Clicking elbows from pushups?

Gonzor

WHy on earth are my elbows clicking when I do pushups?? Ive done some googling and Im getting so many mixed messages, everything from: 'your body isnt used to the exercise' to "enflamed muscles" to "trapped water" to "bone scraping off bone".... it seems like everybody and their dog has an opinion on this.

Can anyone here give me an answer- WHat causes it? and is it doing any damage?

Barry.Oglesby

It can be a lot of things but by and large it's bands of tissue rubbing over one another

The Guvnor

As above - by and large if it is not causing you pain then it is not an issue.

deadlybuzzman

I used to get that in my left hip when I used to do kickboxing, which I thought was strange as Ive played football all my life and Im rightfooted so I wouldve thought wear and tear would mean my right hip shouldve been noisier.
...............maybe I was just really bad at kicks off the front foot! :rolleyes:

Hanley

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

I used to get that in my left hip when I used to do kickboxing, which I thought was strange as Ive played football all my life and Im rightfooted so I wouldve thought wear and tear would mean my right hip shouldve been noisier.
...............maybe I was just really bad at kicks off the front foot! :rolleyes:

If you kick a ball with your right you have to plant off the left, so you decelerate and rotate on it which means it takes a hell of a beating...

Barry.Oglesby

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

I used to get that in my left hip when I used to do kickboxing, which I thought was strange as Ive played football all my life and Im rightfooted so I wouldve thought wear and tear would mean my right hip shouldve been noisier.
...............maybe I was just really bad at kicks off the front foot! :rolleyes:

I wrote a big reply, posted it and this morning it's not there anymore.

Anyway this is the same but can be different/a little more serious. Was it when you did a motion from inside to out? ie. when you opened your hips by swinging your left leg from right to left while you were upright? Your nomenclature might be different but we called it axe or crescent kicking?

Johnny Storm

Gonzor wrote: »

WHy on earth are my elbows clicking when I do pushups?? ..?

Used to happen to me too. Try putting your hands wider apart. That usually stopped it for me.
It generally doesn't happen at all any more for me.

Gonzor

No its not causing any pain, but it feels a bit weird to be honest.

BTW, when you say "bands of tissue" rubbing together, what would have caused that in the first place? And is there anything I can do to fix it, or is that it, am I in for a lifetime of elbow clicking :rolleyes:

Nearly forgot, tried what Johnny Storm mentioned, it didnt work... thanks for the advice all the same.

deadlybuzzman

Hanley wrote: »

If you kick a ball with your right you have to plant off the left, so you decelerate and rotate on it which means it takes a hell of a beating...

great point that never occurred to me, alot of the time it was on hard surfaces too so even less give than playing on grass

deadlybuzzman

Barry.Oglesby wrote: »

I wrote a big reply, posted it and this morning it's not there anymore.

Anyway this is the same but can be different/a little more serious. Was it when you did a motion from inside to out? ie. when you opened your hips by swinging your left leg from right to left while you were upright? Your nomenclature might be different but we called it axe or crescent kicking?

sorry never seen the original reply, It was when Id go the other way from the outside to inside like when you kick to the inside of the thigh of the opponents lead leg.
It never hurt though and since I gave up the training it went away