Acute Overuse Injury?

[Choada_Boy]

So, I worked my triceps to muscular failure almost a week ago. Felt fine during the work out, but the next day, one of my arms started to hurt above the elbow. Eventually, both arms got to the point where I couldn't bring my hands to my mouth without pain. OK, pretty intense workout, but over the course of the week, its been deep, kicked in the balls soreness, feels like my humeri (pl?) are rotting, with general improvement in flexibility, but almost constant soreness. It seems to have worked itself into my pectorals as well. If I do a big "cat strecth", my arms feel like they are made of lead, my chest tingles, my hands feel like they may go numb, and I feel like barfing from whatever I did to my triceps.

 

Did I give myself compartment syndrome? Am I too strong for my muscles?

[John Frieh]

DOMS

 

Ring dips?

[Sol]

from what ive heard about compartment syndrome, it is not an acute injury, but a chronic condition brought on over the course of a few weeks. have you been icing? how has your hydration been? electrolytes? protein and/or carb supplements?

[billcoe]

I tweaked that ligament @ 3weeks ago and haven't climbed since. Don't even like belaying. Suks. I was blaming the wasps though.

[catbirdseat]

Wasn't it you who posted about doing something similar to your biceps or some other muscle group last year? What came of that?

 

Are you taking statins?

[layton]

Justin,

 

First off you need to rest and ice. Bromelain will help with the inflammation without stressing your liver or stomach. You have a mild muscle strain (microtears in the muscle), and the pain response is spreading to your shoulder musculature (deep referred pain). Hold off on deep stretching for a couple days, but keep the area mobile with light range of motion movement.

 

The tingling and numbness you are experiencing is the beginings of thoracic outlet syndrome. The nerves exiting your neck pass through your shoulder area and are being compressed because of your injury. This can develop into a very chronic problem of shoulder impingement, neck pain, and numb hands from the thoracic outlet syndrome.

 

[i_like_sun]

 

Did I give myself compartment syndrome? Am I too strong for my muscles?