Anyone ever dealt with tennis elbow?

alyssamiller77

Ugh, so I don't know if it was a result of poor form or just over training but I've developed a pretty solid case of tennis elbow in my right arm. I'm sure it came from a lot of bicep and compound exercises I had been doing. So now the problem is I know I need to rest that area of my body, but how can I keep the rest of my progress going in the meantime. I've tried to focus on isolating other muscles and being very focused not to let myself get lazy and start relying on my biceps as well. That's helped to a point, but even if I don't feel it while I'm lifting, my elbow still ends up somewhat sore the next day.

Now I'm not expecting any medical advice here, just wondering if anyone else has dealt with this and what types of strength training (if any) you were able to do while it healed. Your thoughts and ideas are much appreciated.

carlie_carl

I had the same sort of problem with my left elbow, I lift heavy and I noticed it getting worse and worse when I was doing situps, so I saw a doctor and he recomended rest but he did say swimming was theraputic for this and I tried it out, It did heal or should I say recover quickly and even feels more solid. I know it sucks especially when you enjoy lifting

Onesnap

I have it. Not from tennis from nerve damage from a workspace. I was at a too-high table instead of a desk for months. Permanent nerve damage. I used to wear a brace and luckily it was caught before turning to carpal tunnel.

Sl1ghtly

Yup. I took advantage of the recovery time to work on other lifts, and added extra rest time between workouts. In my case, I don't think it was overtraining, but instead under-resting.

chrishgt4

I've got a couple of recurring issues in my left arm and both of them I only get over by rest and ibuprofen.

I have one in the outside of my elbow that comes from any pushing exercises that is basically 2 tendons that are close to each other that in certain circumstances rub against each other. This causes them to become inflamed which means they rub against each other more causing a vicious circle.

The other is (self diagnosed) in the bicep brachiallis. This started off when I started doing Lat Pullovers. Poor form or what, I'm not sure, but I could barely curl 10kg after that without it feeling like I was being stabbed with a hot iron.

Both of these just needed rest - the bicep significantly more so.

When I didn't give them enough rest the problem just came straight back.

Onesnap

See your doctor before it gets worse. Tennis elbow is PERMANENT nerve damage so you don't want it because there's no cure. They can suggest a gel brace (from your local drugstore) to wear when lifting. You don't want it to get worse or to stick for life. Mine is permanent nerve damage.