armwrestling injurys

been speaking to some of the new guy's & a lot of them are getting injured..

sore ...wrist's,elbow's,muscle strain's etcs

are they over training, armwrestling but not in a safe way, training to hard

what advice would you give to them to help them from getting injured

im injured at the moment :S not good timing considering europeans ar ein 22 days i got the injury in my wrist,by training my weak spot (stopping someone top rolling me) most of my injurs come from training hard on the weak ares anyone can go all day on the strongest parts buy being a new commer must take it easy and train with someone who knows absolutly everything,of nick knows all this and would be a perfect trainer all sports have injurys its just something we get over, new commers tend to get more as the body (arms) are not use to what is happening they will become amune and all will be fine in time

Good point.. Im sure over training must be a big part of it. I cant seem to do anything with my right arm these days as i get really bad swollen bursas at the back of my elbow. Nothing doc can do, the shoulders passable but still hurts and crunches. Maybee age dont help...
I would say for beginners that they take it slowly for the first 6 mths to get their arms into a good condition and not armwrestle for more than once a week, with a weight session split sensibley through the week.. Rest will do you more good than harm im finding too.

thanks jo hope the wrist heals up in time...

dean you must be getting old i know tony kiss once had a bursas on his elbow for a few months.....

o right Nick, mine seem ok at the mo, but i only have to do pulley once and there back up and burning... I hit 41 and my arms dropped to bits..lol

take your time and don't over train .

if you were injured

would you rest for a few weeks with no training
would you do a little lite training to get the blood into your arm etcs

Obviously depends on the severity of the injury.

But if it's just a tweak, then definitely keep it moving with light resistance work to bring the blood in.

,ligs and nerve damage all in 1 nasty and cost a fortune in physio.lol