Bicep Tendonitis

[tawiii]

For the past year I have been battling a pain in my shoulder that the doctor has recently deemed as bicep tendonitis. I read in the Joint Troubles thread that not properly warming up could be contributing to the problem. Would anyone suggest a specific movement that could be used as a warm up, or would everyone just start light and work up? I do kinda build up the weight but I may be raising the weight too fast.

[Intensity]

tawiii said:

For the past year I have been battling a pain in my shoulder that the doctor has recently deemed as bicep tendonitis. I read in the Joint Troubles thread that not properly warming up could be contributing to the problem. Would anyone suggest a specific movement that could be used as a warm up, or would everyone just start light and work up? I do kinda build up the weight but I may be raising the weight too fast.

Tawiii, warm up is not my speciality, but every time i had to focus on warm up to solve that kind of problem, i have used the "light weight approach" and it has been benefic! Here is what i do: 3 warm up sets ( 5 to 8 reps with approx 30%, 50% and 80% of the total weight of my first, to failure, working set) for the first exercise... and after that 1 warm up set (approx 70% of the working set) for the other exercises.

Mo

[tawiii]

Thanks Mo. I've been starting around 50% putting me at 100% on the third set. I need to learn not to rush so much. Hopefully I will remember this when the doctor says go again.

[tawiii]

It took about a year, but I think we (chiropractor & myself) have finally figured this problem out. We have concluded that it is actually my Pec Minor that is causing all the problem and it is masking itself as a shoulder problem.

A couple of weeks ago when I was working the chest, my shoulder was giving me some trouble. For some reason I applied some pressure in the pec area and noticed some instant relief to the pain. To keep this short, my chiropractor started feeling around and found a knot and started working the area (ART) and now the pain is at a minimum.

[Tim Wescott]

Cool.....I hope it works out well for you.

It sure helps to at least pinpoint the problem area.

I hate those nagging injuries that aren`t enough to put you out of commission (thank God),but are just bad enough to hinder your performance.

I can definately relate what with my re-occuring back issue.

[ping]

Here is a video from bodybuilding.com of Rusty Jeffers showing his training routine. In the video he talks about some re-occuring injuries and shows the exercise that he uses to keep that area lubed. Looks sort of like a preacher curl but he uses his knees with a curl bar.

thefitshow.com/week23/wm/week23_wm_lg.htm

[tawiii]

Cool link, thanks. Those pull-overs looked brutal.

[tawiii]

admin said:

I hate those nagging injuries that aren`t enough to put you out of commission (thank God),but are just bad enough to hinder your performance.

That's exactly what this one has been doing.