Our user asekd: "The inside of my R (dominant hand) elbow has been sore on and off for
more than two years aggravated by some activities of daily living such as pot scrubbing, floor mopping etc. It never goes away entirely and never gets to the point where it is profoundly painful so I never remembered to ask about it during routine check ups. The description of medial epicondylitis fits my symptoms to a T, so I've tried the exercises listed and find they help. I've recently started an exercise program including push ups and pull ups and some weight lifting and notice that the discomfort is more on than off lately, but I really enjoy the program and would like to participate as fully as possible so my question is: Is it possible for medial epicondylitis to heal while continuing to do push ups, pull ups and weight lifting? My hope is that strenghtening exercises would prevent it from getting worse while allowing it to eventually get better.
Ask a PT Response: "I am glad to hear that your condition is improving. My advice to my patients who have medial epicondylitis while they are rehabilitating their elbow is to avoid activities which will flare up their elbow. This is necessary to allow for the injured tissue to heal. During rehab I would usually go over the exercises which they are performing which are not elbow related and either have them stop performing the exercise completely or modify it. For example, if a push up flared up my patient's condition I would have my patient try a wall push up instead. This type of push up doesn't stress the elbow as much. This can be done with other exercises as well. I hope this helps and thanks for using CyberPT."
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