Guys i injured my elbow in my rest day and today I failed level 16 because I was too bad and not because I was not able to do so. What can I do now?
Sorry 4 bad English
What you can do now is rest, stretch, ice it if needed, don't do exercises that aggravate it even more, which means you can still workout Legs & Core and maybe some upper body exercises that don't hurt you.
Let us know about it a bit more, which part of the elbow, how you got injured on the rest day, why you decided to train after injuring it.
Exactly like Gligor said. If you have Tennis Elbow, the outer part of the elbow, then don't do any Push exercises. If you have Golfers Elbow, the inner part of the elbow, then don't do any Pull exercises. Which one is it?
Daniel Malo
It happened while I was arm wrestling with friends and I felt sick to the internal muscle.
Daniel, It hurts both push ups and in pull ups 🤕
I've had elbow+forearm pain before, I know it sucks a lot. Arm wrestling aggravated it even more. Okay, I have one specific tool, if you can get it in your country, it will help you wonders, I couldn't get it in my country but I will try to order it online because I've been experiencing some pain on the same spots again. It's called Theraband Flexbar, and it helps with any tendinitis in the forearm, elbow and wrist area. What it does is it strengthens the surrounding muscles, tendons, ligaments (which is what workout does as well, but this is kind of unique), I've asked 10 people to ask if it works because it sounded too good to be true and 10 of them said it works and they have healed their annoying Tennis/Golfer's elbow pain in like 2 weeks where as I've read some treatments take months to just make it better, not completely heal it..
If you can't get that tool, just start strengthening & stretching your forearms more, do more dead hangs on the pull up bar, if you have dumbbells, do wrist curls (both ways), and there's tons of stretches you can do. I honestly don't know how I healed mine (It's not completely healed as I realized I got it again), but I did tons of stretches. If you have a resistance band, use it as it makes your bodyweight drop hence less pressure on the elbow on the pull up bar. I still don't know what kind of injury it is. I'd rest for a week or two and try to workout again with extremely good warm up especially in the surrounding muscles of the elbow & stretching after the workout.
Thank u so much man💪🏻
Great answer by Gligor! Although stretching is great for recovery, not all stretches and stretch methods are good or healthy. Check out what Jeff has to say about this topic, which might be why you never fully healed Gligor.
I know Daniel, I actually know that video and I actually also found a stretch at Jeff's channel:
It was released in like September and that's when I started to feel better, so even though I started training in June, it didn't start getting away till I found that stretch in September. I don't actually do tons and tons of stretches like 24/7, I do the stretch like Jeff suggests about 5-6 times x 30 seconds throughout the day and a few other. I just said that stretching will help, and I agree over-doing it will have a negative impact rather than a positive.
Manuel
Yeah, I know you know that Gligor(there are few things you don't know of😉). I just get an urge to clarify things because there are tons of idiots(not you Dignad) that make a lot of confusions and misunderstandings of the truth. That's what I love about you bro, whenever I say something you come in and add several excellent points or clarify a bit more what I said, and likewise when you say something. It's like we complement each other.
Joker
Gligor
Daniel Malo
Of course I don't know everything haha, I learned a lot from you and people on this forum. Yup, same thing goes for you man haha :). It made me lol when you said idiots. And sometimes when I'm typing or talking in real life, I say some things unconsciously, like I realized I wrote "I did tons of stretches" where people might think "Oh I have to stretch 24/7" and in reality I only meant that I upped the frequency of stretching..
Daniel Malo
Hey,
this could also help you!
Daniel and Gligor gave very good answers!
-> do not train! give your body enough time to recover!
I've never read that before, but seems legit, and there's the Theraband Flexbar there as well, so Dignad could read about it a bit more.
Gligor
Tomorrow I'm going to go back to work. you advise me to stay put a little longer? I cured my elbow and I do not feel bad but I have not tried to do some pull ups and push ups..
Great that you feel better :-)I would advise you to keep the pressure really low. maybe you can start with inclined push ups or even push ups on the wall, get a feeling about the movement and you will recognize if the exercise is ok for your ellbow or still does not feel good :-)
Yes I'd advise the same, take it easy on the first day, warm up extremely good.
Gligor