Elbow Tendonitis

Day off from everything, too much yard work and my back is screaming at me.

... then there's the Poison Ivy. Tomorrow, tomorrow, there's always tomorrow.

Injury: Elbow Tendonitis

Some swimmers start to have tender, painful elbows (1 or both), especially when they add more yardage. This could be an over-use syndrome or a technique problem.

Yardage should not be added on a LARGE scale over a short time, just like a marathon runner should not add too many miles to their program, or stress fractures, plantar fasciitis and other -itis' can occur.

Same principle with us swimmers. The elbows can be very fragile joints.

Technique is important, having too much stress on the the joint, stresses the ligaments and tendons. Too much stretch... too much stress.

If the pull is too far away from the mid line of the body can produce this syndrome.

Work on keeping the pull under the body column.