Pain in elbow while doing push-ups in a swiss ball

Hi,

I am 28 years old male, height of 5-11, about 130 pounds. Today while
doing push-ups after about a month, there was pain on my right elbow.
The pain was not unbearable but I would feel it, may be its my tendons?
(I never have tendons problems)

A month ago, while lifting dumbbells and doing push-ups I could feel
the same kind of pain on my right elbow, thats why I stopped lifting
weights for about a month. I thought maybe a rest for a while would
correct or repair the reason for the pain. Today was the first time I
tried doing push-ups after a month, and after doing it for 20 reps I
could again feel the same kind of pain on elbow.

What is the reason for the problem, how can I correct it?

Thanks

"sakh1979" <sakh1979@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am 28 years old male, height of 5-11, about 130 pounds. Today while
> doing push-ups after about a month, there was pain on my right elbow.
> The pain was not unbearable but I would feel it, may be its my
> tendons?
> (I never have tendons problems)
>
> A month ago, while lifting dumbbells and doing push-ups I could feel
> the same kind of pain on my right elbow, thats why I stopped lifting
> weights for about a month. I thought maybe a rest for a while would
> correct or repair the reason for the pain. Today was the first time I
> tried doing push-ups after a month, and after doing it for 20 reps I
> could again feel the same kind of pain on elbow.
>
> What is the reason for the problem, how can I correct it?

We can't tell you what the problem is; only a doctor can do that. We
can guess. For a persistent sports-related injury, a visit to a sports
medicine specialist is a good idea.

If you get pain after 20 reps, try switching to shorter sets and take
short rests between them. You're generally going to be safer lifting
with shorter sets, and you can get the most of the same pump, etc., by
using short rest periods. (No, it's not exactly the same, but it's close
enough for most purposes and it's less likely to cause injury.) Around
here, "on the clock" workouts are a popular way to achieve a high
training volume, e.g. start a new set of 8 pushups every 30 seconds,
which will give you about 15 seconds of work followed by 15 seconds of
rest, and see if you can keep that up for 5 or 10 minutes. If your
training goal is a single high-rep set, this won't work except as base
preparation, but otherwise it's fine.

You may need some instruction - start with http://www.exrx.net Google

pushup site:exrx.net

and click on the animation link for a male subject. Take note of how
low the elbows are on the body at the bottom position.

The book "Naked Warrior" by Pavel Tsatsouline,
http://www.kbnj.com/nw.htm , goes into great detail about exactly how to
position your shoulders and arms for safe pushup practice - it teaches
the one-armed pushup, but all the techniques apply equally well to
two-armed pushups.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

"sakh1979" <sakh1979@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I am 28 years old male, height of 5-11, about 130 pounds. Today while
> doing push-ups after about a month, there was pain on my right elbow.
> The pain was not unbearable but I would feel it, may be its my tendons?
> (I never have tendons problems)
>
> A month ago, while lifting dumbbells and doing push-ups I could feel
> the same kind of pain on my right elbow, thats why I stopped lifting
> weights for about a month. I thought maybe a rest for a while would
> correct or repair the reason for the pain. Today was the first time I
> tried doing push-ups after a month, and after doing it for 20 reps I
> could again feel the same kind of pain on elbow.
>
> What is the reason for the problem, how can I correct it?
>
> Thanks

Maybe try doing the pushups outside of the swiss ball?

On 31 Dec 2006 21:13:00 -0800, "sakh1979" <sakh1979@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am 28 years old male, height of 5-11, about 130 pounds. Today while
>doing push-ups after about a month, there was pain on my right elbow.
>The pain was not unbearable but I would feel it, may be its my tendons?
>(I never have tendons problems)
>
>A month ago, while lifting dumbbells and doing push-ups I could feel
>the same kind of pain on my right elbow, thats why I stopped lifting
>weights for about a month. I thought maybe a rest for a while would
>correct or repair the reason for the pain. Today was the first time I
>tried doing push-ups after a month, and after doing it for 20 reps I
>could again feel the same kind of pain on elbow.
>
>What is the reason for the problem, how can I correct it?
>
>Thanks

It must be difficult doing pushups inside a swiss ball.

Maybe you have tendonitis or tennis elbow. I used to have that
problem with tricep extensions but never on pushups. Maybe it has
something to do with how you are doing them on the swiss ball. Do you
have the problem with standard pushups?