Going back to what Scott said about inflamation, Ive tried taking 50mg of Diclofenac sodium a few days in a row and it seems to have no effect.
- Is it both elbows?
It is, they both have the same symptoms but my right is worse. :27::wink1:
- Any particular time of day it happens the most?
Nah, but deffinately after Ive been leaning on them at a desk, as I straighten them theres an almighty crack and a little disscomfort in both, if my palms are facing eachother theyre too crunchy to grind through, I have to pronate my hands to smoothen it out.
- Have you traumatized your elbows at all? (car wreck, sports injury, fall etc.)
I broke my right elbow, 6 years ago.
But I also bashed both of them about a bit doing Thai boxing, and needless to say... throwing heavy weights arround, shamefully my form was sloppy for years before I bothered to take care (until I started having problems).
- Do you have trouble with any other joints?
well my left knee points inwards a little sometimes, Ive been told to walk and jog like so: from the heel down frist placing the weight on the outer edge and then evening it back round towards the ball of the foot as I follow through the stride (if that makes any sense to you): told to me by my Dad who learnt it in the South African Army back in his day. And I do hamstring stretches and ballance exercises with my foot turned out to 10 'O clock.
Every morning when I get out of bed theres a pain in my shoulders just under my calvicles seemingly just above my caracoid process. For a while I thougth it was my pectoralis minor, I stretched and strenghtened it, then I thought it was my anterior delts, then I thought it was my traps, then I thought it was my subclavicular muscles, nothing seems to help, but it doesnt bother me anymore after about 5mins out of bed and it doesnt bother me during excercise so I just ignore it :S.
- When did it start?
it started about 3 years ago but its only got bad enough to think stop lifting about 6 months ago.
If I dont make absolute sure my elbows and and wrists are lined up nicely during bench press and shoulder press I cant fully straighten them, thats when it gets a little sore if I try to push it to full lockout. :whiner: