radiusulnar Posted May 3 Posted May 3 Due to injury I can't train upper body and so stopped strength training. Thinking of restarting but just legs only. Anyone tried this before? Will it lead to any imbalance? Quote
juicyass Posted May 3 Posted May 3 1 hour ago, radiusulnar said: Due to injury I can't train upper body and so stopped strength training. Thinking of restarting but just legs only. Anyone tried this before? Will it lead to any imbalance? There will be imbalances only if you skip upper body workout completely. What sort of injury do you sustain? Quote
radiusulnar Posted May 3 Author Posted May 3 32 minutes ago, juicyass said: sort of injury Shoulder tendon tear Quote
GCONG1 Posted May 3 Posted May 3 I had tennis elbow since Nov 2025..so unable to train upper body too. Have been jogging and doing more leg works to strengthen my lower limbs. Quote
radiusulnar Posted May 4 Author Posted May 4 10 hours ago, GCONG1 said: Have been jogging and doing more leg works to strengthen my lower limbs. Sounds like my plan. Did you find that your upper body losing muscle? Wish you (and me) early recovery Quote
juicyass Posted May 4 Posted May 4 11 hours ago, GCONG1 said: I had tennis elbow since Nov 2025..so unable to train upper body too. Have been jogging and doing more leg works to strengthen my lower limbs. Tennis elbow requires strengthening to heal. Stretches and heat massage won't be able to help much because the scar tissue would still remain there, but there are still mandatory. I have multiple episodes of tennis elbow and golfer's elbow, the only way to reduce the pain to none is to strengthen your forearms at least 3 or 4x / week. Search youtube, there is plenty of exercises for tennis elbow. 16 hours ago, radiusulnar said: Shoulder tendon tear You may need to run to physio for it. Avoiding the injured part would further exacerbate the issue and it would take long time to heal. You can still work on your upper body, but in low intensity manner. Like I mentioned above about tennis elbow, the only way to heal tendon tissue is to strengthen it. You will never be able to heal tendon muscles by just completely avoiding it or massage or stretches. The is my experience in weight training. Quote
GCONG1 Posted May 4 Posted May 4 13 hours ago, radiusulnar said: Sounds like my plan. Did you find that your upper body losing muscle? Wish you (and me) early recovery Yes...i do feel my muscles losing 😔 I was advised by Physiotherapist to avoid weights training. I was also feeling pain when trying to do some light training of biceps and triceps...so thought better take the advice. I just did not expect the recovery process is so long. Thank you, wishing ourselves speedy recovery 😊 Quote
GCONG1 Posted May 4 Posted May 4 @juicyass Thanks for your advice. I have seeing CGH PT and has been doing the strengthening + massage for over 6 months, unfortunately still not much improvement. I will be trying ESWT by the PT in mid May. Hope it helps. Quote
Togsport Posted May 4 Posted May 4 My suggestion would be goblet squats as it targets the quads, glutes and hamstrings as well as the core. @leckmich Like the recommendation of swimming as well. Meanwhile, take care while you recover! Quote
radiusulnar Posted May 5 Author Posted May 5 @Togsport appreciate the tips Thanks everyone for being so willing to share your workout suggestions leckmich 1 Quote
IcarusCQC Posted Tuesday at 07:46 AM Posted Tuesday at 07:46 AM On 5/4/2026 at 11:10 PM, GCONG1 said: Yes...i do feel my muscles losing 😔 I was advised by Physiotherapist to avoid weights training. I was also feeling pain when trying to do some light training of biceps and triceps...so thought better take the advice. I just did not expect the recovery process is so long. Thank you, wishing ourselves speedy recovery 😊 I have tennis elbow a few months longer then yourself. totally no more weights for me but surprisingly, I only just found out I can actually do Push ups with no repercussions on the elbow. My elbow injury is approaching it's first year. It's such a drag. Do let me know of ESWT works for you. Quote
bluerunner Posted Thursday at 08:03 AM Posted Thursday at 08:03 AM On 5/3/2026 at 5:29 PM, radiusulnar said: Due to injury I can't train upper body and so stopped strength training. Thinking of restarting but just legs only. Anyone tried this before? Will it lead to any imbalance? You can still trained but do not load it to your pre-injury level. Do at lower load where it does not cause you pain. Light load training (for maintenance) is better than no training. Quote
radiusulnar Posted Thursday at 08:28 AM Author Posted Thursday at 08:28 AM 24 minutes ago, bluerunner said: Do at lower load where it does not cause you pain. scared to do so. Quote
GCONG1 Posted Friday at 03:33 PM Posted Friday at 03:33 PM On 5/12/2026 at 3:46 PM, IcarusCQC said: I have tennis elbow a few months longer then yourself. totally no more weights for me but surprisingly, I only just found out I can actually do Push ups with no repercussions on the elbow. My elbow injury is approaching it's first year. It's such a drag. Do let me know of ESWT works for you. I went for 1st radial SWT 2 days ago. It was about 5min process. Initially felt better, but the slight pain came back again the next day. Generally feeling better, hopefully it really gets better after the next 2 course of treatment. Quote
IcarusCQC Posted yesterday at 06:28 AM Posted yesterday at 06:28 AM 14 hours ago, GCONG1 said: I went for 1st radial SWT 2 days ago. It was about 5min process. Initially felt better, but the slight pain came back again the next day. Generally feeling better, hopefully it really gets better after the next 2 course of treatment. I hope so too. Because I am really sick of living with a busted elbow like this as well. all the best dood. Quote
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