Physical therapist for elbow injury - Melbourne, Australia

[David Gardner 1]

Hi everyone,

Recently I pushed myself a bit more than I was ready for when trying to learn how to do muscle ups and I've done my elbows some damage. They are taking a long time to heal even with lots of rest. I've seen some other threads on elbow injuries from muscle ups which have been really helpful, but I feel like I need some professional guidance.

If anyone lives in Melbourne and could recommend someone that might be able to help with this problem specifically I would really appreciate it!

Thanks,

David

[Alessandro Mainente]

if you have injuried your self doing muscle up it depends in what portion of the movement s you feel pain, if is at the end where you have to lock your elbows probabily can be an overuse injury, if you feel pain on the elbpw in the transition movements i think is more a tricep problem, in this prestrecthed position if you don't have the necessary strength and flexibility you can feel pain, i had it as you...it can take a long period to heal at 100%, so from this you can know that your tricep are not enough strong to do this movement so go back in the previous stage progression...

[David Gardner 1]

Hi Alex,

Thanks a lot for the reply. Yes, definitely not up to doing muscleups for a long time I think The pain is in the tricep tendon in the bent position, I can lock my arms out pretty much pain free but I think I have some tennis elbow type issues as well. Feels like the back and outer side of the elbow have got a bit messed up.

I feel like I needed some professional help because I've followed some of the guidelines for rehabbing this type of injury in some of the other posts and I can't seem to be able to even do basic rehab stuff without reinjuring, even after quite a bit of rest from anything that caused pain.

Hope you've managed to heal up okay!

Thanks again,

David

[Alessandro Mainente]

the biggest part of atlethes who don't have a great knowledge of a injury sometimes commit the error to stop always and always...i was for this idea before read read read read and now my point of view is changed...

When a muscle gets injured, it retreats into spasm and this creates a couple of problems. First, healing takes forever. Hypertonicity restricts circulation. This is a useful feature immediately after the injury, to keep the swelling down, but counterproductive after a day or two.Second, as a result of limited blood supply and inactivity, the muscle atrophies.

And third, flexibility is lost. When a muscle spends much time in a shortened position, the stretch reflex becomes overly sensitive. A shorter muscle length and excessive tonus become the norm.A weaker and tighter muscle will lead to more problems down the line. It is likely to get reinjured, and so are other, healthy, muscles, as a result of imbalance

or compensation.So stretch the damn thing! Find whatever hurts the most and do it, stopping just

short of PAIN, in caps. Rehab is a cliche business—no pain, no gain.Contract-relax stretching is very effective in relieving tension, regardless.

what i've written is the sumarize of a paragraph of a book i'd read months ago (usually i take the big keypoints of the books on a word file so i can keep in my mind for a long time)...i found it very very useful and damn it works..its science

[David Gardner 1]

Interestingly, I found an awesome sports physio here in Melbourne (Kay Copeland at Alphington Sports Med Clinic on Heidelberg Road). It turns out that my ongoing elbow pain was due to over exertion and jamming up muscles in my neck because I didn't have enough strength in my arms when I was trying to do the muscleup. Apparently a lot of people tense up their neck really strongly if they are lacking strength in other areas, and it's a common injury she sees.