Aaaargh, I’m so mad. I’ve been lifting weights and swimming for about seven months now. This is because I can’t run or bike…because of my F-ing knees and ankles.
So…I go slowly. I increase gradually. Then BAM. F-ing tendonitis in my right elbow.
I don’t think swimming and lifting caused it per se. A week and a half ago, I rented a huge hedge trimmer. I could barely hold the thing at the height necessary. But, a week later…bam. And, of course, I use my right arm for…everything. Naturally, everything exacerbates (hee hee…right arm…exacerbate) it, especially using a mouse. A mouse! I also play guitar, do tons of yard work, etc.
Doctor says ice, advil, and rest for three weeks. If that works, awesome. It’s only three weeks.
But every other F-ing joint in my body is chronically injured with no end in sight, gee, wtf not my elbow?
Minor tendonitis in my big toe. I have no idea how it happened. It only acts up if I wear high heels a couple days in a row or if I fence or do some other activity that requires a lot of weight on my toes. Resting for a couple weeks does help. It goes back to feeling normal and then I’ll end up aggravating it again.
Had it in my elbow. It took a good 6 mos to a year to get rid of. Only after I began doing the exercises religiously did it go away. I still have occasional tenderness, so I guess it’s still not totally gone.
I was lucky in that it was my right elbow, and I carried a dumbbell in my car and did my exercises while driving using my center console as an exercise platform.