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Jerry

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:10 pm
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I've had a pain in my elbow now for a few months right where my funny
bone is. I went to the doc yesterday and he said that my ulnar nerve may
be compressed and that it could be caused by my weight lifting. He
suggested that I either back off the weights for a while or do different
weights that don't require a lot of grip or bending of the elbow. I've
already taken a week off training prior to seeing the doctor to see if
resting it helped but it's still painful. It doesn't always hurt though.

I looked this up on about.com and they call it Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
(http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/elbow/a/cubitaltunnel.htm). It suggests
splinting the elbow and taking anti-inflammatory medication (doctor
didn't mention this, only backing off weights or surgery).

Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, what did you do to take care of
it? I asked the doc what I can do as alternative exercises and all he
said were machine flies. Do you have any suggestions for the rest of my
exercises? I can do squats and I can probably purchase some of those
wrist straps for DLing but the rest I'm not sure of.

I currently do the following full body routine 2-3 times per week on
free weights in my basement (I can use a gym if I need to resort to
machines):

Squat / DL (alternating days)
Incline BP
Shoulder Press
DB Row
Lat Pulldown or pull ups

I've been lifting high weights / low reps for strength.

Thanks!


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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:10 pm
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In article <lH3Ke.4050$j21.2047@news01.roc.ny>,
Jerry <jabeach.DeleteThis@DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net> wrote:

> I've had a pain in my elbow now for a few months right where my funny
> bone is. I went to the doc yesterday and he said that my ulnar nerve may
> be compressed and that it could be caused by my weight lifting. He
> suggested that I either back off the weights for a while or do different
> weights that don't require a lot of grip or bending of the elbow. I've
> already taken a week off training prior to seeing the doctor to see if
> resting it helped but it's still painful. It doesn't always hurt though.
>
> I looked this up on about.com and they call it Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
> (http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/elbow/a/cubitaltunnel.htm). It suggests
> splinting the elbow and taking anti-inflammatory medication (doctor
> didn't mention this, only backing off weights or surgery).
>
> Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, what did you do to take care of
> it? I asked the doc what I can do as alternative exercises and all he
> said were machine flies. Do you have any suggestions for the rest of my
> exercises? I can do squats and I can probably purchase some of those
> wrist straps for DLing but the rest I'm not sure of.

Squats are probably the cause. Sounds weird, but it is very common to
have elbow tendon problems when squatting heavy. It you have access to a
safety squat bar or a longer buffalo bar use that for a while. If not
try squatting while grabbing the first the plate at the top (use a 25 or
35 for the second plate).

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:45 pm
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Hobbes wrote:
> In article <lH3Ke.4050$j21.2047@news01.roc.ny>,
> Jerry <jabeach.DeleteThis@DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I've had a pain in my elbow now for a few months right where my funny
>>bone is. I went to the doc yesterday and he said that my ulnar nerve may
>>be compressed and that it could be caused by my weight lifting. He
>>suggested that I either back off the weights for a while or do different
>>weights that don't require a lot of grip or bending of the elbow. I've
>>already taken a week off training prior to seeing the doctor to see if
>>resting it helped but it's still painful. It doesn't always hurt though.
>>
>>I looked this up on about.com and they call it Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
>>(http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/elbow/a/cubitaltunnel.htm). It suggests
>>splinting the elbow and taking anti-inflammatory medication (doctor
>>didn't mention this, only backing off weights or surgery).
>>
>>Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, what did you do to take care of
>>it? I asked the doc what I can do as alternative exercises and all he
>>said were machine flies. Do you have any suggestions for the rest of my
>>exercises? I can do squats and I can probably purchase some of those
>>wrist straps for DLing but the rest I'm not sure of.
>
>
> Squats are probably the cause. Sounds weird, but it is very common to
> have elbow tendon problems when squatting heavy. It you have access to a
> safety squat bar or a longer buffalo bar use that for a while. If not
> try squatting while grabbing the first the plate at the top (use a 25 or
> 35 for the second plate).

Sounds very weird. When squatting I do grip the bar tight (a reaction to
lifting heavy I suppose). I'll try this out for squatting and see how I do.

Thanks Keith!


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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:56 am
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Jerry wrote:
> Hobbes wrote:
>
>> In article <lH3Ke.4050$j21.2047@news01.roc.ny>,
>> Jerry <jabeach RemoveThis @DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I've had a pain in my elbow now for a few months right where my funny
>>> bone is. I went to the doc yesterday and he said that my ulnar nerve
>>> may be compressed and that it could be caused by my weight lifting.
>>> He suggested that I either back off the weights for a while or do
>>> different weights that don't require a lot of grip or bending of the
>>> elbow. I've already taken a week off training prior to seeing the
>>> doctor to see if resting it helped but it's still painful. It doesn't
>>> always hurt though.
>>>
>>> I looked this up on about.com and they call it Cubital Tunnel
>>> Syndrome (http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/elbow/a/cubitaltunnel.htm).
>>> It suggests splinting the elbow and taking anti-inflammatory
>>> medication (doctor didn't mention this, only backing off weights or
>>> surgery).
>>>
>>> Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, what did you do to take care
>>> of it? I asked the doc what I can do as alternative exercises and all
>>> he said were machine flies. Do you have any suggestions for the rest
>>> of my exercises? I can do squats and I can probably purchase some of
>>> those wrist straps for DLing but the rest I'm not sure of.
>>
>>
>>
>> Squats are probably the cause. Sounds weird, but it is very common to
>> have elbow tendon problems when squatting heavy. It you have access to
>> a safety squat bar or a longer buffalo bar use that for a while. If
>> not try squatting while grabbing the first the plate at the top (use a
>> 25 or 35 for the second plate).
>
>
> Sounds very weird. When squatting I do grip the bar tight (a reaction to
> lifting heavy I suppose). I'll try this out for squatting and see how I do.
>
> Thanks Keith!
>
>

Remember to give it enough time to have an effect: what takes time to
bring on will take time to wear off.

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:57 am
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spodosaurus wrote:
> Jerry wrote:
>
>> Hobbes wrote:
>>
>>> In article <lH3Ke.4050$j21.2047@news01.roc.ny>,
>>> Jerry <jabeach DeleteThis @DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I've had a pain in my elbow now for a few months right where my
>>>> funny bone is. I went to the doc yesterday and he said that my ulnar
>>>> nerve may be compressed and that it could be caused by my weight
>>>> lifting. He suggested that I either back off the weights for a while
>>>> or do different weights that don't require a lot of grip or bending
>>>> of the elbow. I've already taken a week off training prior to seeing
>>>> the doctor to see if resting it helped but it's still painful. It
>>>> doesn't always hurt though.
>>>>
>>>> I looked this up on about.com and they call it Cubital Tunnel
>>>> Syndrome
>>>> (http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/elbow/a/cubitaltunnel.htm). It
>>>> suggests splinting the elbow and taking anti-inflammatory medication
>>>> (doctor didn't mention this, only backing off weights or surgery).
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone ever experienced this? If so, what did you do to take
>>>> care of it? I asked the doc what I can do as alternative exercises
>>>> and all he said were machine flies. Do you have any suggestions for
>>>> the rest of my exercises? I can do squats and I can probably
>>>> purchase some of those wrist straps for DLing but the rest I'm not
>>>> sure of.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Squats are probably the cause. Sounds weird, but it is very common to
>>> have elbow tendon problems when squatting heavy. It you have access
>>> to a safety squat bar or a longer buffalo bar use that for a while.
>>> If not try squatting while grabbing the first the plate at the top
>>> (use a 25 or 35 for the second plate).
>>
>>
>>
>> Sounds very weird. When squatting I do grip the bar tight (a reaction
>> to lifting heavy I suppose). I'll try this out for squatting and see
>> how I do.
>>
>> Thanks Keith!
>>
>>
>
> Remember to give it enough time to have an effect: what takes time to
> bring on will take time to wear off.

I'll probably find some alternative exercises for the ones that I can't
modify and do them for a month or so to see how things are going. I
could probably use a change anyway Smile

I do wonder if this injury is bound to happen again in the future.


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