[TheForge] blacksmith elbow

Tue Jul 22 09:19:00 2003

 Three things to try:
1. Video tape your hammer swing and stance at the anvil, and compare it to a
seasoned smith who looks balanced and at ease when hammering.
2. Get some one who is in to martial arts to show you how to do their warm
up exercises for the arm and shoulder.
3. Get yourself a good none elastic arm band and use it after you have
passed the acute pain stage of tendonitis.
"Band-it" is the best I have used.
 It was developed by an orthopedic surgeon to use the arm muscle increase in
diameter during the power phase of the hammer stroke to lock the tendons in
place. But when the muscle diameter decreases during the rest phase allows
the blood to flow to the muscles with out restriction.
Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] blacksmith elbow


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
>  I like to thank you the people on the Forge for answering my question on
> the elbow It help a lot
> >
> > jerry
>
> Well, I've followed the thread, and I suspect that part of the problem is
> that too many of you guys are hobbyists, and male, to boot- testosterone
> poisoning does some strange things ;-)
>
> As hobbyists, you mostly smith on weekends, but as males, your muscular
> strength may be exceeding your joints capacities. I suspect that rather
than
> worrying about exercises (although if you'll do them consistantly, they
may
> help) you might consider doing less at a time. In other words, rather than
> trying to do several hours of work all at once, with no warm up or interim
> training, you might consider increasing your activities more slowly, maybe
> going out to the garage for a couple hours three nights a week, rather
than
> pounding away on Saturday until your arm is ready to drop off.
>
> I mean, think about it guys. Those folks who run the Boston Marathon don't
> act like couch potatoes 364 days a year, and suddenly decide they're going
> out to run 30 some miles just for the Hell of it. Granted, I'm a mere
> female, and I put in quite a few hours at my events, but I carefully pace
> myself, and I'm constantly doing some form of handicrafts which require
> coordination and control- much more so than sitting at a desk does. I can
go
> a pretty fair distance (as long as I don't have to stand) without hurting
> myself, but I suspect you guys ought to build yourselves up to the jobs
you
> want to do, rather than thinking you can just jump in without
prewparation.
>
> Phlip
>
> "When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
>  Blacksmith's credo.
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
>
>
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