i think i have thisits at the point now where even lifting up plates to load a bar fucking kills me. the pain is very sharp. on rest days its so tender and the pain is dull if i dont move around. a tingling sensation in my little and ring finger occasionally comes and goesjust how fucked am i? seems like recovery might take anywhere from 3 to 6 months of doing nothing. i'll lose all progress i've made if i do that
>>77173283If you're going to lose everything in 6 months then you haven't been at it long enough to worry about losing your progress.Don't risk a lifelong injury for vanity you gorilla retard nigger
>>77173283take a 10lb dumbbell.Position your body in such a way that you can hold the 10lb dumbbell in a bicep curl at a 90 degree angle, followed by various degrees of angle.You should feel a small activation, but no stress, it's just 10lbs.Just keep holding it for a while, testing different degrees. Let it stretch.Do the same thing on your back in a tricep extension, sit around 90 degrees, just holding it, not really feeling anything.Play with a few degrees.Report back how you feel.We are looking for a sudden irritating mild pain>at the base of skull>at neck where it meets the shoulder>shoulder into armpit or outside of shoulder>on forearm OR shoulder side of elbow>mimicking of the numbness
i cured my bicep tendonitis by doing 100reps every gym session(4x weekly) with the lightest possible resistance band. start with 100 tricep extensions, then 100 hammer curls. this will drive bloodflow into the area and it should be fixed in a matter of 2 weeks
>>77173311definitely nothing at the base of skull or neck where it meets the shoulder. the pain seems to be in 2 spots for underhand curls - biggest concentration is in my inner elbow where the bicep meets the forearm and some slighter pain almost right in the middle of my upper arm between the elbow and shoulder, on the outside. hammer curls exacerbate the pain between elbow and shoulder and particularly my upper forearm. trying to do lat pullups absolutely kills me now, whereas earlier on i could bang out several before pain>>77173324you do this in addition to your normal workout?
>>77173324yeah, it was the first thing i did as soon as i got in the gym. i had searing pain in the same area as you and it made it hard to get dressed and do all the mundane shit in my life i take for granted.
>>77173335>>77173338i should add that you may want to warm up nice and slow on your upper body days. especially with pressing
>>77173342pressing is fine. bench, shoulder, whatever. absolutely zero issue or pain. your advice is good though obviously i should be warming up no matter what. its just anything pull related with curls/pullups/whatever that is fucking me
>>77173324>>77173338my gym has no resistance bands lel. can i just use a cable fly machine and put it on the lowest possible weight?
>>77173351you can try or just buy picrel. i bought a roll for cheap and it has served me well
>>77173283How much do you warm up? If you’re lifting heavier warm up to it, one 50% set, one or two at 75% before hitting that weight. And lower the weight if it still hurts. Muscles recover faster than tendons.
>>77173283I dealt with this exact same thing a month ago, stick to machines. Go light and rest up. Don’t rush anything, it will only make it worse.
Heavy slow worked damn well for me. 4 days rest in-between sessions. 3 seconds up and 3 secs down in curl variations. Start with 15rpm. Vitamin C and collagen boosts the recovery further.
>>77173283Two weeks off. The switch to a one set per muscle group once every 4-7 days routine
