AP81
04-15-2008, 06:41 AM
Hi guys,
I a while ago I decided to go crazy on my forearms and did preacher curls four times a week for three weeks (yes, stupid I know). After the third week, I woke up with pain in both my arms which turned out to be Golfer's elbow.
Five years on, I still have Golfer's Elbow. I gave up lifting weights and have done everything possible to avoid lifting at all costs. After a couple of years of Physio, I decided to give up on it, and let time do the healing.
These days I have it under control, but as soon as I start lifting things, i.e. Shopping bags, carrying a carton of beer, it comes back and usually stays for 24 hours then disappears. Although this continually frustrates me, I can continue doing most things without a problem, so I have ruled out surgical intervention.
Through experimentation of my own, I have found that if I have my elbows between 0 to 45 degress (180 degrees = arms by side with hands pointing to ground, 0 = position at top of arm curl), I can function without pain. Similarly I can do rock climbing, which works my forearms but doesn't hurt my elbows.
So my question is: do you have any advice/routines that may be of assistance to me? Most articles on golfer's elbow focus on wrist curls & reverse wrist curls which I find do more harm than good.
I a while ago I decided to go crazy on my forearms and did preacher curls four times a week for three weeks (yes, stupid I know). After the third week, I woke up with pain in both my arms which turned out to be Golfer's elbow.
Five years on, I still have Golfer's Elbow. I gave up lifting weights and have done everything possible to avoid lifting at all costs. After a couple of years of Physio, I decided to give up on it, and let time do the healing.
These days I have it under control, but as soon as I start lifting things, i.e. Shopping bags, carrying a carton of beer, it comes back and usually stays for 24 hours then disappears. Although this continually frustrates me, I can continue doing most things without a problem, so I have ruled out surgical intervention.
Through experimentation of my own, I have found that if I have my elbows between 0 to 45 degress (180 degrees = arms by side with hands pointing to ground, 0 = position at top of arm curl), I can function without pain. Similarly I can do rock climbing, which works my forearms but doesn't hurt my elbows.
So my question is: do you have any advice/routines that may be of assistance to me? Most articles on golfer's elbow focus on wrist curls & reverse wrist curls which I find do more harm than good.