Hoping for answers to working with tendonitus in right, left arms and elbows...

[Guest guest]

Hi, I absolutely love my Ashtanga practice, but have intermittent issues with

both arms /

elbows from a tendonitus issue (overdriving in former work). Right now, pain

has returned

after a period of getting better (new poses?, sleeping wrong?) and all of a

sudden even the

chataranga pushups create pain. Of course icing beforehand helps, but it's

still there. I don't

like to stop practicing because of the pain, but the chataranga portion of the

vinyasa flow

seems so essential to keeping heat up...

 

Anyone know of any therapies or stretches that can help? I've seen a doctor on

this for over a

year, and barring surgery, he's saying that some live with this issue a long

time or even a

lifetime...while I personally believe in *healing*! I am a tad older (43 this

month) and yet only

a couple of years ago, I used to do hundreds of pushups regularly...

 

Thanks so much...

 

Shanti!

 

Robert

[Guest guest]

Hi Robert,

 

Is the pain coming just from the elbows or the forearms? I was having

a shoulder problem - just could not do certain poses with my right

arm without pain. I also couldn't get my right arm flat on the floor

if I put it over my head.

 

I finally went to see a massage therapist who does medical massage

and found out I had torn my rotator cuff - probably when I tried to

catch a 5 pound dog as it ran by and I missed. He worked on it 6

times breaking up the scar tissue and had me ice and stretch and do

exercises. The first few times were very painful but it really

worked. I got my range of motion back. It is still weaker than the

other arm but coming along.

 

You might want to at least find someone like that to test your

muscles to see where the problem is. Some of the pain could be

referred from somewhere else.

 

Also, if it is tendonitis from overuse. There are herbs and digestive

enzymes that can help get the inflammation out. Take a look at the

site below and read about the Recovery and Rebuild pack under

concentrated nutrition.

 

Thanks,

Claire

eatwildherbs.com

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>

>

> Hi, I absolutely love my Ashtanga practice, but have intermittent

issues with both arms /

> elbows from a tendonitus issue (overdriving in former work). Right

now, pain has returned

> after a period of getting better (new poses?, sleeping wrong?) and

all of a sudden even the

> chataranga pushups create pain. Of course icing beforehand helps,

but it's still there. I don't

> like to stop practicing because of the pain, but the chataranga

portion of the vinyasa flow

> seems so essential to keeping heat up...

>

> Anyone know of any therapies or stretches that can help? I've seen

a doctor on this for over a

> year, and barring surgery, he's saying that some live with this

issue a long time or even a

> lifetime...while I personally believe in *healing*! I am a tad

older (43 this month) and yet only

> a couple of years ago, I used to do hundreds of pushups regularly...

>

> Thanks so much...

>

> Shanti!

>

> Robert

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Claire -- many thanks to you and the others who've been writing in on this

subject.

 

It's been touchy / tricky, to be sure...both in terms of diagnosis and in

treatment. The

combo of Eastern & Western methods seems best (accupunture, icing) -- but also,

just

accepting day-by-day sensible management. Of course, my Western mind doesn't

want to

" manage " -- I hope for healing! This " gets " to me in a chagrinned sort of way,

where I

think I " know " where it all should be going, and I can get embarrassed at

times...seeing so

many " yoga-hotties " doing so much more in a class where I seem to flounder on a

simple

push-up.

 

Yet maybe in my heart of hearts it's ok to " see " it as well and keep going for

-- better.

It's been a year of accepting and being gentle with that -- the recurring and

going.

But many (so many) struggle with so much worse body issues than I.

 

At a healer's office, I saw the following, which helped / helps a lot...

" Don't let the thing you cannot do interfere with the things you can " .

 

Thanks again -- to all of you who've been helping...though I'm a tad older (and

yet young

on this path), I'm so happy to be on it; and grateful for the kind company, too.

 

Seeing you all (and me, too!) happy and well on our Ashtanga journeys...

 

Shanti,

 

Robert

 

Btw, the medical doctor's diagnosis was " bi-lateral epicondylitus " (elbow / and

radiating

forearm tendonitus). Thanks again for your kind advice!!

 

 

>

> Hi Robert,

>

> Is the pain coming just from the elbows or the forearms? I was having

> a shoulder problem - just could not do certain poses with my right

> arm without pain. I also couldn't get my right arm flat on the floor

> if I put it over my head.

>

> I finally went to see a massage therapist who does medical massage

> and found out I had torn my rotator cuff - probably when I tried to

> catch a 5 pound dog as it ran by and I missed. He worked on it 6

> times breaking up the scar tissue and had me ice and stretch and do

> exercises. The first few times were very painful but it really

> worked. I got my range of motion back. It is still weaker than the

> other arm but coming along.

>

> You might want to at least find someone like that to test your

> muscles to see where the problem is. Some of the pain could be

> referred from somewhere else.

>

> Also, if it is tendonitis from overuse. There are herbs and digestive

> enzymes that can help get the inflammation out. Take a look at the

> site below and read about the Recovery and Rebuild pack under

> concentrated nutrition.

>

> Thanks,

> Claire

> eatwildherbs.com