Elbow Tendon Pain During Wide-Grip Curls

[herrubermensch]

Back and bi day yesterday, and I usually commence the “bi” portion of that with wide-grip easy-bar curls at 75-85 lbs. From the first rep, in tendon on the inside of my left elbow was screaming. After five abbreviated sets, I stopped further bi work. I tried an isolation DB curl and hurt so badly, I had to drop the DB.

Thoughts and recommendations? Is this just tendonitis that I need to ice/heat, rinse and repeat?

 

[Poppy]

I used to get same thing… no more pullups and limited curls. Seems to be getting much better. Took a couple of uears.

 

[Trollus]

Ice, ice, ice. That’s what works for me.

 

[TBU]

Are you currently on blast and if so what are the products you are using?
Can you lock your arm out?
RICE is your friend for tendinitis. Rest Ice Compression Elevation.
When my tendinitis flares I wear Tommy copper sleeves during work outs, Aleve and hour before. And ice the shit out of it every day.
Hope this helps you out.

 

[herrubermensch]

Currently cruising on low dose test cyp with itty bitty bits of NPP and Mast P thrown in.

Yes, I can lock out my arm. When it hurts is when I contract my bicep. Never had this before. Interestingly, as I had separately posted, I had terrible knee tendon pain when doing squats, then running the other day. This all may be the consequence of a dramatic reduction in NPP usage (i.e., from 100mg ED to 100mg each week).

Will give ice and Aleve a shot and order some copper sleeves. Those really work?

 

[TBU]

I love them. I have two in my gym bag at all times.
Yes drop in NPP will do that. They kind of mask some problems.
Mast P is a drying compound and can affect you like a winstrol dry out too. Some people don’t have that affect, but I do.
Cruise for me is just Test only and at a dose you can get regular numbers for your age. You can take small doses of Deca or NPP for joint health, but usually that means you are masking a injury and end up making it worse.

 

[herrubermensch]

Thanks. I’m icing it and ordered some sleeves. Mast generally doesn’t do that to me, at least, not until it gets to 100mg ED. But I think the drop in NPP is contributing. Also need to check my E2 levels, as I may have driven them a bit too low, and I think that could be contributing as well. Thanks for the input!

 

[Kad1]

RICE is always a good idea with any injury. I posted some exercises for that are in an earlier post. Let me know if you cannot find them. While you are rehabbing that you can do hammer curls and reverse curls. Those do not involve that medial tendon. Also for back, anything with a neutral grip. Take some sort of anti inflammatory for a few days also

 

[herrubermensch]

Thanks! Great idea on the hammer and reverse curls.

 

[herrubermensch]

I followed advice of @TBU and got some copper compression sleeves for my knees and my elbow. I did squats today with the knee sleeves and was able to get one rep at my PR (a measely 365, but it is what it is) and without any knee pain. In fact, I felt a little stronger with the knee sleeves (probably placebo). Now, three hours later, after I took them off, I have a little soreness in the knees and so iced them, but the overall result is SO much better than without the sleeves. I got a great squat workout done and with manageable pain that didn’t show up until well afterward. Never would have thought the sleeves would make that much difference, but they did.

The elbow sleeve, in contrast, doesn’t seem to be doing jack shit, so I’m icing the Hell out of the elbow and will resort to hammer and reverse curls during bi workouts until it improves.

Appreciate the assist, @TBU!

 

[Poppy]

I use sleeves almost 100% of the time.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Im glad that they helped I was wondering if they were going to im glad to hear that they did

 

[TBU]

Glad they worked. Tendinitis has only one cure. RICE. That’s it sadly to say. But a couple weeks off will do wonders. Better two weeks than never heal. And ALEVE. It’s my go to OTC inflammation relief.

 

[herrubermensch]

Still struggling with the elbow tendon. Did only reverse and hammer curls today, but that tendon also comes into play just a tad with OHP, so today’s back and bi workout definitely inflamed it. More ice, elevation, compression, more kratom.

 

[herrubermensch]

I’m anti-NSAID, but substitute 3-4 grams of kratom.

I have a feeling that only rest is going to let this thing recover. But that tendon gets activated, albeit to a lesser extent, by so many exercises OTHER than standard curls. I bent over to pick up a 45lb. plate at an angle today with that arm, and wham, I felt it immediately.

 

[herrubermensch]

Just to follow up: I had to take today off altogether because during yesterday’s chest workout (specifically, during cable flys), my elbow tendon became inflamed and extremely painful. Still icing it, and not doing any curls or other exercises that activate it directly, but it plays a role whenever you squeeze a DB or barbell or try to stabilize your arms for flys. I’ll do legs tomorrow, then see how the elbow is on Friday. I may have to rest it even longer.

 

[Bigmurph6]

It sounds bad brother I wish you the best