Get Rid of Elbow Pain
How many of you get pain in your elbows when you squat or bench, or on other exercises?
Probably a lot.
Many times we can’t figure out why the problem won’t go away after countless strokes on a foam roller or a barbell or by using lacrosse balls.
The answer is easy; the neck bone is connected to the foot bone dummy.
Did I lose you?
What I mean is that all things in your body are connected to something else. Pain in the elbow may not be stemming entirely from the elbow. Anyone who has had Active Release Treatment will understand this.
A lot of times there is another muscle or muscle group lurking around that is bound up, scarred up or not firing the correct way and that leads to issues further up or down the chain.
In the case of elbow pain, frequently the T spine is jacked up and the pain will not subside unless we release the area.
The T spine is your Thoracic spine and is easy to find. IT’s pretty much right between your shoulder blades around your trap area. Normal everyday life will jack up the T spine from sitting at a desk and hunching over, driving and endless hours seeking validation form other on social media while staring at your phone with your neck cranked down.
Lifting can also make this worse.
In the video below we will present you with a few quick fixes that may well make your elbow pain disappear leading to bigger squats, bench presses and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYNuSKy7jQA
Who doesn’t want to smash more weight?
On Another Note
My training was going really good for a while and things seemed to be on the mend. As I mentioned above, sitting all day is bad for you and I’ve been sitting at my desk for weeks a lot more than usual.
This has led to a lot less mobility and a lot more time spent warming up and recovering. It has also led to me smashing less weight.
I am dropping the squat for a few weeks and will continue to work on improving the hip issues I have by replacing it with Good Mornings. I am also dropping the Bench Press in favor of the Incline for a few weeks and this should in theory give my hip a short break to heal and improve.
I have added a few tweaks to my hip mobility work over the past two weeks and I feel like they are improving things. One thing I did was I jacked up the couch stretch I have been doing post training.
I have not been able to get any pictures of what I am doing so I’ll describe it as best as I can for you and will get some pictures after tomorrow’s session and post them next week.
A couch stretch is great for hip and quad flexibility and is done by getting into a split squat position and placing your back foot on a bench or a box while you stretch. I have jacked it up by adding a banded hip distraction to it with an average band and then putting the dip bar attachment into my Erect-A-Rack to push against.
This allows me to forget about stabilizing and focus 100% on the stretch. So far it is working really well.
My next post will include a better description and photos of this so you can benefit from it.
I am also pretty excited as we have just partnered with a local company to offer a few seminars at TPS on flexibility and mobility for lifters.
I’ll have more info on that in the near future.
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