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Battling an injury
I need help ladies. I have been battling tendonitis in my elbow since feb and it has tAken its tole on my poling. I get completely bummed out when i try to do even the most basic of stuff and my arm just screams.
How do you stay motivated when your injured? I need help big time thanks -
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Hey Shepnic!
Best thing to do with any injury, and especially tendinitis- REST. Your arm is telling you that it’s been strained! The tendon has gotten angry, and because it’s how the muscle attaches to your bone, use of the muscle will only make it more angry. Considering this has been since February, you might want to see a doctor for some extra suggestions for treatment.
The things I do for tendinitis are rest and ice, a certain amount of massage in the inflamed area (usually after ice, though I can’t really tell if it helps or not… maybe it’s just a mental thing) and more rest! Once the inflammation stops, you can slowly build the muscle back up with careful exercises, very light ones, until you are able to do your normal activities again.
I currently have bicep tendinitis (misdiagnosed for a very long time as rotator cuff tendinitis), and resting the bicep on your dominant arm is difficult… but I’m doing my best. It can be very frustrating, because many of my normal movements require use of that bicep (basically, ANY form of lifting the elbow, or bringing the forearm in). Ice has been excellent for keeping the inflammation down, however, and it has been healing slowly.Staying motivated is difficult when you have to take time off… but, motivation is something that you can create, it’s not bestowed by some magical air faerie, and it doesn’t come for no reason. Staying motivated in your case could mean simply doing leg and core workouts, so that you can rest your arm, or even finding another type of exercise to help with cross-training and staying strong, which doesn’t use your elbow.
Being aware of which movements aggravate or even injure your elbow are also pretty key, so that you can rest and be careful in the future… and so that you can continue other types of workouts without hurting yourself further! -
Work on other things like flexibility 😊
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