joint pain

[Cosmo Kramer]

still being a white belt i tend to have a lot of joint pain after class, sometimes for days or weeks. at what point does your pain tolorence improve?

[psbn matt]

have you tried taking chondratine and glouchoscamine (sp?) for your joints, it is really good and availably pretty much everywhere.

[narcsarge]

have you tried taking chondratine and glouchoscamine (sp?) for your joints, it is really good and availably pretty much everywhere.

Glucosamine and Chondroitin! You were close. Worked wonders for my knees. I took one bottle of 500 tablets, following the recommended dosage, and I have not touched it since. How long have you been working out? What was you physical activity level before you started MA? If you were a "coach potato" before and just jumped into your MA training you can do some damage. If, on the other hand, you have a reasonable fitness level some discomfort is normal. :cool: :Angel:

[JSun]

Glucosamine and Chondroitin! Worked wonders for my knees.

Me too. After about a year of training 4-8 hours a week, my knees really started to hurt. I started taking 1500 mg of GLucosamine, Chondroitin and MSM a day and the pain eased up after about 2 months of rest. They bother me on occasion now, but generally the pain goes away the next day. Just remember RICE. Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.

[Coges]

still being a white belt i tend to have a lot of joint pain after class, sometimes for days or weeks. at what point does your pain tolorence improve?

Are you referring to joint pain caused by being the fall guy for techniques? If so then you need to make sure that your joints are properly warmed up before training and also that whoever is doing these techniques is taking it easy on you until your joints are able to cope with the extra stress.

[|MT|omar]

You're joints could be out of place, a chiropractor can easily fix that.
Something like that isn't too hard to repair that's why i recommend you contact a University near your area and get the Chiropractor students in their last year to fix you up, it VERY cheap and the students are under constant watch by a professional chiropractor with many years experience.

[Choiyoungwoo]

I think that is bad advice. The last thing you want is a student with no medical knowledge screwing up your joints. Go to a orthopedic M.D. preferably one who specializes in sports med. Someone with more than a year or two and only cousory knowledge of the body based on "subluxations".

[coc716]

I have to agree with Choiyoungwoo. Just because the chiropractic student is being watched doesn't mean they can't still screw things up... it's not like the person watching over them can suddenly jump in and interrupt or reverse what they may have messed up. But if you're in to helping students and being a guinea pig, go right ahead. :) Of course tho, there's the whole issue of whether chiropractic is real medicine or not; I've had my personal experiences with it and I think it can do some things for your back and neck but any sort of gradiose claims that it can be all and cure all I just don't believe (I have a funny story on that one that I'll save for another day).

But as well, Cosmo Kramer never mentioned just what joints are hurting. If his knees are hurting, chiropractic won't help that. I have tried Glucosamine, Chondroitin, and MSM and I'm not sure if it helped or not... I don't think it hurt me in any way and the medical data is still coming in on these, but do the research on them and decide for yourself if you wish to take it.

Otherwise, it's probably just a matter of getting used to it all. Your body is doing something new that it's not used to, so as you keep doing the activity, as you ensure you properly nourish and rest your body, sooner or later things will improve. It took me some months after starting Kuk Sool Won before my joints (knees especially) stopped aching, but my body is stronger, more flexible, and more used to being so active (instead of sitting in front of a computer all day). :)

[Cosmo Kramer]

moslty wrist joints, sometimes elbow

[Choiyoungwoo]

moslty wrist joints, sometimes elbow
Thats really odd. Your partner must really be tourquing your arms and wrists pretty hard for that to be a result, or do you think it is something else? Is it soreness or pain from injury within the joint. If you are in pain that bad I would reconsider the intensity of the cause and adjust. Your teacher should be able to help ..

[ember]

moslty wrist joints, sometimes elbow

What's your job like? Do you do a lot of computer / desk work? If so, can you get an ergonomic checkout? That sounds to me (disclaimer, NOT an expert!!! I'm an engineer, not a doctor :cool: ) like it could be a repetitive stress symptom, along the lines of carpal tunnel syndrome.

[MonsterMaxx]

I'm a poster child for carpel tunnel, my wrists have hurt for ages. If I walk up to someone's desk and grab mouse (standing and reaching down), 5 seconds and I'll be in agony. If my wrist is straight I'm OK.

When I started Hapkido Master Gagne said something to the effect of "we'll fix that". We do a series of wrist excercises and I swear to you that in just 6 months of this my wrists are 500% better. It's amazing.

[Cosmo Kramer]

What's your job like? Do you do a lot of computer / desk work? If so, can you get an ergonomic checkout? That sounds to me (disclaimer, NOT an expert!!! I'm an engineer, not a doctor :cool: ) like it could be a repetitive stress symptom, along the lines of carpal tunnel syndrome.

well i have two jobs, one basically is bening in a room on the computer a lot and the other involves some lifting at times. its been better latley, guess im getting more used to it. it feels like my wrists have gotten stronger since i started

[BackFistMonkey]

Cosmo Kramer,

Stretch you wrists and elbows before and after class . If you watch T.V. Stretch and shake them out during the entire comercial break . Do pushups on your wrists ( back of hands ) during other comercials, palms up and finger tips towards each other . Change their positioning to get different ranges of motion after you get the basic position down pat .

I also recommend hitting the heavy bag with proper form to build wrist/arm strength .