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06/01/2006 11:01:08 PM · #26 |
Didn't read all the responses to your question so this might have been answered. As a gym rat, 1.5hrs of weights everymorning at 0530 and 2 cardio sessions at night, I have hurt myself in everyway possible. You pull your tricep, nothing serious. Avoid any type of pain releivers, the reason being that to stop the pain the medication interupts the signal from the nerve. Sure it stops the pain, but it also makes your body slower to heal because the brain isn't recieving the signal that says its damaged. When you lift weights you break down muscle tissue and the body repairs it, making it larger and stronger to adapt to the new stress it experienced. Anyway I'm rambling. Stretch the muscle out and massage it, take a warm shower or bath and let the heat lossen it up. Keep moving and massaging, this will encourage fresh blood to flow in the muscles and speed recovery. Look on the bright side, the pain is your reward for a good workout.
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06/01/2006 11:02:18 PM · #27 |
| Thera-gesic .. and Ibuphrophen ... apply Thera-gesic sparingly .. it burns .. but it is the best stuff on the market!!! |
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06/02/2006 12:03:14 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by deapee:
yeah haha...I would probably get beat up if I lifted with the 2 pounders at the gym. I could picture it now. |
That's when you just look at them knowingly and say, "Physical therapy..." and leave it at that. I pull that all the time in my apartment complex's fitness center (though in my case it's true).
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06/02/2006 12:47:52 AM · #29 |
A coffee enema should fix you right up...
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06/02/2006 01:45:14 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by Sunniee:
I manage a health club, have worked out for years, and am an emergency medical technician.... Im certainly no expert but...
Ibuprofen IS your best friend... keep a constant dosage in your system for it to remain thereputic...
KEEP stretching...
Heat helps relax the muscles...
If you remain consistant, next time you wont be as sore... so dont get discouraged! You may even find yourself becoming one of those "sick" people like myself and get addicted to being a little sore! ;-P |
heat and cold. always cold after heat, in my experience.. |
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06/02/2006 06:16:08 AM · #31 |
| See now you're problem isn't that you can or cannot stretch your arms. It's that you owkred out in the first place. |
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06/02/2006 08:58:34 AM · #32 |
Can't help with the pain part besides what was already said, but when you get back in the gym: lower weight, more reps... unless you just want to put on mass without as much definition.
You're probably already doing this, but thought I'd throw this out: For curls, using an angled curling bar should help if you're not already using one. Bringing the bar back down slowly is just about as important as bringing it up. A lot of stress is applied on the tendons by lifters who "drop" the bar down only to "catch" it at the bottom. Keep it slow. For dumbbells, make sure you are rotating your forearm once you're past your thigh so that your palms are facing up, and vice-versa going back down. Also, stretch, stretch, stretch before and after workout. Good luck! |
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06/02/2006 09:14:07 AM · #33 |
ICE. ICE. ICE. I have been through PT for various injuries and ice is the best thing that you can do for yourself. Don't leave it on more than 20 minutes. If you went for PT, you would probably also get ultrasound and electric stim.
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06/02/2006 11:01:07 AM · #34 |
Why are you workin out anyway?
It's much easier on your entire body to be as inert as possible as much as possible.
Take a nap. drink a beer. Take another nap, drink a beer.
Repeat as needed until bedtime. |
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