Comments on Mountains and Water: Local News? Not so much

I've previously given you my 2 cents ... stay of...

2009-07-02T17:51:12.891-06:00

I've previously given you my 2 cents ...

stay off the plastic for awhile
+ glucosamine/MSM, etc.
+ reverse wrist curls on the steering wheel EVERY time you get in the car

I had horrible medial epicondylitis in both elbows for almost a year. A couple months after I started this program I solved this problem.

Peter, My wife is a physical therapist and turned ...

2009-07-02T13:03:08.383-06:00

Peter, My wife is a physical therapist and turned me on to this device - http://www.optp.com/BOING_414B.aspx when my elbow was flairing up. You use it to strengthen your supinator/pronator muscles (a common underdeveloped muscle in climbers which leads to elbow tendonitis). You can also do this exercise with a one sided dumbell, but it was not nearly as effective for me.

Thad

What type of problem are you experiencing with you...

2009-07-02T10:22:18.684-06:00

What type of problem are you experiencing with your elbow? If it's tendinitis, I've had fantastic success with a program I've been following.

I am looking at all reasonable options and will be...

2009-07-01T21:17:41.830-06:00

I am looking at all reasonable options and will be blogging about them as I go. Thanks for the recommendation!

As someone who had pretty fast and solid results w...

2009-07-01T17:32:24.300-06:00

As someone who had pretty fast and solid results with acupuncture, have you considered this route? I'm not a hippy and pretty skeptical in general, but I was having zero luck with a bad wrist tendon. My options seemed to be pain killers or surgery, so I decided to give acupuncture a shot, and it really helped get the injury healing. I still needed a bit of rest and a slow rehab, but acupuncture turned things around. My 2cents.

It seems to be going around: http://www.urbanclim...

2009-07-01T12:03:44.878-06:00

It seems to be going around:

http://www.urbanclimbermag.com/themag/411/injured_reserve

Bummer about the elbow. I've been struggling with...

2009-07-01T08:49:43.637-06:00

Bummer about the elbow. I've been struggling with mine for a couple of years now. I took something like 6 months off and now I'm constantly evaluating how it feels and modifying what I'm doing while climbing.