I have some tendonitis in my forearm. Anybody dealt with this and if so, what helps relieve it.
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I helped my mother through this recently; am working through it in my knees now. It's a huge bitch, and it takes forever to kick, especially if you don't let the joint heal.
Things that will help:
- ibuprofen can help with instant pain relief and inflammation relief. you can even up the dosage of IB quite a bit for a short term; I've seen doses over 8-1200mg a day, in 3/4 portions (so 2-400mg 3-4x daily). But, know what you can do here and don't go too long - ulcers aren't fun.
- upping amount of Omega3s in diet (fish oil, look at EPA/DHA content in servings in Nutrition Facts and _nothing else_ to see how much is in there)
- glucosamine supplements should help if damage is bad enough that it's worth starting this; supplements take 30-60 days to take effect
- very light exercise, but a little compression magic take really help you out here. Wrapping above and below the joint with something like the Rogue Voodoo band and going through the range of motion can really help to both a) improve circulation and squish that pooled-up blood out of the junky joint and b) grab a hold of the smaller muscles and tendons in the cluster and work them a little bit too. I can honestly say, for my knee tendonitis, nothing helps as much as doing this. The joint feels better almost instantly; my mother said the same upon trying it on her elbow. There was a bit about that for elbows on MWoD too, vid below.
- if you have any lack of flexibility in the surrounding muscle groups, try and iron that out with a stretching regimen, and only stretch after you've elevated your heart rate. inflexibility, if present, may be involved in the source of your problems.
good luck.
Things that will help:
- ibuprofen can help with instant pain relief and inflammation relief. you can even up the dosage of IB quite a bit for a short term; I've seen doses over 8-1200mg a day, in 3/4 portions (so 2-400mg 3-4x daily). But, know what you can do here and don't go too long - ulcers aren't fun.
- upping amount of Omega3s in diet (fish oil, look at EPA/DHA content in servings in Nutrition Facts and _nothing else_ to see how much is in there)
- glucosamine supplements should help if damage is bad enough that it's worth starting this; supplements take 30-60 days to take effect
- very light exercise, but a little compression magic take really help you out here. Wrapping above and below the joint with something like the Rogue Voodoo band and going through the range of motion can really help to both a) improve circulation and squish that pooled-up blood out of the junky joint and b) grab a hold of the smaller muscles and tendons in the cluster and work them a little bit too. I can honestly say, for my knee tendonitis, nothing helps as much as doing this. The joint feels better almost instantly; my mother said the same upon trying it on her elbow. There was a bit about that for elbows on MWoD too, vid below.
- if you have any lack of flexibility in the surrounding muscle groups, try and iron that out with a stretching regimen, and only stretch after you've elevated your heart rate. inflexibility, if present, may be involved in the source of your problems.
good luck.
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I had it in my ankle when I was a kid. It was crazy because you could hear my ankle click when I walked. The doctor basically had me rest it as much as possible and put hot compresses on it. Keep in mind that this was the solution many years ago, so I am sure that there have been great advances in the treatments.
Yep. That specific variant is bursitis, it's the little sac behind your kneecap swelling up. You can hear the fluid moving around in there when you use the joint, right? I know because I have it too.
That treatment with the voodoo band I described above works fantastic for treating that too. If you want, there's another vid of KStar using the bands for that. Helped me a ton.
The clicking is weird. I've heard all kinds of theories on heat and ice on the joint too; some good, some bad. Supposedly heat is best, but in moderation. Ice definitely helps with the swelling.
Get yourself one of those bands and check out the link below. I originally injured mine sparring, coming down hard on my kneecap on a 1.5" mat while I was twisting.
http://www.mobilitywod.com/2012/05/voodoo-band-your-patella-femoral-pain.html
Good luck...
Could possibly be tendonitis. I have had tendonitis numerous times over the years from working out and found the best therapy is rest and anti-inflammatory's. The main thing is to let it heal completely which for me takes around three weeks. If you go back too soon you will only aggravate and set yourself back.
Is it near your elbow ? If so this kinda thing responds well to a Corticosteroid injection if resting it hasn't helped.
This is ALWAYS the best option.
You can also massage the tendon, like your patellar tendon. Just rub across the fibers. It of course has to be superficial enough to touch.
That's a great video. I found that pullups were the real aggrivating source for me. Really, I just had to cut back and give it some rest. But I didn't have a Voodoo PT Guru to help me either!
I bought those Rogue bands and have been using them 1-3 times a day for a few weeks. I know this is totally anecdotal but the nagging tendinitis I've had for six months has almost totally resolved itself.
I think these bands work like a deep fiber massage - the best thing is that you can do it by yourself.
I think these bands work like a deep fiber massage - the best thing is that you can do it by yourself.
I'm just getting over Prepatellar bursitis for almost a year. I went and had fluid drained off and an MRI prior to surgery (they thought I had torn my meniscus) once they saw that it was bursitis, surgery was off the table and the prescription was to just keep laying on my ass and like the specialist said, it took about 4 months for it to "go away" but it's not really gone yet. The specialist said it would take years to get back to normal, and I had to avoid doing things that would cause a flame up. So I can't get on my knees (right knee) and I have to be careful about the way I pivot on my right leg. It's a bitch, 'cus you always have to be mindful of what you knee is doing (think about how many times you get on your knees, a.k.a. sex, especially now as the wife is trying to make another baby). Anyway, at first I was using a band/compression thingie like the one mentioned above but the pressure from the support/band was actually causing the bursa to become more inflamed. So once I stopped using that, my knee got way better but I prolonged my suffering for months because I used something like that and didn't know I was making the problem worse.
Point being: Don't use compression for bursitis!
Be careful with steroid injections around joints. It will deteriorate the joints over time if continually repeated. It will relieve the symptoms but the underlying problem will still be there and will come back with a vengeance if not addressed by other means in addition to the injection.
The one thing I haven't heard mentioned is icing the affected joint. That is key to a quick recovery. As an athlete in college I fought tendonitis in my knees almost constantly. Ice and ibuprofen was always the remedy prescribed by the trainers and surgeons.
In that environment resting the joint simply wasn't an option, you just trained through it.
In that environment resting the joint simply wasn't an option, you just trained through it.
I have bad knees with two surgeries in the last two years. Everyone has made good suggestions. I use the glucosamine and 800 mg ibuprofen on a daily regiment. I still do all the same things I have always done, albeit some days are better than others.
Some physical therapy is always a good suggestion as well. Do this before anything aggressive like cortisone, steroids or surgery.
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Some physical therapy is always a good suggestion as well. Do this before anything aggressive like cortisone, steroids or surgery.
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Definitely could be a tendon problem, does it only hurt while your doing the triceps workout? Or does the pain persist afterward? I ask because that sort of motion could be compressing the funny bone nerve and causing the pain which may not hurt much after workout is over versus tendonitis which should persist for a bit.
