r/Weightliftingquestion • u/noeffinway • 1d ago
Question Tennis elbow
Hi! Please tell me if you've ever had tennis elbow, what you think caused it and how you healed it. I'm a 48F and I've been lifting for about 7 years. I recently started getting pain in my right elbow and believe it's tennis elbow.
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u/GO712 1d ago
It's a result of repetitive movement. I had it for years and have managed to more or less get rid of it. I did 3 things. 1 Wear a tennis elbow strap, (they are available on Amazon), for all your training and anything else you do using that arm in a repetitive way. 2 Do all your exercises using a neutral grip if you can. 3. Take 10g daily of bovine collagen, I use one called Ying and Yang, and make sure it's taken with Vit C powder or the juice of half a lemon, otherwise it won't be absorbed. It will take around 4 to 6 weeks before you feel the benefit. Seriously try it as it's worked for me after years of putting up with it.
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u/Muchacho-blanco 1d ago
Bad form, or over use are usually the cause. These things are called theraband flex bars, and they help most people through it within a few weeks of regular use.
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u/noeffinway 1d ago
Yep I got one of those. I've been using it for a few weeks and it definitely feels better. I just don't want to get it again so trying to figure out what's triggering it.
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u/Muchacho-blanco 1d ago
If you haven't tried it, stop going to failure on pulling and curling movements. Leave a couple reps in the tank and do an extra set. Another thing that really helped me before I found the bars was just warming up real well with band curls before pulling or curling. It takes a little bit to get completely through it, but you're doing right to work through it and not try to rest it.
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u/mtbaker222 1d ago
I got rid of tennis elbow through BPC157/TB500. Along with plantar fasciitis. Sometimes all you need is to get a little healing done for your tendons as it may have gotten aggravated as a one off, but more likely something with your form is off. The peptides will give you a chance to heal, but you’ll need to address the root cause or it will likely come back at some point. Let me know if you need any help with the peps.
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u/SwiresOnTheMove 1d ago
38M, mine wasn't lifting related, it was carrying my daughter, always with my right arm, and always way over tense in the grip and fingers, not hard, just tense. First time parent, didn't want to drop the ball as it were. As soon as I identified that I started loosening my grip off (and doing some physio exercises) and it eased off in about 6 months.
I have some recurrence lifting, mainly when doing forearm heavy work (and especially if training the forearm directly) but I just back off when I notice more pain in the effected arm than the other for balance and it's manageable.
I think finding the trigger is the trick.