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Climber's Elbow

Climber's elbow or golfer's elbow is medial elbow pain seen in rock climbers. Symptoms include dull pain that starts during the warmup before starting to climb. It can be prevented by taking enough rest, strengthening the tendons with workouts, proper hydration, stretching exercises, maintaining good cardio, and training the opposing muscle.

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My elbow pains a lot while doing exercise and climbing. What to do?

Query: Hi doctor, I have a climber's elbow, it has been there for years, and nothing I do helps to relieve the pain. My elbow's soreness is mainly isolated to the pronator teres muscle, and it pains whenever I do vertical pulling exercises such as pull up, pull-downs, and seated rows. I recently stopped e...  Read Full »

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Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You would have probably lifted too much weight that your body could not handle in the first session. We need to first prepare your body for that activity with less load initially in any training. Once your body is ready to take it, you can increase the load by increasi...  Read Full »

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