Looking after your joints!

[Brockynz Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Brockynz]

Hey guys,

Well smashed another good back workout yesterday , however changed up a exercise and done a heap of pull ups instead of lat pull downs, on the first pull I noticed pain in my shoulders / elbow , as of last night my left arm is killing me, the inside of the elbow/bend on the inside of the arm,

My question is do you take any supps for joint care? I had done a bit of research a few months back and found "animal flex" was ment to be pretty good at healing up the aches and pains,

Do you find on cycle you fell it less?

[ODB Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ODB]

I noticed pain in my shoulders / elbow , as of last night my left arm is killing me, the inside of the elbow/bend on the inside of the arm,

(that's golfers elbow - same as tennis elbow just other side of elbow joint.)

what I have found that works for me is a good warm up (of elbow joint+ shoulder) and I wear nylon compression elbow sleeves.

although their another lifter @ my gym who swears by CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS ?

[Bigs251 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bigs251]

I've noticed much less pain in my joints after warming elbows and shoulders up amd then doing a few warm up sets also

[Brockynz Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Brockynz]

ODB - I have a compression shirt i may start wearing again, see if this helps and will also look into this supp you speak off,

Bigs251 - i allways do a good warm up of shoulders after pulling all my tendons in left shoulder after going to heavy on a incline, (whoops) how do you guys warm your elbows up? just up and down movements ? wouldnt mind coming up with a decent pre warm up - stretch routine, apart from the basics i do now,

[Shrek Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Shrek]

Deca durabolin haha no I just take fish oils

[Brockynz Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Brockynz]

lol I know deca will fix her up, knowing my luck tho once I came off it my joints would blow apart ha

[Bigs251 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bigs251]

I warm them up on rope extension a few sets of high reps to get some blood in there

[ODB Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ODB]

, (whoops) how do you guys warm your elbows up? just up and down movements ? wouldnt mind coming up with a decent pre warm up - stretch routine, apart from the basics i do now,

here is my warmup routine; (keep in mind I am an Old Fuck).
I use the seated elliptical for 2-5mins, then I grab a couple 5lb Db's + I do 10reps of lateral raises, front raises, DBpress, 1or 2 sets rotator cuff strethches = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhAPCPAskJU, overhead tri ext and kickbacks and or rope pushdowns.
I also then do warmup sets specific to the muscle group I am working out that day.

If I still feel my elbow or tricep ligament tight or pain I will do close grip(fingers facing/touching - like middle finger to middle finger tip to tip) push ups standing against the wall - stretch.

*Initially though when I first got the injury I had to take 1wk off then drop my weights by 50% + slowly build back up over the next month or 2.

[Kawi122 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kawi122]

Glucosamine 1500 mg,chondroitin 1200mg works for me

[FitnessRebate Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close FitnessRebate]

Super cissus has worked good for me