Hi Dr 8a, Iยดve climbed sport routes for over one year now ; I usually train with friends at a little private bouldering wall,where until now I used to train resistence for routes. However,since they got me into Bouldering,I also tried training bouldering with them (they are undoubtely better than i am). Iยดve quit training resistance in the gym,and for the last two to three months, Iยดve been trying to climb difficult boulder problems with them,mostly four to five powerful moves (after 20 min warming up with light climbing). The problem came 3 weeks ago,when I began feeling this flashes of pain,to call them so,in my elbows. Itยดs not a permanent pain; it dissappears when Iยดm home or so,but when I do this powerful moves it feels like stings in my elbow. Sorry,I donยดt know how to describe it better,just as stings or flashes of pain in the elbow bone. It feels allright when I climb light routes,but when it comes to doing something "hard", feels like stings. Do you think this may be tendinitis? If not,what do you think itยดs the problem? And what would be the sollution? Many thanks beforehand ! Alex
Hi Alex - from the information supplied I would think this is a joint problem rather than the triceps tendon- your elbow joint is midly inflamed - as allways the inflammation might subside if yoy cut back to high volume easy climbing, use antiinflmmatory drugs for a couple of weeks and keep the elbow warm all the times ( neoprene support, heat immersion) Remember - most important - I can only make an educated guess - you should get a sports medicine trained MD to examine and diagnose your injury - this will avoid loosing a lot of time trying remedies for something you actually don't have Best of luck Bjรถrn
Hi Bjรถrn, Thanks for your quick answer,iยดll try the antiinflammatory drugs! Just one question. Could you tell me how could I establish it myself,if itยดs the triceps tendon? I ask because I donยดt trust my doctor that much (some issues in the past). Iยดm totally aware that it would be just a guess from my part,but how could I do that? I mean,what does a trained MD do,in order to be able to say,yes you have a triceps tendon injury? Thanks again, Alex
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