I (38F) have a slightly cellulitic elbow (on Flucloxacillin) with a relatively deep hole (roughly 7mm wide, 4mm deep atm) that developed after having a bursitis drained for the second time. The skin just sort of broke down around the site, probably because I’m immunosuppressed by biologics. The scab just came out now after accidentally catching it. When I looked at it I saw an incredibly fine fibre type thing hanging out by about 8mm. I pulled it thinking it might be a hair or something, and it just kept going and going! Out came 2 inches of this incredibly fine thing - too fine for a hair, and it was slightly stretchy unlike hair. It hurt like buggery. A nerve is the only thing I can think of. What’s the likely hood of that? What do you think it could be? Thank you in advance.
Anyone catch when it happened?
https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/news/1113543-mjf-elbow-injury-aew-appearance
Even when no tendonopathy is present, I feel medial pain in my elbows when doing one-arm lock offs or one-arm pull ups. I have the strength to do them, but the pain in my elbows always scares me. Is there a way to strengthen the elbow as to not get this pain? Should I train one arm pulls to strengthen the elbow, or does this make it worse?
The reason I'm asking this question is because the author of the book 'Convict Conditioning' recommends keeping elbows slightly bent (instead fully straight) in the bottom position to take stress off the arm joints, both for standard pull-ups and (especially) for one arm pull-ups, as you can see here:
- Figure 49 (pull-ups step 5, initial position): "Retain a very slight (almost unnoticeable) bend in the elbow to take the stress off the elbow joints)"
- Picture 59 (pull-ups step 10, initial position): "Your working arm should be virtually straight, with just a little kink in it to take the stress off the arm joints"
However, I've not read this kind of technique advice anywhere outside of Convict Conditioning (it seems like an unique tip from that book). In my case, I always keep my elbows fully straight in the initial deadhang position, and I'm not sure if doing that (in addition to excessive volume) might have been a contributing factor to my previous golfer's elbow injuries.
What do you think? Is keeping elbows slightly bent in the bottom position helpful to save the joints and prevent injuries? Or is it actually not helpful at all for that purpose and thus completely unnecessary?
I'm trying to get my pull better, and was recently corrected from doing straight arms underwater. My natural tendency is to now pull in a baseball throw motion, but noticed maybe pulling via lats in a chicken wing fashion is less tiring.
What's supposed to be correct here? What does a good pull feel like?
Who knew it was so easy to get an eye out of it's socket?
