Anyone ever had elbow tendinitis?

[Mainer61]

I had it about 18 years ago from carrying something heavy at work. It healed fine, but it was annoying not being able to do anything with that arm for a few weeks.

[Winchupuata]

Originally Posted by nurider2002

A full year for me and now I am careful. Got it from doing pull ups and tried to ignore it - bad idea. Then, every time the pain went away, I tried to resume my usual work-out routine - again, bad idea. Ended up with an impinged nerve as well. Rest, rest and more rest. Ice, rest. Then, get constricting elbow sleaves (from wrists to upper arm) and compression pads to fit around the elbows for future work outs. I can finally work out again as long as I have the elbows wrapped and don't do anything extreme. But at the worst, my pain was so bad I could hardly move my left arm. Tried P.T. with minimal results but ice and rest are key. It's very frustrating if you are used to weight training but, until it heals you will only do more damage. Patience is key.

Experienced exactly the same thing, at the worst I couldn't even bend my left arm at all, now I can workout again but it comes and goes, depending on how intensive I'm going and the type of exercises I'm doing. I know that for like 6 months I couldn't do pullups or dips. I can now but need to be very careful. I already came to terms that I will have this for the rest of my life unfortunately.

[Big-Bucks]

Wow... Seems like the rest of you had some really bad cases. I ONLY had pain doing curls with the dumbells. I was able to do triceps exercises including dips no problem. 4 months later I tested it out and now I'm able to do curls again. Only did 10 reps. I'll ease back into it. I think maybe it was joint pain rather than tendinitis. Not sure though.

[Oildog]

Yes it lasted for 3 months or so. I tried lifting to much weight too soon. Let it heal then gradually work up your lifts.