Inflammatory conditions the ouch that keeps on ouching

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There is a host of these things. Being a former and about to be again construction worker I know a little bit about them.
Repetitive motion injury is what I get paid for... smiles. Anyway you name it I might have missed it but besides all the pulled muscles, smashed this and that, broken bones, bonked noggin, snapped tendons, torn and stretched ligaments, and sprained everything, there is those inflammatory, repetitive motion conditions.
That is what this thread is about. You got it now how are you going to get rid of it?
Tennis Elbow
Plantar Fasciitis
carpal tunnel
ruptured bursa in the knees

Those are just the ones I have had. What else? These are not easy to get rid of. I will share my tricks of the trade if you share yours. Anything but surgery okay?
 
Certain foods can made inflammatory conditions worst. Sugar and wheat are couple of them.
 
I've dealt with Plantar Fasciitis for over a year. Cut my mileage down from 40+ a week to nothing a year ago. Back up now, but taking it slow in winter. Gotta stretch the arches often, and get good shoes with arch supports. I am recovered now, and expect to up the mileage as the weather warms. Last February and March were a nightmare.
 
One thing, besides massage ;) that will help plantar fasciitis is to put a tennis ball (not Mark's) under your foot and push gently down while rolling it up and down, between the sole of foot and the floor) You could this while sitting on the couch watching TV

Actually massage will help all those things, but you have to get it regularly and than can be costly. I had a client that was seeing me for fibromyalgia, she ended up going off her meds. Then she got bursitis in her shoulder. She was getting physical therapy for that, and hadn't been I awhile after it flared up, but it didn't ease up til she saw me ;)
 
ambrosia said:
One thing, besides massage ;) that will help plantar fasciitis is to put a tennis ball (not Mark's) under your foot and push gently down while rolling it up and down. You could this while sitting on the couch watching TV

Actually massage will help all those things, but you have to get it regularly and than can be costly. I had a client that was seeing me for fibromyalgia, she ended up going off her meds. Then she got bursitis in her shoulder. She was getting physical therapy for that, and hadn't been I awhile after it flared up, but it didn't ease up til she saw me ;)
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oH my!! I want massage!! I'm lucky that my next door neighbor is a massage therapist. That helps a lot with my sore joints.
 
dereksbicycles said:
oH my!! I want massage!! I'm lucky that my next door neighbor is a massage therapist. That helps a lot with my sore joints.
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:D I want a massage!!! I think Ill scedule one next week. I'll be done with phase of p90x then, and I massaged 2 of the other therapist last Tuesday so I got I trades available :D yay!!!!!!
 
ambrosia said:
:D I want a massage!!! I think Ill scedule one next week. I'll be done with phase of p90x then, and I massaged 2 of the other therapist last Tuesday so I got I trades available :D yay!!!!!!
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I'll give you THREE if you give Mark ONE :naughty:
 
Well being in constructions myself, the repetitive motions have done wonders to my spine. Not only the ruptured, bulging, degenerative discs, but the carpal tunnel, cartilidge worn off, pulled muscles/tendons, hyper extended this and that.... Hard labor has just beat the hell out of me.
All through the years i was told be careful, dont do this or that ( I was a Brute with Brute Force ) well, in your teens and early 20's you think you are invinceable....until you turn 40 and it comes back to haunt you. Well, I actually did really well until I turned 42, thats when I got injured and it did me in, everything went downhill since then. My back and neck, then my shoulder (rotator cuff) knees giving out, hands cramp up trying to use tools, muscle spasms in my back that will twist me into odd un natural shapes... the list just goes on, and the pain is un bearable from time to time. It really sucks when you abuse your body to hard labor, I loved the physical aspect of it (kept me in shape) but the downfall is, it wears your body out. Just remember there are others out there that you dont appreciate that do the grind 24/7 to make goods for us that we never really think about.
 
I go to massage twice every month. It sure do feel great!

My mother got carpal tunnel syndrome for tennis elbow, and hand. It does not cure 100%, but it does reduce the pain. Without surgery, she could not sleep peacefully all night, she will have to move hands every 20 minutes in order to stop the numb-like tingle feeling can be PAINFUL!
 
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I go to massage twice every month. It sure do feel great!

My mother got carpal tunnel syndrome for tennis elbow, and hand. It does not cure 100%, but it does reduce the pain. Without surgery, she could not sleep peacefully all night, she will have to move hands every 20 minutes in order to stop the numb-like tingle feeling can be PAINFUL!
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That is exactly what my hands and forearms do, they go numb weither Im sitting here on the couch or sleeping in bed, My hands go numb and tingle for no apparent reason, and when they cramp, my hand turns in and cant straighten it, hurts like hell too.
 
I would cheerfully put a boot in the ass of anyone picking on Mark on this thread. That would heal my present inflammatory condition.

Should we just have a Pick On Mark thread? Please not on here okay?

I have to get going while the sun is shining bright I want to share more about the overuse injuries but right now I have to go out and see if I can get them revived... smiles..
 
ambrosia said:
One thing, besides massage ;) that will help plantar fasciitis is to put a tennis ball (not Mark's) under your foot and push gently down while rolling it up and down, between the sole of foot and the floor) You could this while sitting on the couch watching TV

Actually massage will help all those things, but you have to get it regularly and than can be costly. I had a client that was seeing me for fibromyalgia, she ended up going off her meds. Then she got bursitis in her shoulder. She was getting physical therapy for that, and hadn't been I awhile after it flared up, but it didn't ease up til she saw me ;)
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I had zero balancing done on me and I have bursitis in my shoulder and it felt better in one treatment of zero balancing.
Zero Balancing | About Zero Balancing
 
I had tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis...

did a lot of stretching and care for them and now both inflammations are not as bad. So thankful!

Yes, I need a massage as well! I have been working out hard with weights all week and my muscles are sooo sore!
 
It is great how active fellow ADer's are. Each condition has its favorite causes. I have ended up with an entire large sports bag stuffed with various wraps, supports, braces, and so on. I have learned that the fresher the ibuprofen is the better it work. I have ice bags, a hot tub, a sauna, and spend an average of a thousand dollars a year on massage therapy. Another thousand on chiropractic and Sports Medicine Doctor.

A good sports medicine doctor is worth their weight in gold.
They will put that cortisone shot in just the right area and work it around while you are tearing the sides off the exam bed. They see my injuries all the time. I have found them to be excellent for getting me back on the job.

I learned an awesome trick from a massage therapist.
I was at my wits end I had tried everything for my tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis. I had it down with sports taping my feet and the tennis elbow pad wraparounds.
I had tried laying off. I had tried every goldang thing I could try. Custom molded to my feet arch supports, top of the line work boots, custom made work boots, high dollar anti pronation tennis shoes, etc. Rolfing, acupuncture, other massage therapies, sports doc, etc. Same kind of approach to tennis elbow.

I will describe what the massage therapist did when I get back. It was really cool and it worked.
 
lympahtic drainage good for tennis elbow....i no list my problems be to long and depressing...my thumb and middle finger dislocate about three or more times aweek this caused lots of tendon damage,like you i got splints wraps etc etc..i learn how to put dislocations back and physio helps by freeing adhesions
 
The tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, and plantar fasciitis went away in one massage therapy session.

These were not mild with me. They had tormented me for years. I had the big knot on the outside of the elbow. I had the plantar thing so bad and was so frustrated. I had ways to deal with it but neither were improving. The carpal was less so showing up when working overtime.

I was all over the internet looking for anything that would help. I found where a massage therapist had been a top of the line brick mason until his body gave out. Hmm. Michael Young. He claimed to have a method of massage that worked on all of my issues. Over there in Virginia or Georgia. I thought awe man I can't get out there. I read more and saw where he taught workshops to other therapists. He had on his site a list of therapists who had taken his workshop. I found one I could get to in Maple Valley, Washington.
You realize I was desperate by this time. I was carrying a pain load that was just too much. Flying down to Washington State and renting a car at SeaTac and going to see Fritz Gottfried in Maple Valley had become an option.
I found his place after a couple of wrong turns. He was back in there a ways. There were a couple of emu's in the yard. He was an interesting guy a former engineer retired now who had worked a lot in my area in Alaska building a refinery there. Great character.
I learned these things about him as we did our interview/chat about what specifically was tearing me up. We talked about what the technique was and how it works and then forged on with the massage.... I will tell about the method next installment. It is very simple and somehow it worked, no exaggeration here.
 
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