Muscle Building With Joint Pain: How to Build Bigger Muscles Without Injury

When it comes to losing weight and getting into shape, one thing that can stand in your way may be joint pain. Many people struggle to keep their joints healthy while working out or lifting heavy weights. Whether you’re just getting started or have extensive experience with heavy weight lifting, you need to keep your joints healthy and cared for. Luckily, muscle building with joint pain is possible, if you know the right things to do so you don’t get injured! 

Lifting heavy weights can definitely have negative side effects if not done properly, but one can still learn to be healthy while doing so. If you are worried about the toll benching, deadlifting and squatting with heavy weights is going to take on your back, wrists, and knees, here are some tips on how to relieve joint pain and prevent weight room injuries even under the supervision of a personal trainer.

Be Precautious

We often hear the word “precaution” these days when people talk about healthcare and medicine. Taking precaution and being precautious is a good thing. No one should leave their body open to diseases, one should be careful in advance to make sure that they have healthy joints. People always link joint pain with bodybuilding, but it is not necessary that they be linked with each other all the time. 

In brief, no matter what is going on in your weight room, start taking methods to keep your knees, wrists, lower back and elbows healthy and safe, and prevent pain before it starts. If you have a personal trainer, they may ask you to stop squatting with heavy weights, but you don’t have to quit or stop if you are taking care of your joints properly. 

Wrapping Knees and Wrists

One of the good things you can do for joint health is to wrap your knees and wrists. When you do heavy pressing movements or bench press, your wrists are always at risk of serious pain if you are not careful. Wrap those parts tightly and you will feel good stability in your wrists and be able to move much heavier weight. 

For your knees, you absolutely want some type of safety while squatting, and also for any other movement that gives trouble to your specific body part. When you get stronger, you can start using heavier wraps to both safeguard your knees and provide you a little more strength. 

Lower Back Health

If there is one place that strength athletes look to complain about more than any other thing, it is the lower back area. Many people think that squats are not good for your back, and it is true also when heavy exercises are not done in proper form and can result in serious injury and pain. You can either wear a belt to support your back or make it strong enough to do all the work. 

You need to work hard with deadlifts, back raises, rows and squats, if your lower back has weak muscles, all this done without wearing a belt and with concentration on proper form. But, if your lower back is not specifically weak when compared with other lower areas of your body, you should definitely use a belt while working out on heavy deadlifts, squats and rows. It will add more strength and will also help in keeping your spine safe.