1st World Old Man Problem - Tendonitis

Another vote for the Theraband flexbar, it really does work if you stick to it and are diligent. Additionally, try increasing your grip strength if you can. Farmers walks are what I prefer.
 
Billy said:
You old guys need to be careful with Ibuprofen. It can and does effect the kidneys. Drink lots of water!
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Copy that. I have near constant inflammation in my hands and back. Nothing debilitating yet, but dont need additional issues from over dependence on ibuprofen.

I started drinking nettle tea a while back and it definitely helps. Maybe not as much as 2 ibuprofen, but enough I'm taking it a lot less.
Not drinking enough water isnt a problem in my house. You sound just like my wife!
 
Brian Miller said:
Maybe I misread the intent but Don't do this with NSAIDs (specifically Ibuprofin) though. Exceeding recommended amounts can be dangerous.
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I should have included that this is for short term treatment, like 10 days to 2 weeks, and not for a long term.
 
fatbillybob said:
One other thing stability training is obviously done on both sides of the body. We don't think of that in sports but we should. Casting isn't all arm and anyone who can do a good double haul can tell you how important the hips are and that speaks to stability training. As an example, Tennis players use the dominant side. In the old days of tennis there was this guy roscoe tanner. Tanner had a big serve and a giant right arm. He had a twig for a left arm and just looked like a freak. From age 14 I started in the Bruce Lee martial arts systems and we trained everything both left and right sided. I'm near ambi and credit decades early ambi training for my skill level today. Spey casting is such that, wind direction and river right or river left force you to cast dominant hand or cack handed or you learn to spey cast on the non-dominat side. I cast on both sides. So discounting wind, if one side of my body hurts I might just fish the other side of the river...problem solved.
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I dog eared this book to death when I was young and sparring
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My Go To’s back in the day were the first Karate Kid and Enter the Dragon.

I’ll deny it to my wife but one of my favorite wedding gifts was a used rental copy of Mr. Miyagi🙏

good stuff
 
I got tendinitis splitting wood last fall am still dealing with it, but now my knee is acting up from trying to train for a 10k running race, something I used to do off the couch. Before all this it was my hand from digging a car out of the snow. I’m only 48 but starting to see what my future holds. I found a good PT but that only seems like I’m treating the symptoms after the fact. Focusing now on figuring out a way to maintain my overall strength so these things don’t keep happening. All the things mentioned above seem like good ideas. I had a doctor today tell me to treat my knee with excessive NSAIDs so who knows, it’s probably ok from time to time but not a long term fix. I’ll stop rambling, this is a timely thread for sure.
 
x2 on the Therabar which really helps with wrist and forearm issues, keep mine on the sofa side table....having had multiple orthopedic repairs from sports injuries (snapped left pec, snapped right rotator, torn meniscus and two herniated discs) and having dealt with osteoarthritis for decades, I continue to follow the advice from the sports med surgeon who performed repairs... 'diet, exercise and keep moving.'
Voltaren NSAD gel works well with painful issues close to the surface, and someone here previously recommended Arnica gel, which I now use as well with good results.
For those routinely taking higher doses of NSAD's, suggest talking to your physician about getting periodic blood tests to check on your liver enzyme levels.
 
SovDog said:
I got tendinitis splitting wood last fall am still dealing with it, but now my knee is acting up from trying to train for a 10k running race, something I used to do off the couch. Before all this it was my hand from digging a car out of the snow. I’m only 48 but starting to see what my future holds. I found a good PT but that only seems like I’m treating the symptoms after the fact. Focusing now on figuring out a way to maintain my overall strength so these things don’t keep happening. All the things mentioned above seem like good ideas. I had a doctor today tell me to treat my knee with excessive NSAIDs so who knows, it’s probably ok from time to time but not a long term fix. I’ll stop rambling, this is a timely thread for sure.
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from 50-55 I hurt myself every year but the PT fixed me. Basically it took 5 years for me to figure out how not to hurt myself. You will learn too. Hopefully you are smarter than me take less years. Joe average looses 1-2% of strength per year after age 40. Strength training! Generally, NSAIDS are fine when younger and under a docs care especially when there are no co-morbidities and no other medications taken. Add in some high blood pressure and cardio vascular disease and certain meds and you got a kidney killer. The highest incidence of big NSAID users are 65y/o osteoarthritis sufferes. They are taking prescription level ibuprophen at 2400mg daily for long periods of time with MD monitoring. Under 10% have to stop because of kidney function issues. Still it is always best to use medications sparingly. Motin isn't candy and it can hurt you.
 
SurfnFish said:
I dog eared this book to death when I was young and sparring
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Awesome! That was a great book. It did not make a lot of sense to many people. For some people it really clicked. I learned very close to the source. Sigung Lee died in 1973 and I started right after in 1974 at the Filipino Kali Academy under Inosanto and Bustillo, both Lee's students. Sifu/Guro Inosanto is a teacher and took Lee's training method to the next level and we were his guinea pigs. Look for this book if you can from Sifu Inosanto. It pairs well with Lee's Tao of JKD. Inside are a bunch of pictures of our classes at the time. I trained with all those guys in the pictures and for another 35 years in what morphed into the Inosanto Academy and the IMB academy ending my time in the arts learning brazillian ju jitsu. Inosanto moved out of the blue collar hood where some of the students had jailtime to Marina Del Rey a white collar place with professionals and engineers as students. IMB stayed in the hood. Inosanto in MDR taught at a more sofisticated level upping the complexity and skill level and less hard contact. At IMB Inosanto and bustillo worked the basics and a slower evolution of skill but increased emphasis on banging hard. The closest thing to how we trained was UFC but we used weapons too. There were intermural sparring matches between the related schools to see what was the ideal mix of banging hard with technical skill. I'm not one to be a guinea pig and miss out so I trained at both places. At Inosantos I turned by brain on drinking from the firehose. At IMB it was no pain no gain! At IMB If all you had was a killer jab and could win then just figure out how to apply that jab everywhere. One school was like all the tools in a toolbox and one school was if all you got is a hammer...Cool times and great memories...

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