rydra_wong: 19th-C strongwoman and trapeze artist Charmion flexes her biceps while wearing a marvellous feathery hat (strength -- strongwoman)
rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] disobey_gravity 2019-06-04 02:51 pm (UTC)

Elbow tendonitis is super-common among people getting started -- climbing can be a lot of load on connective tissues which aren't used to it. Have you found the invaluable Dodgy Elbows pdf?

http://drjuliansaunders.com/dodgy-elbows/

The exercises cleared up my newbie bout of tendonitis brilliantly.

Some people also swear by Tom Randall's stretch:

https://tomrandallclimbing.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/golfers-elbow-a-possible-solution/

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