A 45-year-old member asked:

Every tricep exercise hurts my elbows, what's wrong?

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Dr. Bernard Bach Jranswered

Orthopedic Surgery 44 years experience

Tendinitis.: You may have tendinitis, right where the tricep inserts on the back of the elbow.

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