So tonight on my regular Tuesday night ride we hit the BMX track and the DJs, but within 15 minutes of starting riding I have a serious pain in both my elbows. It's like a real ache in the muscles that run through and around the joints and it hurts like f*ck! I stop riding and stretch out a bit but still it persists.
We load up and hit downtown for some street, I'm hoping that a few miuntes of rest will help, and it does a tiny bit, but after a minute riding a couple of skinnys and a loading bay its back again, worse than before. By now I'm kinda freaked out, I'm a pretty healthy, flexible guy and have never really experienced joint pain like this. After a few more minutes and a couple of attempts at a hop up onto a rail which would normally be a piece of piss I'm in near agony. I call it a night and head home.
I'm now throwing back a few beers and after poking around a bit I've found two or three of the major muscles in my forearms are tight as ****. I've been exercising my arms quite a bit recently, in the last three days I've done some heavy lifting, played squash, and (and this is what I'm hoping the issue stems from) done some drunken arm wrestling at a Xmas party, but I've really felt OK after all of these. The pain is nearly gone now, but I can feel 'the damage' is still there, especially if I flex.
Anyone else ever have this sort of overuse issue? How long did it take to get better? I'm going to have a few days of rest, but I can't be too long away from the bike, but on the other hand I know abusing an existing injury is retarded.
We load up and hit downtown for some street, I'm hoping that a few miuntes of rest will help, and it does a tiny bit, but after a minute riding a couple of skinnys and a loading bay its back again, worse than before. By now I'm kinda freaked out, I'm a pretty healthy, flexible guy and have never really experienced joint pain like this. After a few more minutes and a couple of attempts at a hop up onto a rail which would normally be a piece of piss I'm in near agony. I call it a night and head home.
I'm now throwing back a few beers and after poking around a bit I've found two or three of the major muscles in my forearms are tight as ****. I've been exercising my arms quite a bit recently, in the last three days I've done some heavy lifting, played squash, and (and this is what I'm hoping the issue stems from) done some drunken arm wrestling at a Xmas party, but I've really felt OK after all of these. The pain is nearly gone now, but I can feel 'the damage' is still there, especially if I flex.
Anyone else ever have this sort of overuse issue? How long did it take to get better? I'm going to have a few days of rest, but I can't be too long away from the bike, but on the other hand I know abusing an existing injury is retarded.