Arm Tendon Issues

[Btcowboy]

So many of you know when I prep and the weight on the bar goes up, I tend to suffer from bad pain in both arms. It is usually between the bicep an tricep, and down the middle of my forearm. Overload benching Las week it felt like my forearm tendons were fraying strand by strand.

My PT has been doing manual therapy, shockwave therapy, and having me do manual therapy at home. He is just nout to have his cert in IMS and is thinking it may help me.

Last prep, I was low bar squatting and taking up to 1600 to 2000mg ibuprofen. This prep, I am high bar squatting and trying not to take so much and to date havent taken any, but the pain is coming back.

My doctor was concerned about the amount of ibuprofen but understood and gave me a script for acid reducer to try and protect my guts. He also mentioned giving me nitro patches to help increase blood flow to the affected areas.

The question for those that have dealt with this issue.
1.What worked for you?
2.Was it a band aid or permanent fix?
3. What are your thoughts on the above treatments?

 

[Brandaddy]

So many of you know when I prep and the weight on the bar goes up, I tend to suffer from bad pain in both arms. It is usually between the bicep an tricep, and down the middle of my forearm. Overload benching Las week it felt like my forearm tendons were fraying strand by strand.

My PT has been doing manual therapy, shockwave therapy, and having me do manual therapy at home. He is just nout to have his cert in IMS and is thinking it may help me.

Last prep, I was low bar squatting and taking up to 1600 to 2000mg ibuprofen. This prep, I am high bar squatting and trying not to take so much and to date havent taken any, but the pain is coming back.

My doctor was concerned about the amount of ibuprofen but understood and gave me a script for acid reducer to try and protect my guts. He also mentioned giving me nitro patches to help increase blood flow to the affected areas.

The question for those that have dealt with this issue.
1.What worked for you?
2.Was it a band aid or permanent fix?
3. What are your thoughts on the above treatments?

I used to have it bad. Personally I took off S/B/D for a few weeks to let the pain subside. In that time I did do some light bicep training. Mainly 15+ reps sets just to get blood in there.

After the pain went down to the point it didn't bother me unless I did something to aggravate it I started benching again and started doing high bar squats. Only time I've had it come back recently was the week going into my last meet when I was low bar squatting for a few months straight. But really heavy curls or rows can kind of aggravate it for me also so I usually don't go below 8 reps on them.

It sounds like your tendonitis is more advanced than mine was though. But I'm guessing if you've already tried doing things like using talon grip with high bar squats and wearing a squat shirt. Then something is off. Either the bar isn't sitting properly on your back or you have horrible shoulder mobility.

Also, over tucking your elbows on the bench can strain your elbows too. Can't remember if you do that or not, but I see a lot of people doing it and they end up trying to drive off their chest with their forearms at an angle when you want your elbow stacked right under the bar I.M.O.

 

[Worf]

Are you wearing elbow sleeves? This can help
MAT helped me greatly
Changing my grip was my biggest fix that worked and has helped long term

 

[Btcowboy]

. Personally I took off S/B/D for a few weeks to let the pain subside. In that time I did do some light bicep training. Mainly 15+ reps sets just to get blood in there

There is no time off unfortunately 7 weeks out, but had no issues this summer not pushing then weight up. I also try to sneak in high rep bicep and tricep work.

Also 0 low bar squat for me, been strictly high bar.

sounds like your tendonitis is more advanced than mine was though. But I'm guessing if you've already tried doing things like using talon grip with high bar squats and wearing a squat shirt. Then something is off. Either the bar isn't sitting properly on your back or you have horrible shoulder mobility.

It may be, and yeah tried it all, cant say its made much difference. I dont tend to get the pain squatting anymore though. And yeah bad shoulder mobility but work on it all the time.

, over tucking your elbows on the bench can strain your elbows too. Can't remember if you do that or not, but I see a lot of people doing it and they end up trying to drive off their chest with their forearms at an angle when you want your elbow stacked right under the bar I.M.O.

This I will need to find a camera angle to see. I know I pull the elbows in lowering the bar and bring them out some coming off the chest. How well I do this I dont know.

 

[Btcowboy]

Are you wearing elbow sleeves? This can help
MAT helped me greatly
Changing my grip was my biggest fix that worked and has helped long term

I do wear sleeves benching and occasionally squatting.

Grip is interesting though. Were you talking on bench, squat or both? Bench I am index finger on inner ring. Squat is same but sometimes work that in tighter.

 

[Test_Subject]

I used to get pretty bad elbow/bicep/forearm pain from squatting heavy.

I finally figured out that I was packing my elbows too tightly together when I squatted. Widening my grip out a bit felt weird and unstable at first but I got used to it and the pain went away.

 

[Btcowboy]

I used to get pretty bad elbow/bicep/forearm pain from squatting heavy.

I finally figured out that I was packing my elbows too tightly together when I squatted. Widening my grip out a bit felt weird and unstable at first but I got used to it and the pain went away.

That makes sense, I usually start with middle finger on the outer ring then move in to index on inner and if feeling ok middle finger on the inner.... maybe I am not feeling the pain squatting but it flares it up for bench day when I really feel it...

 

[Monkipalo]

My doctor was concerned about the amount of ibuprofen

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs_JAjywB8g&ab_channel=LeoandLongevity

watch from 28:50

 

[Brandaddy]

This I will need to find a camera angle to see. I know I pull the elbows in lowering the bar and bring them out some coming off the chest. How well I do this I dont know.

I just found a bench video of yours, it was kind of a shitty angle because the bar covers up your forearm, but it looks like you're noticably rotating your shoulder to get pop off your chest. If you're getting elbow pain from bench I would definitely give that a look. I do a pretty similar thing to help with pop off my chest but it's more using leg drive to help me drive the bar back rather than rotating my shoulder.

 

[Btcowboy]

I just found a bench video of yours, it was kind of a shitty angle because the bar covers up your forearm, but it looks like you're noticably rotating your shoulder to get pop off your chest. If you're getting elbow pain from bench I would definitely give that a look. I do a pretty similar thing to help with pop off my chest but it's more using leg drive to help me drive the bar back rather than rotating my shoulder.

Thanks, probably me trying to untuck the elbows some... I will work on thay

 

[Btcowboy]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs_JAjywB8g&ab_channel=LeoandLongevity

watch from 28:50

Interesting, gonna look into it and see if MD can help

 

[Btcowboy]

@Brandaddy what would be best camera angle... I speed bench tomorrow and can try and get some better video on speed bench and maybe do a heavier set to see

 

[Brandaddy]

@Brandaddy what would be best camera angle... I speed bench tomorrow and can try and get some better video on speed bench and maybe do a heavier set to see

45° angle from the front.

 

[Worf]

I do wear sleeves benching and occasionally squatting.

Grip is interesting though. Were you talking on bench, squat or both? Bench I am index finger on inner ring. Squat is same but sometimes work that in tighter.

Both
squat I got to where the bottom of my palm and pinko and ring finger are the only thing touching the bar.
on bench I let the bar sit back and bend my wrists back somewhat and “stack the wrist joint“ with the bar.

making these changes has helped immensely, wrist wraps on both of course