Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil protects against chronic pain
Mark Rippetoe swears by a remedy he developed for elbow tendonitis, based on pin firing. Pin firing is an old treatment for certain injuries to a horse's leg, whereby inflammation is intentionally exacerbated using a hot poker. The idea being that this increased inflammatory response causes the original injury to heal.<p>His remedy for elbow tendonitis basically involves a few sessions of doing chin ups until your elbow pain is unbearable. And then keep going. Many low-rep sets over and over. The idea is that this will increase inflammation, causing your body to heal the original injury along with the inflammation.<p>He claims this healed his own elbow tendonitis and has worked for countless others.<p>I follow Rip's strength training program. However I can't say I'd ever give this a try and I'm not sure there's any scientific evidence that it works.<p>Just thought it was pretty interesting, even if it's just bogus. I have no idea!<p><a href="https://startingstrength.com/training/elbow-tendonitis-how-it-occurs-and-what-to-do-about-it" rel="nofollow">https://startingstrength.com/training/elbow-tendonitis-how-i...</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_firing" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_firing</a> (an article on his website)<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1frSvu8KyE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1frSvu8KyE</a> (he talks about it in this podcast)