Soreness after sports and working out

[surfinggrrrl]

I have been training my upper body for about six weeks, 3x a week, gradually increasing weight and reps, to possibly improve my upper body strength for water skiing.
After skiing this weekend, my forearms (which have give me major problems before) are killing me.

How long should I wait before trying to workout my arms again?
Should I continue training in a few days, regardless of the pain?
Should I start where I left off (weight and reps?) or lighter weights?


This usually does not go away, or reoccurs at the slightest movement. Last year I never recovered, I quit water skiing, even tried PT, but the soreness always came back.

Any help appreciated

BA

[AskTheTrainer]

Originally Posted by surfinggrrrl

I have been training my upper body for about six weeks, 3x a week, gradually increasing weight and reps, to possibly improve my upper body strength for water skiing.
After skiing this weekend, my forearms (which have give me major problems before) are killing me.

How long should I wait before trying to workout my arms again?
Should I continue training in a few days, regardless of the pain?
Should I start where I left off (weight and reps?) or lighter weights?


This usually does not go away, or reoccurs at the slightest movement. Last year I never recovered, I quit water skiing, even tried PT, but the soreness always came back.

Any help appreciated

BA

There are 3 Possibilities here:

1. Your forearm muscles are experiencing muscle soreness due to the extra demand placed upon them during your water skiing which is long lasting muscle contractions. If this is the case you can continue resistance training as the forearm muscles.

2. You have tendinitis (if the pain is concentrated more around your upper forearms/elbow area) If this is the case, you should either stop training for a couple weeks and/or see a sports medicine specialist who can help you w/ a proper diagnosis.

3. Maybe a combination of both, slight tendinitis and muscle soreness from the prolonged contraction of gripping the handles.

Regardless of what actually is wrong always exercise within your envelope of function. That basically means if it hurts, don't do it.

[CoachGrimes]

You should do some form of active recovery to keep yourself improving.

Focus on doing upperbody lifts that do not require you to grip or strain the part of the forearm that is hurting you.

Do this untill you are feeling comfortable again.

You may need to incorporate regular forearm exercises so you increase your ability to handle the demand of water ski'ing.

Forearm curls, Forearm Twist, Crumble newspaper (my favorite)

Hope this helps!

CoachGrimes@newyoufitness.us