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derrickp
Feb 18, 2011, 8:57 PM
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Dear Reader, This may be a problem with a simple solution. If so, then all the better. I would like to think that my goals are not going to be cut short due to a chronic ailment. About a year and a half ago, I started having a reoccurring pain in my arm. The pain is on the inside of my arm, opposite the elbow. It is obviously tendinitis and obviously caused by climbing. My question is not what is it but how to keep it from hindering my overall performance. In order to better help you help me, let me explain how the pain comes and goes. I climb at my best around 12a ish. I climb usually 3 days a week in gym and one outside. I usually warm up ten minutes before going hard and I spend more time on slopers than anything else. The weird part is that I can do this for almost exactly two and a half months before the pain comes rolling in. I'll climb for another two weeks before the pain is unbearable. Then I take the usual month to month and a half off. The pain is a burning sensation which will continue to worsen until about 30 minutes after I'm off the wall. Now... Here's the full question I need help about. What can I do to continue climbing without taking breaks in my schedule? This is stopping me from moving to the next level. Thanks in advance to any reasonable responses. Cheers. Peppers
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camhead
Feb 18, 2011, 9:33 PM
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ice. ibuprofen. warm up more. climb more statically. it will still probably hurt.
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dugl33
Feb 18, 2011, 11:24 PM
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derrickp wrote: Dear Reader, This may be a problem with a simple solution. If so, then all the better. I would like to think that my goals are not going to be cut short due to a chronic ailment. About a year and a half ago, I started having a reoccurring pain in my arm. The pain is on the inside of my arm, opposite the elbow. It is obviously tendinitis and obviously caused by climbing. My question is not what is it but how to keep it from hindering my overall performance. In order to better help you help me, let me explain how the pain comes and goes. I climb at my best around 12a ish. I climb usually 3 days a week in gym and one outside. I usually warm up ten minutes before going hard and I spend more time on slopers than anything else. The weird part is that I can do this for almost exactly two and a half months before the pain comes rolling in. I'll climb for another two weeks before the pain is unbearable. Then I take the usual month to month and a half off. The pain is a burning sensation which will continue to worsen until about 30 minutes after I'm off the wall. Now... Here's the full question I need help about. What can I do to continue climbing without taking breaks in my schedule? This is stopping me from moving to the next level. Thanks in advance to any reasonable responses. Cheers. Peppers Are you doing any sort of resistance training with antagonist muscle groups? I strongly suggest you consider doing so. And camhead is right. 10 minutes is not much of a warm up, and you should be icing after climbing. Why go pedal to the metal just to blow the engine? Find a better way or you'll just keep yo-yo-ing along.
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