got what they call golfers elbow. Not terrible but it is holding me back a bit.
Anyone treated this in their own? Any advice? 39 year old male. Haven’t actually golfed in 20 years.
Usually caused by weak forearms not in balance with the upper arm. With golfers elbow, vs tennis elbow, usually you are flexing your wrist when you shouldn't be during certain lifts or carrying weights/dumbbells and the forearm isn't strong enough and gets over powered by the upper arm. You need to do eccentric training to strengthen it without aggravating it further.
You can try a Theraband flexbar. Only do the exercise for golfers elbow first until it goes away.
Last edited by High Altitude; 02-03-2018 at 12:58 PM..
I think I’ve got what they call golfers elbow. Not terrible but it is holding me back a bit.
Anyone treated this in their own? Any advice? 39 year old male. Haven’t actually golfed in 20 years.
Just be careful what you do, and golf won't help. I did it while lifting weights, nothing with the actually weights, but just put them down wrong. It took a good 8 to 10 months to make me feel completely healed, as anything you do can activate the tendinitis very easily.
Stay away from anything that will re-inflame the injury. It is tough cause you need to strengthen it, but at same time stay away from aggravating it.
What High altitude said about the elbow. I have this issue over the last few weeks. Mostly started since I am increasing the reps on mu pull ups to 14-16 with what I think is clean form, no bouncing/etc. But then the elbow acted up.
I am against the conventional wisdom of "full rest" so added some wrist exercises, simple and easy ones in between my arm work-outs. It has been around two weeks and things are better. Back to pull ups yesterday, just using the bars that have a bit of angle to help keep the elbow more neutral, so far so good.
What High altitude said about the elbow. I have this issue over the last few weeks. Mostly started since I am increasing the reps on mu pull ups to 14-16 with what I think is clean form, no bouncing/etc. But then the elbow acted up.
I am against the conventional wisdom of "full rest" so added some wrist exercises, simple and easy ones in between my arm work-outs. It has been around two weeks and things are better. Back to pull ups yesterday, just using the bars that have a bit of angle to help keep the elbow more neutral, so far so good.
I am of the same opinion. You can rest some if it is REAL bad and just doing the PT is painful, but the true cause is an imbalance and no amount of rest will solve that if you want to remain active.
If you don't want to get the flexbar, you can do the eccentrics yourself with a very light dumbbell.
Do the concentric part of the exercise with no weight, put the weight in your hand and then perform the eccentric, remove weight and repeat. 1-3 times a week, 2-3 sets, 5-15 reps. Start slow and build up.
Basically what the flexbar does is allow you to get into position to perform the eccentric without ever having to do the concentric movement under tension.
I think I developed a little of it too from a repetitive work movement involving my left arm. It has hurt like hell to do any sort of bicep curling movement with my left arm. Only that movement seems to really irritate it. I suppose there is nothing to be done about it except give it time to heal itself.
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