Elbow pain
Posted: October 18th, 2024, 5:23 pm
Since about May I have experienced painful elbows, probably longer. I used to get a sports massage on forearms and it would go away and it was mainly due to tight muscles.
When this started I tried all the usual things, pills, heat creams, massage only worked until the next day, but I just learnt to live with it to be honest.
Then I watched an article on Insta about how dead hangs heal a lot of shoulder issues and the arms are all connected. So I started to do them with 2 hands and it helped with stiff upper back but not arms.
But I did know that deadlifting gave me relief from sore arms for up to 3 days, So I took the initiative to start hanging single armed from a pull up bar. Now in the past I have never been able to hang one armed static. I would try and try but used to get terrible pains in the side delts.
So I found a vid on youtube showing how to build up to it and hey presto nearly instant relief for the elbows. I went in 3 weeks from 1 second with feet clear of the ground to 40 seconds per arm. I do brace the non hanging arm on the wall sometimes to stop my body turning, plus it helps a little with support.
The whole point though is that for me the elbow pain is muscle tightness all up the arms to the delts and now I am practically pain free and I only have to hang about once every 3 days after about 4 and a half weeks of doing it.
I would be interested to hear if anyone else does this ?
When this started I tried all the usual things, pills, heat creams, massage only worked until the next day, but I just learnt to live with it to be honest.
Then I watched an article on Insta about how dead hangs heal a lot of shoulder issues and the arms are all connected. So I started to do them with 2 hands and it helped with stiff upper back but not arms.
But I did know that deadlifting gave me relief from sore arms for up to 3 days, So I took the initiative to start hanging single armed from a pull up bar. Now in the past I have never been able to hang one armed static. I would try and try but used to get terrible pains in the side delts.
So I found a vid on youtube showing how to build up to it and hey presto nearly instant relief for the elbows. I went in 3 weeks from 1 second with feet clear of the ground to 40 seconds per arm. I do brace the non hanging arm on the wall sometimes to stop my body turning, plus it helps a little with support.
The whole point though is that for me the elbow pain is muscle tightness all up the arms to the delts and now I am practically pain free and I only have to hang about once every 3 days after about 4 and a half weeks of doing it.
I would be interested to hear if anyone else does this ?