Aches And Pains

[[old] izrbluer]

<span style='color:blue'><span style='font-family:Arial'>My elbow is sore today after my first 5000m yesterday. Dull ache with some stabs of pain, particularily if I catch myself leaning on that elbow. Do you think I should row thru it or give a day or two of rest?<br /><br />Kris<br />North Dallas, Texas<br />Ranking ID #151133</span></span>

[[old] copywriter]

Why not try another row, slow pace and light loading and see what happens. If it hurts, stop.<br /><br />Sounds like it might be a bit of inflamation of the tendons around the elbow - quite a lot of them. If the pain remains, maybe an anti-inflamatory would help?<br /><br />Look up 'tennis elbow' on the web or in a medical/health book and see if any of that sounds familiar.<br /><br />I had some tennis elbow at Christmas, but carried on with the help of anti-inflamatories.<br /><br />Usual disclaimers apply!

[[old] izrbluer]

Thanks, I appreciate the input. As of this evening, with no rowing, the pain seems to have gone away. At least I haven't felt anything annoying for an hour or two. I'll give it a rest overnight and do a light workout as you suggest in the morning.<br /><br />again.. thanks!! <br /><br />Kris<br /><br /><br /><!--QuoteBegin-copywriter+Jun 8 2005, 06:16 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(copywriter @ Jun 8 2005, 06:16 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Why not try another row, slow pace and light loading and see what happens. If it hurts, stop.<br /><br />Sounds like it might be a bit of inflamation of the tendons around the elbow - quite a lot of them. If the pain remains, maybe an anti-inflamatory would help?<br /><br />Look up 'tennis elbow' on the web or in a medical/health book and see if any of that sounds familiar.<br /><br />I had some tennis elbow at Christmas, but carried on with the help of anti-inflamatories.<br /><br />Usual disclaimers apply! <br /> </td></tr></table><br />

[[old] NurseBobbi]

<span style='color:green'>Kris,<br /><br />Be sure you're using a low damper setting. As Diesel pointed out in another thread, higher damper settings are hard on the joints. Hard on the muscles, too. When I use a Model C, I set the damper at around 3. On my Model B, I keep it as low as I can get it, but it's still has more resistance than the C on 3.</span>

[[old] artmom5]

<!--QuoteBegin-izrbluer+Jun 8 2005, 01:09 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(izrbluer @ Jun 8 2005, 01:09 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:blue'><span style='font-family:Arial'>My elbow is sore today after my first 5000m yesterday. Dull ache with some stabs of pain, particularily if I catch myself leaning on that elbow. Do you think I should row thru it or give a day or two of rest?<br /><br />Kris<br />North Dallas, Texas<br />Ranking ID #151133</span></span> <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Sorry to hear about your elbow. I had the same thing happen when I started a couple of weeks ago. I was rowing too much, too hard, every day. After only a week the pain set in. I now row every other day to give my muscles a rest and I row easy with a rhythm, I concentrate more on my technique, not time. When I could row up to a hour I now do sets and try to improve my pace time. Some days I feel good and the time drops, today it was a struggle to row. Ice it and rest and the lower damper setting really made a difference to me! If the pain is constant I would give it rest if you continue you could aggravate it and the tendons will swell more. See how it feels at the lower setting.<br />Good Luck, <br />Mary<br />T.P. ILlinois

[[old] izrbluer]

Thanks. After two days off of rowing I did a 5000 today with no problems, even improved and getting a new PB. I'll start rotating my days around and see if that keeps the elbow pain away.<br /><br /><br />Kris<br /><br /><br />[/quote]<br />Sorry to hear about your elbow. I had the same thing happen when I started a couple of weeks ago. I was rowing too much, too hard, every day. After only a week the pain set in. I now row every other day to give my muscles a rest and I row easy with a rhythm, I concentrate more on my technique, not time. When I could row up to a hour I now do sets and try to improve my pace time. Some days I feel good and the time drops, today it was a struggle to row. Ice it and rest and the lower damper setting really made a difference to me! If the pain is constant I would give it rest if you continue you could aggravate it and the tendons will swell more. See how it feels at the lower setting.<br />Good Luck, <br />Mary<br />T.P. ILlinois <br />[/quote]<br />