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Originally Posted by LisaS
that's what cloud9 was saying.
imagine you are holding a very very heavy db in your hand in the thumbs up position.
The weight is pulling your wrist down, towards your pinky (adduction). to keep your hand in thumbs up and the db upright you do abduction against the weight just to hold the place.
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I see what you're saying but I've been doing mostly either closed chain (push ups, pull ups) or cable exercises for upper body. I don't think that I do any exercises that would fit what you're describing. However, it did just occur to me that the way that I pick the dumbbells up off of the rack might have something to do with it. I've been mentally going through my routine and trying to think of when I would make that kind of motion. The only thing that comes to mind is picking up and putting down the dumbbells. Also, when I clean the dumbbells to my shoulders for shoulder presses, dumbbell squats, etc. Day after day of doing that adds up to alot of repetitions of that motion.
Thanks to both of you for taking the time to help me work this out. It would have never occurred to me that this motion could lead to an elbow injury.