Elbow Pain (Funny Bone)

In article <[email hidden]>,

Jerry jabeach@DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net said:

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).

--
Keith

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Jerry jabeach@DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net said:

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!

--
Jerry

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Jerry jabeach@DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net said:

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!

--
Jerry

Jerry said:

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Jerry jabeach@DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net said:

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.

Ari

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Jerry said:

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Jerry jabeach@DONT_SPAM_ME_citlink.net said:

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.

Ari

--
spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

spodosaurus said:

Jerry said:

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Jerry <jabeach@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 :-)

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

--
Jerry

spodosaurus said:

Jerry said:

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Jerry <jabeach@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 :-)

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

--
Jerry