I have had it for a couple of months, pain is located right on the ulna. I got injured spotting a bench press, it hurts when doing curls, I can do chinups without pain.
Tried resting, ice, ibuprofen and consulting a doctor who recommended me to take ibuprofen and nothing helped.
Anyone know what to do? What exercise can I do that helps strengthen that specific tendon?
Get a graston tool off amazon and some coco butter and start scraping, worked wonders for me. You can get the cheap plastic tool for around $50 on dah internetz. Scrap, apply butter, repeat until it glides smooth over your forearm without resistance. It is painful, enjoy.
i wonder if foam rolling does the same thing without stripping all the hair off and ripping up the skin?
i don’t know.
In my opinion they are both useless.
I rolled my forearm with a pvc pipe before and the days after my forearm hurted even while doing daily tasks.
I don’t understand how rolling something hard can help recover from tendonitis…
I am more interested in finding a specific exercise to rehab that specific tendon.
did i say anything about a pvc pipe?
the aim is to get the muscle to relax since a tight muscle pulls on the tendon. if you make the muscle cramp up worse you will make it worse, as you say.
[quote]lemon_ wrote:
In my opinion they are both useless.
Useless is a harsh word for two effective protocols, however foam rolling would not do much for “tendonitis”, if indeed that is what you have. Graston is effective for “tendonitis” when utilized in a cross frictional(generating blood flow to the area to help heal) capacity. Don’t get butt hurt but try this one of for size; Rest, ice, don’t be a puss, repeat.
when utilized in a cross frictional(generating blood flow to the area to help heal) capacity.
of course. one can’t possibly do cross-friction with a foam roller…
i think sometimes people enjoy complaining about hurting more than they are willing to actually try different things to help themselves…