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💪🏼 MEDIAL ELBOW PAIN 💪🏼
A look into today’s session working with a weight lifter with medial elbow pain.
Once pain is under control, the goal shifts from pain reduction → restoring tendon capacity and upper limb performance.
In this progression I’m using:
💪 Overcoming isometrics with the elbow fully extended Loading the wrist flexors in a longer muscle-tendon position while producing a maximal intent contraction. This is a great way to expose the tendon to higher force with minimal movement before progressing to heavier dynamic loading.
🏋️ Tempo wrist curls Slow, controlled concentric and eccentric reps increase time under tension and progressively build load tolerance. Current tendinopathy evidence supports progressive resistance training as the cornerstone of long-term tendon rehabilitation.
🎯 Shoulder and scapular stability The elbow doesn’t work in isolation. Optimizing proximal control can improve force transfer through the kinetic chain, particularly in active individuals who repeatedly load the upper limb.
The objective isn’t simply to eliminate pain—it’s to restore the capacity to tolerate the demands of sport, lifting, work, and daily life.
👇 Save this for your next medial elbow rehab session. Disclaimer: some of these exercises are specific to this patient and the stage he is in currently.
#GolfersElbow #MedialEpicondylalgia #Tendinopathy #SportsPhysio #vertexpt
A look into today’s session working with a weight lifter with medial elbow pain.
Once pain is under control, the goal shifts from pain reduction → restoring tendon capacity and upper limb performance.
In this progression I’m using:
💪 Overcoming isometrics with the elbow fully extended Loading the wrist flexors in a longer muscle-tendon position while producing a maximal intent contraction. This is a great way to expose the tendon to higher force with minimal movement before progressing to heavier dynamic loading.
🏋️ Tempo wrist curls Slow, controlled concentric and eccentric reps increase time under tension and progressively build load tolerance. Current tendinopathy evidence supports progressive resistance training as the cornerstone of long-term tendon rehabilitation.
🎯 Shoulder and scapular stability The elbow doesn’t work in isolation. Optimizing proximal control can improve force transfer through the kinetic chain, particularly in active individuals who repeatedly load the upper limb.
The objective isn’t simply to eliminate pain—it’s to restore the capacity to tolerate the demands of sport, lifting, work, and daily life.
👇 Save this for your next medial elbow rehab session. Disclaimer: some of these exercises are specific to this patient and the stage he is in currently.
#GolfersElbow #MedialEpicondylalgia #Tendinopathy #SportsPhysio #vertexpt
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