Recommend me something to help with my terrible poppin joints!

[p23demarco]

have been taking iso-biflex tripple strength for like 6 months now... helped alittle but still really not wat i would like.... could i just have bad joints!!! must have been the years of sitting on my fat ass plaing video games, lol.....

anyway... im 21 and my joints think im 65... wat should i do!!






thanks

DeMarco

[FitnessBrat]

I don't know what's in that iso-biflex you mentioned - but have you tried glucosamine?

[p23demarco]

im currently taking 1500mg gluscosamine hcl with 1500mg msm.... 2 tablets daily

[wnabeabeast]

Are your joints in pain? If there is no pain and they just popping don't worry about it.

[p23demarco]

wrist usually hurts bad after i do a set... but not during... kinda wierd.... shoulder is just bad... tore my rotator cuff in H.S. like 3 yrs ago... and never fully recovered frm that

[wnabeabeast]

Originally Posted by p23demarco

wrist usually hurts bad after i do a set... but not during... kinda wierd.... shoulder is just bad... tore my rotator cuff in H.S. like 3 yrs ago... and never fully recovered frm that

Actually I should've said, is popping causing any pain?

[p23demarco]

nope, no pain when it "pops"

for example... i do my warm up set of free weight incline press with 50lbs dumbbells.. during those sets I like to do 12 reps, usually by the 7 or 8th i'll feel discomfort in my left wrist even with a wrap... But.. on a heavy set like 95lbs i'll usually do about 4 reps... and it wont hurt... kinda wierd... i cant figure it out

[sierraecho]

this may sound weird, but try doing some one hand low pulley rows. concentrate on the contraction. again, this sounds weird, but the pain is probably a referred pain pattern caused by a nerve in your neck/ arm (brachial plexus). there is probably nothing wrong at all with your wrist. i play baseball and used to get what i thought was really bad tendonitis in my wrist. it used to be so bad that even taping it up didn't help much. i could barely swing. the owner of the gym i work out at told me about the low pulley rows. i started doing them and now the pain is gone. it turns out it wasn't even in my wrist. my wrists still pop, but at least it doesn't hurt. worked for me, might now work for u, but its worth a try.

remember, nice and slow and concentrate on the contraction.

as for the rotator cuff, been there done that too. still pops, but the pain is gone. might try the "jobe" exercises to strengthen the shoulder.

[rado]

Originally Posted by FitnessBrat

- but have you tried glucosamine?

This does work...But here's the thing; it takes a long time for it to kick in...If someone starts to take this and never had before, they may even stop because of the length it takes to build up...I speak from experience...I was taking this a few years back and then I quit...I called my chiro and this is what he had mentioned to me.