Elbow tendonitis

[welsh_rarebit]

Bad form, in either your boxing, or something else you're doing. Ask a coach to watch your form and tell you what you might be doing wrong.

I've had my coach look at my form and he is happy with it

[welsh_rarebit]

Yeah I'd say its probably from improper mechanics on the jab. I had a similar issue. You shouldn't be snapping it out at the elbow to try to snap it out there quickly its more in the shoulder. Make sure you are extending out straight forward as well to begin the punch.
I used K tape or a compression sleeve for my elbow while I had it. I worked on the jab mechanics a bunch with my coach and I don't have the issue anymore.

It's both elbows that I'm having the same problem with thats the strange part

[Eastbound]

I did take 2 weeks off and things seemed to of settled down a bit but when sparring yesterday I missed a few jabs and from over extending I could feel the pain in the elbow and when I woke this morning it's bad again. So I'm guessing it's the impact of hitting the bags, over extending or a combination of both. I did go from boxing once a week to 4 times so maybe that never helped either. In the 17 years I've used weights I've never had elbow problems.

There you go, you hyperextended your elbow and increased from one to four days a week. No wonder your elbows hurt Work on non hyper extension. Back off for awhile if you can't work around it

[GhostofDempsey]

Try working on a water filled heavy bag, it’s less traumatic to the joints.

[OctoberRed]

I got over this twice last year, I used a combo of heat and ice pads.

[Brymansteel]

Yeah I've had this issue on and off for 2 years. Mostly 1 elbow but a little in the other as well. I traced the original cause back to someone wrapping my arms up in a clinch and bending them in a weird way causing a hyper extension. Like you I also started training alot more around when it happened which probably slowed my recovery. I've tried weeks off, physio, etc, nothing has really fixed the problem but it does get better overall very slowly. It was so bad the 1st few months even shelling up and taking punches caused alot of pain. I've found my options are either to work through it or stop boxing for probably months (not really something I'm willing to do.) The best tips I can give you are to avoid missing with heavy punches, even if you hit there gloves or arms it shouldn't strain as much as hitting air. Try a elbow brace, I found it reduced pain but didn't really help with recovery for me. Also I've found exercising your muscles in the area to make them stronger helps alot (the main medical device I recieved from doctors/ physio) anything that dosent cause alot of pain, for me free weight curls seem to work best but I'm sure a combination of arm exercises is ideal. I'd say after about 2 years of this issue I'm about 90% recovered so if your like me you may be dealing with this a while.

[welsh_rarebit]

Try working on a water filled heavy bag, it’s less traumatic to the joints.

I'm finding this is helping a little

[welsh_rarebit]

I got over this twice last year, I used a combo of heat and ice pads.

How many times a day did you use the ice/heat ? Did you do one after the other or at different times in the day

[Le_Grand]

Ice pads once or twice every night until pain goes away is how I've dealt with this. Generally before going to bed, so I can chill and read ... etc

[OctoberRed]

How many times a day did you use the ice/heat ? Did you do one after the other or at different times in the day

Sometimes both on the same day, some times I alternated.