When gripping a bar, try to shift it more towards the middle of your palm instead of letting the weight hang on the tips of your fingers. Your ring finger is attached to the tendon you feel the pain in. When your fingers aren't loaded with excessive amounts of stress, neither are the tendons of your elbows.
Most of the time "Golfer's elbow" actually comes from finger flexors not wrist flexors. Try using finger extensor bands for awhile and see if that helps you issue. As a climber I often use finger extensor bands in my training to help balance all the gripping. The wrist extension exercise you've been doing still requires you to flex your fingers to hold the dumbbell, even more-so than usual since the weight will be resting in the fingers instead of resting in your palm, as it would for most other exercises. You could also see if you can find a therapist who can do MFR (slow release of fascia using their fingers or guasha) for your forearm and bicep. Lastly, try more dead hanging. It may seem counterintuitive but progressively overloading your strength with the deadhang (eventually one handed + 10% of your bodyweight as additional load) for sets of 20s-60s can really strengthen the tendons of your entire forearm and simultaneously strengthen and stretch the lats/serratus/deltoids/pecs. This can alleviate your upper limbs from some pressure which might help when you sleep not needed to crunch up so much. Prior to sleeping, practice extending your spine and opening your chest, stretching biceps, forearms, fingers and try to sleep on your back, palms facing the ceiling, no pillow under the head (thin pillow or folded cloth is fine) small cushion under the knees. Hope this helps! Another great video from the Simnett fam. Enjoying your content. =]
I'm having a tough time at the moment and one issue is surrounding food. This video along with making me smile has shown me a new outlook to food. I'm off to the shop tomorrow for quinoa and tofu... 😁 I've been watching your videos for years and I forgot how good they are. Thank you... 🙏
I love you both too, bringing fun into everything you do. I am glad you share it with us. The owl, and the sand castles.... absolutely incredible works of art!!! You always bring smiles! :)
Having a small/flat pillow under your knees may help. You can try this for a week and see if you feel any improvement in your tendons. So, our body needs to relax when we rest; having them in uncomfortable positions may hinder that. If you don't turn a lot while sleeping, you leave your hands in comfortable positions. Having a pillow under your knees will achieve two things: 1) It will stop you from turning a lot(sleep on your back) there by leaving you with un-contorted limbs. 2) It also relieves some of the stress from your lower back(you can imagine that they are not sort of hanging from an arched back) Love the vids and the ideas you put out. Keep growing!
For elbow 1- try to sleep with wrist and elbow not bent. Some people even wear wrist guards to keep neutral. 2- studies show that eccentric exercises work best when first exercising than slowly return to regular exercises . 3- rest ,rest ,rest ! Remember golfers elbow /medial epicondyle is a repetitive injury .
Love your channel. It’s really helping me to stay on plant based diet. You and Crystal are lovely, I love her skirts to work out. So nice to see a young woman with modesty. Also so nice to show a plant based diet producing so much energy and muscles.
I had the "golfers elbow" issue too- mainly from adding in too many chin-ups too quickly and also from sleeping on it the wrong way. What helped me most was elevating my arm on a pillow while sleeping and also doing bottoms up hammer work with a 5lb hammer for the wrist and forearm (rotations right/left and up/down)
If you’re adding sesame oil for flavour then add it to your meal after it’s finished cooking! You’ll get more of the sesame flavour if it hasn’t been heated up too much (:
I had golfer's elbow a while ago. If you do a lot of work that involves grip, then the best thing you can do is have a really firm grip with the palm of your hand around the implement, not putting pressure on your finger tendons to do the gripping. I think I saw a video about it on Athlean-X once upon a time that explained it. Having a loose grip on heavy objects with just your fingers or inner knuckles is what can cause problems. So I started gripping things really hard, using liquid chalk usually, not letting my grip falter. And also using straps if the weight is too heavy for a firm grip. After making that simple change, my golfer's elbow pretty much went away on its own and hasn't returned.
Look, easiest way to fix that golfers elbow permamently is to take some hair bands or rubber bands, put it almost at the top of your fingers and open your hand. Find a rubber band or multiple so you can only do 15-20 reps. Do 15-20 reps for 3-5 sets, enjoy the pump and never having golfers elbow again :) Source: I am an armwrestler ✊🏼 Goodluck pal! Love the videos❤️
Hey doctor from Quebec here, love your videos! I would stringly recommend PT! and never never have cortisone shots because it will make it worse in the long run!
For golfer's elbow, you can do pre-hab/isolation work at the end of your sessions, in the form of bicep curls. You want to pick a very low weight and a high rep range. 5 pounds for 30-50 reps over a few sets is a good starting point. You might want to check out the work of Dr. Steven Low, specifically the book "Overcoming Tendonitis".
You really need to admire this man, he sacrificing his health for animal rights, really generous, I could never do that, actually I’m carnivore because I’ve got high blood pressure, high blood sugar and seb dermatitis and now it’s all gone after just a month so I can’t be vegan because of my health but that is really nice of that guy, thumbs up
Derek! Big fan wife and I've watched for years, your elbow issue is called tendonitis. you can call it golfers elbow and gripping enflames it but the original cause of it is not adequately warming up the forearm muscles that are connected directly to the underside of the forearm.... I've had that for years...I'll run in the gym and start doing pull ups or something without adequately warming up my grippers.. Also under no circumstances no matter what angle you're trying to hit on your chest or on your shoulders should you bring your elbows outside of scraping your ribs upon passing. Not even 45 on a push up it causes a nerve glide in the elbow and eventually can causes nerve stenosis...narrowing of the nerve channel through the elbow. Rock N Roll. Love ya guys!!
I normally completely tune out when it comes to workout clips on videos. HOWEVER, you two make me feel PUMPED to work out! And I love that Crystal is on your vids too. It's super inspiring, thank you!
Yes- today was a fun enjoyable relaxing day. Those sand castles were fun to look at. My favorite meal was lunch. Thank you God bless you both from grandma Katie in Oregon
Try using a pvc pipe on your forearms. Place it on the ground, kneel in front of it, place your forearms on the pipe and move back and form with a bit of pressure. Your forearms are probably jacked by over use. This should help. This also helps for those who use a mouse all day.
With joints swelling it's also very important to get in your fats and proper hydration with minerals because all those three things are needed for your body to produce and use enough mucus to coat your joints. Increasing omega 3s (EPA and DHA) is also very important because those are required to make anti-inflammatory PGEs.
I have problems with my left elbow. My doctor showed me a great stretch. Basically do cat stretch, (on the floor on hands and knees) but put both hands facing the fingertips towards your knees. Then move your whole body backwards and your forearms should start to feel really stretched. Move as far back as you can and work your way further back each time. The key though is to hold that stretch for at least two minutes and take really deep breaths. You might already know this stretch but if not, it really has helped me.
Loved the day sand castles are great, bike ride looked fun and what you ate for the day smoothie and salad looked really good, thanks for sharing , I am from NYS
I had golfer's elbow from lifting (especially pull-ups) and sleeping with wrists in bad position, too. (Ironically, used to play a lot of golf and never had it from that.) Get the TheraBand flex bar (you can get them in different strengths - I started with green then switched to blue, but you may need stronger) - it lets you stretch/uncurl under tension (eccentric motion) without the concentric (there are videos showing how). I tried a bunch of stretches for a long time, but that was really the key. Now I just do that every day 5X each side, and no more issues.
Awesome vid Derek man those sand castles were amazing and great wheelie dude 🚴👍🤩 love the channel guys always look forward to your new content excellent 🚴🏼♂️😀😀
Nice one, Derek. I have quite the repertoire of creamy sauces these days, almost all inspired by your channel. We also just bought an air fryer, and what a game changer! Been making seitan steak almost every day since! I can say with confidence you’re the TH-camr that’s had the most direct impact on how I eat, I’d say our diets are extremely similar, I just make a few more vegan waffles per week that it seems you do :)
Tennis elbow is so painful. I had that too. I live in Germany and have taken MSM = Methylsulfonylmethan, as a powder or capsules. This is organic sulfur and helps very quickly. Get well soon!
Have you ever considered meal prepping the chickpeas? I made it tonight w bell peppers and tomato’s on top of quinoa and salad with roasted sweet potato. I couldn’t help but thing it’d make a super easy and delicious meal prep.
For your elbows, you could try getting regular adjustments with a good chiropractor. Mine adjusts my elbows, as well as my shoulders and fingers. Always a great video! 👌🏻
To help with your elbow. In the same way that you do that wrist lift, do that same thing but a rotation instead holding a brume stick or like a pull up bar or something. you go back and forth like 20 time x3sets
If you can train your hands' motion of opening, that will reverse the issues with your elbow. The elbows hurt because we don't train the opposite motion for all our gripping exercises
I like your approach to some meals. Not ever meal has to be a big production. Pick a grain/starch then some veggies and add a sauce/marinade. Easy meals can taste good. 😋 Thanks for another wonderful video.❤
So my girlfriend has been a pescatarian for over a decade, and due to recent IBS issues I’ve been having I am looking to improve my gut health. We are also moving into a new place soon and want to start fresh with our pantry. Would you make a video of a shopping list or the essential things/overhaul of the core things you shop for? Thank you.
The " no tofu " product is amazing when you use it to make feta !! Try it , I'm sure you'll love it !! Love your videos so much. I'm an OG subscriber .
I have lots of issues that keep me from working out like I would like. I have carpal tunnel in both hands, trigger finger in both thumbs, no cartilage in my knees, and arthritis in my feet. For me, it feels like there is no cure, once it's there it's there. I use a lot of methods to keep things from progressing to surgery. My arthritis keeps me from jumping and running. I do other forms of cardio that are low impact, like spin class. I wear braces at night for carpal tunnel, and I massage the large muscle that leads to the thumbs to help relax it. Some days are worse than others. Mostly I just tolerate it all.
Great stuff! Check the foods you eat with what foods are inflammatory. I did not realize how many veggies and grains cause inflammation. Trial and error to find out if your pain is food related.
I literally have the same issue from doing similar workouts as yourself. With gripping and lifting. I invested in a ultra sound machine and do it after every workout the. Ice my elbows after the ultrasound machine. Start at 10 mins on high then go to 5 min on high after few days I promise you it will take away pain and help repair your tissue. Also when lifting wear a golfers elbow sleeve on both elbows and tighten enough where it feels comfortable. Great video as always. 👍🏽
I would try copper compression sleeves for your arms. They are suppose to help with circulation of blood flow. It might help. Tommie Copper has great products
Tip on the golfer's elbow: it's pretty common with rock climbers and it's actually often due to a lack of preventative shoulder exercises. IYTs on a bench are a good exercise to do pretty regularly. Low weight, 25ish reps, 2-3 sets. And slow down on the heavy hanging and bicep curls for a bit.
I also like sleeping on my stomach and I get that in my arm/elbows if I sleep ON them. So I just place them under my stomach instead and that is fine. I think the joints get to pressured in a weird position or something. To solve the head and neck issue (no support from your arms), I place a small pillow under the shoulder on the side my face is facing. Works great for me :)
Crystal looking jacked!! (No offense Derek!) Girl you inspire me to up my game and work on my definition. For your elbow Derek, check out Pain Free by Pete Egoscue. My dear hubby has had luck with his exercises for his back and his elbow. As always, I love your videos! A feast for the eyes and the palate. Appreciate you both so much.
Love your upbeat attitude and simple, healthy recipes! I suggest to alleviate arm pain that you always put a pillow between your head and your arm when sleeping. Likewise, don't crook your arm at an angle unless you cushion it around a pillow. My Mom thought she had arthritis, then figured out that she applied too much pressure by leaning her head directly on her arm.
I have fibromyalgia and therefore have experience with thight muscles. What helps me are tumeric in your food or suplement, but I know you already use that. I also put magnesium oil on the thight areas, it gives a tingeling, warm sensation at first, but really helps to beat the inflamation and healing of the muscles. You can wash it of after 20 minutes if the tingeling is too bad, but usually it passes fairly quick, so you can just leave it on for the night. Good luck with it.
Don’t know if this is in any way relevant to your elbow issue, but I’ve been having a wrist issue and one of the doctor recommended treatments is to wear a wrist brace while sleeping because we get into weird positions when we sleep. But honestly, if you haven’t, I would definitely recommend seeing a doctor for some advice!
For your golfers elbow you could look at red light therapy. Came across it relating to something else and seems to have evidence to back it up. Only just started so too early to say how well it works for me
Hi Derek. Yes definitely the counter exercises are the key. I had both golfers and tennis elbow and that is what keeps it at bay now. I was taught that in physio therapy.
Trigger Point on your upper arms or especially your forearms can help a lot with the golfers elbow. You can use a lacrosse ball or they sell tools to do trigger point on your forearms. Especially the spot on the back of your forearm close to the elbow, there is a big trigger point that is always pretty bad for me. Little trick I learned in massage school. 😃
Do foam rolling and they are great and do everyday before you workout and also we usually get golfers elbow due to overloading joints and poor form so it’s compensation and last not using correct form in everything like strictly shoulders down, chest up, no arch in back in upper body movements, especially when doing curls, pull ups and pull downs keep your shoulder down and don’t use traps to pull more weight, that’s what my PT told me and it has worked spectacularly and o highly recommend a holistic approach as it’s usually surrounding tendons causing it and not necessary the elbow itself. So definitely do foam rolling if not anything… good luck you have a been a inspiration and always look for your videos and lovely recipe ideas… keep them coming please
The opposite action will ease the pain in your elbow. Super simple and quick fix, wrap a rubber band around all 5 fingers. Depending on the size of the band you can double it to make the exercise more difficult. Your fingers should be together like you are taking a big pinch of salt. Wrap the rubber band around and open your fingers repeatedly. You’re gripping a lot so the goal is to open your hand and work the opposite muscles. You should feel a burning in your forearm and elbow while you’re opening your hand with the bad on for resistance. Bringing all five fingers together in a pinch then ope. This should ease your pain in one day. You need an action that is exactly opposite to gripping which is opening your hand. I hope this helps and I hope this makes sense. Whenever I have this pain I go straight to the rubber band.
Maybe taking a bath with epsom salts would help with the elbow soreness. The extra magnesium wouldn't hurt from it anyways.I used to use epsom salts in place of advil when I was working as a greenhouse laborer. It help immensely and allowed me to sleep with less pain.
As a RMT of 28 years, of course I'd recommend massage for your arms/forearms. Myofascial cupping is very effective as well. However, I had tennis elbow a few years back and the only thing that helped was a TENS (Dr. Ho) machine. If you have health insurance, get a Dr.'s prescription for it and you might be able to get some/all of it covered. I still would recommend icing for 10 minutes after the treatment, if only to numb the area once you've "irritated" the nerves. Earthing/grounding is great for inflammation, 20min./day. Good luck, hope they are feeling back to normal soon.
When gripping a bar, try to shift it more towards the middle of your palm instead of letting the weight hang on the tips of your fingers. Your ring finger is attached to the tendon you feel the pain in. When your fingers aren't loaded with excessive amounts of stress, neither are the tendons of your elbows.
Love you guys, your videos are so wholesome and your food always looks incredible!
Thank you!
Most of the time "Golfer's elbow" actually comes from finger flexors not wrist flexors. Try using finger extensor bands for awhile and see if that helps you issue.
As a climber I often use finger extensor bands in my training to help balance all the gripping. The wrist extension exercise you've been doing still requires you to flex your fingers to hold the dumbbell, even more-so than usual since the weight will be resting in the fingers instead of resting in your palm, as it would for most other exercises.
You could also see if you can find a therapist who can do MFR (slow release of fascia using their fingers or guasha) for your forearm and bicep. Lastly, try more dead hanging. It may seem counterintuitive but progressively overloading your strength with the deadhang (eventually one handed + 10% of your bodyweight as additional load) for sets of 20s-60s can really strengthen the tendons of your entire forearm and simultaneously strengthen and stretch the lats/serratus/deltoids/pecs. This can alleviate your upper limbs from some pressure which might help when you sleep not needed to crunch up so much. Prior to sleeping, practice extending your spine and opening your chest, stretching biceps, forearms, fingers and try to sleep on your back, palms facing the ceiling, no pillow under the head (thin pillow or folded cloth is fine) small cushion under the knees.
Hope this helps!
Another great video from the Simnett fam. Enjoying your content. =]
Just came to the comments to say this! If I have a client with this issue, we usually start with myofascial technique of the forearms and biceps.
I'm having a tough time at the moment and one issue is surrounding food. This video along with making me smile has shown me a new outlook to food. I'm off to the shop tomorrow for quinoa and tofu... 😁 I've been watching your videos for years and I forgot how good they are.
Thank you... 🙏
I wish you all the best and hope things get easier for you soon!
Happy to hear it! Enjoy the meals you make, I'm sure they will be very nourishing! Thanks for the kind comment and all the best to you!
Simnett gives the best ideas for very easy recipes.
Nothing beats the vibes you feel when you look at and eat beautiful rainbow foods! Stay strong sister xx
Your meals are always SO WHOLESOME!
I love you both too, bringing fun into everything you do. I am glad you share it with us. The owl, and the sand castles.... absolutely incredible works of art!!! You always bring smiles! :)
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Having a small/flat pillow under your knees may help. You can try this for a week and see if you feel any improvement in your tendons. So, our body needs to relax when we rest; having them in uncomfortable positions may hinder that. If you don't turn a lot while sleeping, you leave your hands in comfortable positions. Having a pillow under your knees will achieve two things:
1) It will stop you from turning a lot(sleep on your back) there by leaving you with un-contorted limbs.
2) It also relieves some of the stress from your lower back(you can imagine that they are not sort of hanging from an arched back)
Love the vids and the ideas you put out. Keep growing!
I love that you not only share your yummy vegan food but also the beautiful place you live. Your fur babies too!
For elbow 1- try to sleep with wrist and elbow not bent. Some people even wear wrist guards to keep neutral. 2- studies show that eccentric exercises work best when first exercising than slowly return to regular exercises . 3- rest ,rest ,rest ! Remember golfers elbow /medial epicondyle is a repetitive injury .
Front flips, swing sets, bike ridding and poppin' wheelies. Looks good to me. ⭐
It was a great summer day!
Love your channel. It’s really helping me to stay on plant based diet. You and Crystal are lovely, I love her skirts to work out. So nice to see a young woman with modesty. Also so nice to show a plant based diet producing so much energy and muscles.
I had the "golfers elbow" issue too- mainly from adding in too many chin-ups too quickly and also from sleeping on it the wrong way. What helped me most was elevating my arm on a pillow while sleeping and also doing bottoms up hammer work with a 5lb hammer for the wrist and forearm (rotations right/left and up/down)
If you’re adding sesame oil for flavour then add it to your meal after it’s finished cooking! You’ll get more of the sesame flavour if it hasn’t been heated up too much (:
You should do a collab with Bob and Brad who have the physiotherapy channel and get tips for your elbow. Thanks for the great video
That sand art is unbelievable!!!!!
I had golfer's elbow a while ago. If you do a lot of work that involves grip, then the best thing you can do is have a really firm grip with the palm of your hand around the implement, not putting pressure on your finger tendons to do the gripping. I think I saw a video about it on Athlean-X once upon a time that explained it. Having a loose grip on heavy objects with just your fingers or inner knuckles is what can cause problems. So I started gripping things really hard, using liquid chalk usually, not letting my grip falter. And also using straps if the weight is too heavy for a firm grip. After making that simple change, my golfer's elbow pretty much went away on its own and hasn't returned.
Awwww, love the kitty in the garden at the end. :)
Look, easiest way to fix that golfers elbow permamently is to take some hair bands or rubber bands, put it almost at the top of your fingers and open your hand.
Find a rubber band or multiple so you can only do 15-20 reps.
Do 15-20 reps for 3-5 sets, enjoy the pump and never having golfers elbow again :)
Source: I am an armwrestler ✊🏼 Goodluck pal!
Love the videos❤️
always learn something and have some fun, plus your cat is pure gold
Hey doctor from Quebec here, love your videos! I would stringly recommend PT! and never never have cortisone shots because it will make it worse in the long run!
Accupuncture!!! Blessings from Austria 😊
Best recipe videos on the internet! Love how you take the time to explain some of the nutrients and vitamins in the foods you make👍🏼
You are a wild man Derek! 😁 love your energy and the content you create. Thank you for all the inspiration.
thanks for making us a part of your day, you and Crystal always seem to have so much fun together. Love you both
For golfer's elbow, you can do pre-hab/isolation work at the end of your sessions, in the form of bicep curls. You want to pick a very low weight and a high rep range. 5 pounds for 30-50 reps over a few sets is a good starting point. You might want to check out the work of Dr. Steven Low, specifically the book "Overcoming Tendonitis".
For your golfers elbow. Look into Thera-Bend Flexbar. They really work.
You really need to admire this man, he sacrificing his health for animal rights, really generous, I could never do that, actually I’m carnivore because I’ve got high blood pressure, high blood sugar and seb dermatitis and now it’s all gone after just a month so I can’t be vegan because of my health but that is really nice of that guy, thumbs up
Oooo you should try adding an ice cube to your sauces so that they're cold when they're done being blended!
Your recipes look so good. The sand art looked amazing.
Thanks Mel! The sand art was so cool. First year back since before covid, so it was a welcome return!
Derek! Big fan wife and I've watched for years, your elbow issue is called tendonitis. you can call it golfers elbow and gripping enflames it but the original cause of it is not adequately warming up the forearm muscles that are connected directly to the underside of the forearm.... I've had that for years...I'll run in the gym and start doing pull ups or something without adequately warming up my grippers.. Also under no circumstances no matter what angle you're trying to hit on your chest or on your shoulders should you bring your elbows outside of scraping your ribs upon passing. Not even 45 on a push up it causes a nerve glide in the elbow and eventually can causes nerve stenosis...narrowing of the nerve channel through the elbow. Rock N Roll. Love ya guys!!
Loved the video and the kitty gardening outro as well!
I normally completely tune out when it comes to workout clips on videos. HOWEVER, you two make me feel PUMPED to work out! And I love that Crystal is on your vids too. It's super inspiring, thank you!
Deine Videos sind absolut toll! Die Rezepte, die Aufmachung - alles. So viel Inspiration, vielen Dank dafür:)
Yes- today was a fun enjoyable relaxing day. Those sand castles were fun to look at. My favorite meal was lunch. Thank you God bless you both from grandma Katie in Oregon
Yes! Balancing the strength of pronation vs supination will help the elbows! Also wrist flexion vs extension! Best of luck!
I need to learn these words! Thanks for the tips. :D
So my 10 year old daughter wanted me to tell you she doesnt usually like quinoa, green beans, or garbanzo beans but she loved these meals. Thank you
Grateful for your videos and recipes 🙏
Try using a pvc pipe on your forearms. Place it on the ground, kneel in front of it, place your forearms on the pipe and move back and form with a bit of pressure. Your forearms are probably jacked by over use. This should help. This also helps for those who use a mouse all day.
With joints swelling it's also very important to get in your fats and proper hydration with minerals because all those three things are needed for your body to produce and use enough mucus to coat your joints. Increasing omega 3s (EPA and DHA) is also very important because those are required to make anti-inflammatory PGEs.
Salivating! Omg I gotta make this when my fast is over!!!!! Thank you for sharing
The sand art is incredible! Thanks for sharing it.
I have problems with my left elbow. My doctor showed me a great stretch. Basically do cat stretch, (on the floor on hands and knees) but put both hands facing the fingertips towards your knees. Then move your whole body backwards and your forearms should start to feel really stretched. Move as far back as you can and work your way further back each time. The key though is to hold that stretch for at least two minutes and take really deep breaths. You might already know this stretch but if not, it really has helped me.
your positive attitude always brightens my day! thanks for sharing the sunset btw
Loved the day sand castles are great, bike ride looked fun and what you ate for the day smoothie and salad looked really good, thanks for sharing , I am from NYS
I had golfer's elbow from lifting (especially pull-ups) and sleeping with wrists in bad position, too. (Ironically, used to play a lot of golf and never had it from that.) Get the TheraBand flex bar (you can get them in different strengths - I started with green then switched to blue, but you may need stronger) - it lets you stretch/uncurl under tension (eccentric motion) without the concentric (there are videos showing how). I tried a bunch of stretches for a long time, but that was really the key. Now I just do that every day 5X each side, and no more issues.
Awesome vid Derek man those sand castles were amazing and great wheelie dude 🚴👍🤩 love the channel guys always look forward to your new content excellent 🚴🏼♂️😀😀
I used to live in Canada 🇨🇦
It’s a beautiful country ✨
I miss Canada ✨Love your videos ❤️
Nice one, Derek. I have quite the repertoire of creamy sauces these days, almost all inspired by your channel. We also just bought an air fryer, and what a game changer! Been making seitan steak almost every day since! I can say with confidence you’re the TH-camr that’s had the most direct impact on how I eat, I’d say our diets are extremely similar, I just make a few more vegan waffles per week that it seems you do :)
One of the best meal days I’ve see from you! I made the chickpea salad today and I’m definitely making tofu and veggies this week. Y’all are awesome 😊
Tennis elbow is so painful. I had that too. I live in Germany and have taken MSM = Methylsulfonylmethan, as a powder or capsules. This is organic sulfur and helps very quickly. Get well soon!
You guys are always so much fun!!
Have you ever considered meal prepping the chickpeas? I made it tonight w bell peppers and tomato’s on top of quinoa and salad with roasted sweet potato. I couldn’t help but thing it’d make a super easy and delicious meal prep.
Hi my favorite TH-cam couple 💑 . Nice spending the day with you. Thank you for sharing🥰😊🥰
For your elbows, you could try getting regular adjustments with a good chiropractor. Mine adjusts my elbows, as well as my shoulders and fingers. Always a great video! 👌🏻
Derek, I’ve already made this dressing/garbanzo salad twice since this vid came out. And sent recipe to my sisters. Thanks!!
To help with your elbow. In the same way that you do that wrist lift, do that same thing but a rotation instead holding a brume stick or like a pull up bar or something. you go back and forth like 20 time x3sets
I’m so glad u do the full day of sessions from time to time…makes it super relatable to all the viewers!!!!
If you can train your hands' motion of opening, that will reverse the issues with your elbow. The elbows hurt because we don't train the opposite motion for all our gripping exercises
Medcline pillow, helps shoulders and circulation for side sleepers also
Thanks for sharing your beautiful day hope you guys have a great day too !👌🏼✌🏻
I like your approach to some meals. Not ever meal has to be a big production. Pick a grain/starch then some veggies and add a sauce/marinade. Easy meals can taste good. 😋 Thanks for another wonderful video.❤
Blueberry 🫐 smoothies looks so yummy and color omg
never thought id feel this about a random person in a youtube video but just seeing the thumbnail made me feel a little better today man thanks
So my girlfriend has been a pescatarian for over a decade, and due to recent IBS issues I’ve been having I am looking to improve my gut health. We are also moving into a new place soon and want to start fresh with our pantry. Would you make a video of a shopping list or the essential things/overhaul of the core things you shop for? Thank you.
The " no tofu " product is amazing when you use it to make feta !! Try it , I'm sure you'll love it !! Love your videos so much. I'm an OG subscriber .
I have lots of issues that keep me from working out like I would like. I have carpal tunnel in both hands, trigger finger in both thumbs, no cartilage in my knees, and arthritis in my feet. For me, it feels like there is no cure, once it's there it's there. I use a lot of methods to keep things from progressing to surgery. My arthritis keeps me from jumping and running. I do other forms of cardio that are low impact, like spin class. I wear braces at night for carpal tunnel, and I massage the large muscle that leads to the thumbs to help relax it. Some days are worse than others. Mostly I just tolerate it all.
Great video as always! You are the best youtuber 😊😸 Lots of inspiration for food and exercise. Greetings from the Czech Republic 💯
Great stuff! Check the foods you eat with what foods are inflammatory. I did not realize how many veggies and grains cause inflammation. Trial and error to find out if your pain is food related.
Always inspiring meals, exercise and outdoor, fun activities….a great balanced life. How cool to see that owl…that is a rare gift.
Thank you! I know, I was so happy to be able to share that owl experience on here.
I literally have the same issue from doing similar workouts as yourself. With gripping and lifting. I invested in a ultra sound machine and do it after every workout the. Ice my elbows after the ultrasound machine. Start at 10 mins on high then go to 5 min on high after few days I promise you it will take away pain and help repair your tissue. Also when lifting wear a golfers elbow sleeve on both elbows and tighten enough where it feels comfortable. Great video as always. 👍🏽
Try adding some organic turmeric root to your smoothies. It’s amazing for inflammation. It might help a bit along with your ice packs.
My mouth is drooling, thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
I would try copper compression sleeves for your arms. They are suppose to help with circulation of blood flow. It might help. Tommie Copper has great products
Tip on the golfer's elbow: it's pretty common with rock climbers and it's actually often due to a lack of preventative shoulder exercises. IYTs on a bench are a good exercise to do pretty regularly. Low weight, 25ish reps, 2-3 sets. And slow down on the heavy hanging and bicep curls for a bit.
Thank you so much for the help. Slow down? I don't understand, but I will definitely look into the IYT's. I'll be looking that one up.
I also like sleeping on my stomach and I get that in my arm/elbows if I sleep ON them. So I just place them under my stomach instead and that is fine. I think the joints get to pressured in a weird position or something. To solve the head and neck issue (no support from your arms), I place a small pillow under the shoulder on the side my face is facing. Works great for me :)
Your recipes and videos are true inspriation. Thank you for showing simple, yet wholesome dishes!
Crystal looking jacked!! (No offense Derek!) Girl you inspire me to up my game and work on my definition. For your elbow Derek, check out Pain Free by Pete Egoscue. My dear hubby has had luck with his exercises for his back and his elbow. As always, I love your videos! A feast for the eyes and the palate. Appreciate you both so much.
Lovely video! Excelent food ideas, thanks guys!
What do you think about pre-workouts? Caged pre-caged has organic fermented ingredients along with 500 grams of organic coconut water for hydration.
Haha its wicked that you’re in the play park doing flips! 👏👏👏
Thanks Hench! Heck ya man, gotta show the kids how it's done!
Love your upbeat attitude and simple, healthy recipes! I suggest to alleviate arm pain that you always put a pillow between your head and your arm when sleeping. Likewise, don't crook your arm at an angle unless you cushion it around a pillow. My Mom thought she had arthritis, then figured out that she applied too much pressure by leaning her head directly on her arm.
Yes my boyfriend has that same issue mostly while sleeping and causes pain during the day sometimes
I have fibromyalgia and therefore have experience with thight muscles. What helps me are tumeric in your food or suplement, but I know you already use that. I also put magnesium oil on the thight areas, it gives a tingeling, warm sensation at first, but really helps to beat the inflamation and healing of the muscles. You can wash it of after 20 minutes if the tingeling is too bad, but usually it passes fairly quick, so you can just leave it on for the night. Good luck with it.
Don’t know if this is in any way relevant to your elbow issue, but I’ve been having a wrist issue and one of the doctor recommended treatments is to wear a wrist brace while sleeping because we get into weird positions when we sleep.
But honestly, if you haven’t, I would definitely recommend seeing a doctor for some advice!
You need to post weekly bc it makes my day you have great meal 🥘 ideas 👍👍👍
Love your videos! I used to vacation in Parksville as a kid so I remember the sand castles in the summer time. Love that area :)
For your golfers elbow you could look at red light therapy. Came across it relating to something else and seems to have evidence to back it up. Only just started so too early to say how well it works for me
love it! simple and healthy
Hi Derek. Yes definitely the counter exercises are the key. I had both golfers and tennis elbow and that is what keeps it at bay now. I was taught that in physio therapy.
Balance. Huh, who woulda thought?! :P Glad you are doing better now, I will be working on it.
Just made the sauce, it was soo good and soo easy. Thank you ! Love your videos!
Trigger Point on your upper arms or especially your forearms can help a lot with the golfers elbow. You can use a lacrosse ball or they sell tools to do trigger point on your forearms. Especially the spot on the back of your forearm close to the elbow, there is a big trigger point that is always pretty bad for me. Little trick I learned in massage school. 😃
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo très sympathique et excellente cuisine 👍🥰
Do foam rolling and they are great and do everyday before you workout and also we usually get golfers elbow due to overloading joints and poor form so it’s compensation and last not using correct form in everything like strictly shoulders down, chest up, no arch in back in upper body movements, especially when doing curls, pull ups and pull downs keep your shoulder down and don’t use traps to pull more weight, that’s what my PT told me and it has worked spectacularly and o highly recommend a holistic approach as it’s usually surrounding tendons causing it and not necessary the elbow itself. So definitely do foam rolling if not anything… good luck you have a been a inspiration and always look for your videos and lovely recipe ideas… keep them coming please
Thank you so much I appreciate you guys sharing excellent recipes
Very inspired from your energy and food
Bless you guys 🌱💚
The opposite action will ease the pain in your elbow. Super simple and quick fix, wrap a rubber band around all 5 fingers. Depending on the size of the band you can double it to make the exercise more difficult. Your fingers should be together like you are taking a big pinch of salt. Wrap the rubber band around and open your fingers repeatedly. You’re gripping a lot so the goal is to open your hand and work the opposite muscles. You should feel a burning in your forearm and elbow while you’re opening your hand with the bad on for resistance. Bringing all five fingers together in a pinch then ope. This should ease your pain in one day. You need an action that is exactly opposite to gripping which is opening your hand. I hope this helps and I hope this makes sense. Whenever I have this pain I go straight to the rubber band.
Maybe taking a bath with epsom salts would help with the elbow soreness. The extra magnesium wouldn't hurt from it anyways.I used to use epsom salts in place of advil when I was working as a greenhouse laborer. It help immensely and allowed me to sleep with less pain.
I need some more ideas for using TVP and soy curls. I use for tacos and burritos but that's about it. I need Derek and Crystal's touch : )
I have a good tvp meat crumbles sausage flavor recipie I posted on TH-cam. Can be used in Taco's or Spagatti Sauce.
As a RMT of 28 years, of course I'd recommend massage for your arms/forearms. Myofascial cupping is very effective as well. However, I had tennis elbow a few years back and the only thing that helped was a TENS (Dr. Ho) machine. If you have health insurance, get a Dr.'s prescription for it and you might be able to get some/all of it covered. I still would recommend icing for 10 minutes after the treatment, if only to numb the area once you've "irritated" the nerves. Earthing/grounding is great for inflammation, 20min./day. Good luck, hope they are feeling back to normal soon.
Amazing tips. Thank you. I love your style.