Yup - eventually you realize it's something you have to live with as it's very difficult to actually "cure". Ice helps, liniment helps....Celebrex really helps 
Tendonitis while riding
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I've been taking Celebrex for 3 months now (200mg once a day) since my femur problem (to stop the advance of muscle calcification), but my family doctor doesn't want me on the stuff (but the surgeon says it's the best stuff on earth). Do you know of any issues with it? When on celebrex I have a lot less elbow pain (in the arm I broke) and when I'm doing physio I have a lot less pain in my knee (they *just* found some bone chips they are going to flush out).Celebrex really helps
-Jamie M.
You do realize that Celebrex isnt to be taken for long periods of time ?
Common problem for rock climbers, try using one or multiple of the following
http://reviews.mec.ca/9421-en_ca/5007-164/metolius-grip-saver-plus-exercise-ball-reviews/reviews.htm
or
or
(all available at MEC)
Start slow with 3 to 5 minute exercise and increase the use slowly. I used two of them to strengthen my tendons when rock climbing. Muscles tent to get stronger than tendons so you need to work out your tendons more carefully and for longer periods in order to avoid tendonitis.
The obvious suggestion is to work out closing and opening of fingers. and lots of stretching, get in a habit to stretch your tendons 2 to 5 times a day.
http://www.howtostretch.com/p/wrist-stretches
stretch each finger individually and the entire hand, this will increase your tendon strength.
The nice thing about the finger trainers/stretches is that you can do them anywhere at any time, when watching TV, reading or on the BUS, so it is really just up to you to get in a habit of doing them.
"DONT OVER DO THEM @ FIRST"
http://reviews.mec.ca/9421-en_ca/5007-164/metolius-grip-saver-plus-exercise-ball-reviews/reviews.htm
or
or
(all available at MEC)
Start slow with 3 to 5 minute exercise and increase the use slowly. I used two of them to strengthen my tendons when rock climbing. Muscles tent to get stronger than tendons so you need to work out your tendons more carefully and for longer periods in order to avoid tendonitis.
The obvious suggestion is to work out closing and opening of fingers. and lots of stretching, get in a habit to stretch your tendons 2 to 5 times a day.
http://www.howtostretch.com/p/wrist-stretches
stretch each finger individually and the entire hand, this will increase your tendon strength.
The nice thing about the finger trainers/stretches is that you can do them anywhere at any time, when watching TV, reading or on the BUS, so it is really just up to you to get in a habit of doing them.
"DONT OVER DO THEM @ FIRST"
daught
Well-known member
My fingers are fine. Went through tendonitis on all of them a few years ago when i started rock climbing. This is much deeper. It affects my whole wrist. It's taking way longer to heal than anything i had before, but i never flew over my handlebars before. Topical diclofenac is helping. Worse comes to worse i should be able to score roids.
FriendlyFoe
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The pain is in my mid and lower forearm. I am going on vacation for a month then i'm in school for two. Hopefully it's enough to recover. Unfortunately I probably do more damage with rockclimbing and cycling and vacations means more of that
Get reffered to go see a neurologist, they can pin point the cause of a nerve impingement . That being said if you're getting pain in your forearm but not hand you're probably just holding on too tight.
Prolonged use has been linked to kidney damage.
Talk is cheap - got a link?
ANY NSaid can cause kidney damage - it's not restricted to Celebrex.
One in one thousand patients taking 4 times the normal dose. How about you put that statement about Celebrex on ignore.
Normal dose is 200 mg when needed.
Leaving inflammation situations untreated buy anti-inflammation drugs has a whole nasty set of consequences.
If you have arthritis and don't treat the inflammation you hugely increase your risk of heart problems as the same things that impact your joints also impacts your heart.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/109/21_suppl_1/II-2.full
That's from an arthritis professional who does research in the field.
Take away - make sure you do treat the inflammation - not doing so has negative health consequences beyond the pain.
ANY NSaid can cause kidney damage - it's not restricted to Celebrex.
One in one thousand patients taking 4 times the normal dose. How about you put that statement about Celebrex on ignore.
Normal dose is 200 mg when needed.
Leaving inflammation situations untreated buy anti-inflammation drugs has a whole nasty set of consequences.
If you have arthritis and don't treat the inflammation you hugely increase your risk of heart problems as the same things that impact your joints also impacts your heart.
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/109/21_suppl_1/II-2.full
That's from an arthritis professional who does research in the field.
Take away - make sure you do treat the inflammation - not doing so has negative health consequences beyond the pain.
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stevex
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my family doc prescribed my celebrex for my ongoing shoulder arthritis (which is for life) and made no mention about kidney damage or any of the sort.. I think its implied with any prescription anti-inflam or painkiller, there is potential side affects after prolonged use and especially with abuse...
there are ways to mitigate kidney/liver damage caused by said medications, at the end of the day if you're in serious need, the benefits will out weigh the risks
ps Celebrex did nothing for me , like all NSAIDs... only thing that's had any affect has been cortisone and painkillers
there are ways to mitigate kidney/liver damage caused by said medications, at the end of the day if you're in serious need, the benefits will out weigh the risks
ps Celebrex did nothing for me , like all NSAIDs... only thing that's had any affect has been cortisone and painkillers
stevex
Well-known member
when you say "you guys" do you actually mean modern medicine? Or are you speaking directly to a doctor thats participating in this forum that I wasn't unaware of?
I had a family member experience complete kidney failure due to the a combination of cercimstances accelerated by prolonged use of NSAIDs.
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Nyx13
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Seriously? A little judgmental don't you think? If it weren't for the Arthrotec I take, I would be virtually crippled. My tendinitis is so bad I still can't walk some days when I wake up (or even after sitting sometimes) before getting my prescription I was missing work (I walk all day) and leaving because I was in so much pain. Some of us have no choice when all other methods have failed.
although i do recognize the need for NSAID's, I do somewhat understand his sentiment towards the pills (although questioning a person's maturity for using them seems a little out of place).
a family member of mine was on celebrex for 10 years and had to be taken off of them because their prolonged use had caused weakening of her stomach wall and large bleeding ulcers which had her hospitalized for a couple weeks.
a family member of mine was on celebrex for 10 years and had to be taken off of them because their prolonged use had caused weakening of her stomach wall and large bleeding ulcers which had her hospitalized for a couple weeks.
You sure it was Celebrex - has not been around all that long and it's pretty benign with regard to stomach issues compared to other NSaids. COX2 is very different from COX1 which do indeed cause stomach issues.
1999 was FDA date - of course any of them in high dose carries GI risk.
Pain like tendonitis is indication of inflammation - it's one thing to take a drug that masks the pain - quite another to take a drug that reduces the inflammation and so addresses the source of the pain by relieving the inflammation which often has an auto-immune aspect to it.
Reducing the source of the stress AND the accompanying inflammation is a good route to healing long term and allows people to function in the meantime.
1999 was FDA date - of course any of them in high dose carries GI risk.
Pain like tendonitis is indication of inflammation - it's one thing to take a drug that masks the pain - quite another to take a drug that reduces the inflammation and so addresses the source of the pain by relieving the inflammation which often has an auto-immune aspect to it.
Reducing the source of the stress AND the accompanying inflammation is a good route to healing long term and allows people to function in the meantime.
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No disrespect was intended and to be honest I made my post more as a joke than anything.. I do think people resource to all source of drugs (recreational and medicinal) as an excuse to solve problems. I do respect medicine and agree with the benefits and how it can help many of us, which is great. I do have to say I think is bad to have "long term" use of pills and I think people should really research and understand what they are taking.
just saying ...
Positive about it being Celebrex. May be wrong about the number of years, but it was definitely Celebrex.
She's definitely not allowed to take it anymore due to the GI bleed she had from it.
She's definitely not allowed to take it anymore due to the GI bleed she had from it.
