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I so wish I was aware of the things Rockin Roland was warning about with the static erg! Because I continue to get better every day, and I'm even looking forward to eventually getting back to running, swimming and biking, as well as both downhill and xc-skiing. I still can't believe the pain and ago...

WOW!!! Doing much better by just allowing myself to heal. Excessive use of the Concept 2 ergometer can definitely be hazardous to your health. My issues were overuse and tendonitis from too much running and too much rowing on my erg. I thought no harm could ever come from my erg, and so would push t...

Tracy, I wrote extensively about this in my own series of posts. Please read through them. I have quite a bit of experience with this, and think my posts can help you. I think you have to stop doing what you're doing that gives you tendonitis. Then give it a few weeks to a few months and try again. ...

Hi again, everybody: It's me. Just wanted to give a status update. I'm finally getting better after two to three years of excruciating pain. I currently ride the stationary bike 10 - 20 mins every day, and sometimes do 10 mins for fun in the evening. If I don't feel up to it, I don't ride. This summ...

Wow! You're speaking my language, Slackercruster. Thank you! I wish I had followed, or had even known, of your advice earlier. Then I might have avoided the madness of the last four years. All my best and Happy Holidays!!!
Sean Coughlin

I should have said a Repetitive Stress Injury.

Further update - getting much better. And learning more about my injury all the time. I had a Repetitive Use Injury from my overuse of the erg. Wondering if anybody else has experienced this? Thank you.

All well said, Michael. And all true. I just send my messages out to others who may have a similar mindset as me and who might take things way too far. I really feel rather stupid for subjecting my body to the damage I have. But as I've said before, I love the Concept 2 ergometer and truly wish I co...

I only write this for those who can use the information. In my experiences the pain was feeling in my body was due to my use of the Concept 2 ergometer. I had developed chronic and acute tendonitis in my lower back, lower right leg, and upper arms. I experienced this condition for over three years. ...

Right now, I ride 20 minutes a day on the stationary bike at a very moderate pace and do 3x8 pull ups three days a week. And so far I feel great. Everyday I feel more healthy and whole than the day before. So I'm pretty sure what was causing all the pain and tendonitis in my body was, indeed, the er...

Another update in early October - I think I'm finally on the road to recovery, and the stationary bike is getting me there. My doctor said my overuse injury was from repetitive stress on the rowing machine, putting strain on unequally developed muscles from my old ski accident. So I'm just getting t...

Stan: My thread on this site was about back pain and my specific overuse injury. My only advice to you is to listen to your body and perhaps stop running and erging for a little while at least. We've been trained as athletes to push through pain, but that's the wrong answer. If your body hurts pleas...

My Doctor says I have an overuse injury. At the beginning of this chain I asked if anybody else had experience with this. Well, now I do. So for me the erg was very damaging and bad. But that's just for me. For me it was absolutely terrible. I did it way too much and didn't do anything else. From my...

Tinus wrote:Yes it helped. It means there is nothing in support for the statement that rowing on the machine is bad.

No, I guess there isn't. Oh, well. Now I'm done with this. Good luck!!!

As you can imagine I've been doing much research over the past six months. But I have no definite articles or sites I can point you toward. Just came up with similar info on my many searches about pinched nerves, tendonopathy, arthritis, and compressed tissue injuries. Sorry. Hope this helped!