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Rotator cuff injury or shoulder impingement. Likely due to scapular issues and muscular imbalances. Get an MRI when possible. In the mean time you need to work on preventing further injury and to stop irritation of the tendons and tissues. Strengthen your scapular muscles, posterior delts and lower traps to prevent shoulder downward rotation, stabilize the shoulder joint and set up the chest muscles properly to push with the pecs. Lots of good info online from resources like Eric Cressey, Mark Coles, Athlean-X, etc.
Eazy E it the nail on the head. Also would irritate mine with standard grip pullups. Adjust grip or find different exercise ( if you do pull ups) ice ice baby
Interesting, I think that might have done it. I did a shitload of pull ups the night before. Might switch to chin ups for a minute and see if that changes anything .
Shockwave did Jack shit for me. They tried that, scraping, and dry needling. After 6 weeks they sent me packin . They were puzzled, no clue how to get rid of my tennis elbow.
That sucks, I know how bad it can hurt. I will count myself lucky that it is working for me.
FWIW those started to get to me after a while too (but not as bad) I found neutral grip to be the best for me as the wrists and forearms arent out in front of you but parallel with your shoulders ( kind of like an iron cross done by gymnasts on the rings or a double bicep pose).... Also I feel a pretty good scapular retraction with tension at the top of the movement .But.. Be that as it may I am an old fart so what do I know
Thank you, I appreciate it. I've never tried neutral for some reason. I think I might like it since I do my dumbell inclines with a more ergonomic angle (if that makes sense). Never felt comfortable doing them parallel.FWIW those started to get to me after a while too (but not as bad) I found neutral grip to be the best for me as the wrists and forearms arent out in front of you but parallel with your shoulders ( kind of like an iron cross done by gymnasts on the rings or a double bicep pose).... Also I feel a pretty good scapular retraction with tension at the top of the movement .But.. Be that as it may I am an old fart so what do I know
The common ground was shockwave. I understand that the injuries are different.
Yeah I figured you were just giving your experience
Cool. Your therpaist's logic behind using passive modalities such as shockwave, Tens, ultrasound is rational for tennis elbow because strengthening and manual therapies tend to make it worse.
His only recommendation was that I see a doc about cortisone injections. Not really what I wanted to hea . Not sure if it's a real solution either.
I had one a couple years ago. No tear. It only really hurts if I throw hooks on a heavy bag. straight punches, no problem.
