Hello Dr. Feigenbaraki and Dr. Barakibaum (sorry couldn’t help it),
So I have been doing the tendinitis recovery protocol that the Stronger By Science article suggested, minus knee extension (no access to that machine). I remember it saying that anything below 70% wouldn’t really help, and by using pain, the volume would be determined from there. So far I have done 3x5 at ~70% (might be a little low but I have no idea what my 1 RM is for Low Bar), and then tried 3x3 at ~70% because it didn’t seem to get better. Right now I might/probably don’t have enough 3x3 sessions to tell, but the pain does not seem to be improving. It instead seems more constant. Is any volume less than 3x3 really going to help (3x per week) at 70%? I remember Rip saying that for elbow tendinitis that high rep pull-ups or curls should be done. Might high rep romanian deadlifts help out in the same way as pull-ups and curls help (if they actually do)?
If when I have a larger sample size of the affects of 3x3 volume, and it doesn’t seem to help, and the romanian DL won’t/don’t help, what should I do? Probably go see a medical professional I am guessing? What kind? I don’t want to be stuck doing bosu ball squats with pink dumbells singing “Mary had a little lamb” for my rehab. I am busy this summer and it would be a shame if I had to go to a ton of PT appointments like last summer (that was the worst and it did absolutely nothing for me).
Thanks for bearing with me,
ColoradoMinesCole