Q: I just recently injured my right elbow. The symptoms sound similar to 'Golfer's Elbow'. It is minor, however I made the mistake of working through it during my upper body workout a couple days ago. I realize the mistake and am icing and resting it to let it heal. Just to be sure I'm avoiding any heavy loads on it for 3-4 weeks. I've been recently targeting chest but it seems that's out of the question. Are there any good upper body exercises that might be okay to do?

A: Sorry to hear about your injury. Unfortunately only a doctor or physical therapist can tell you for sure what upper body exercises will be safe to do with this injury. My advice would be to take the conservative approach and simply not do any upper body work till the injury fully heals which will probably take a few weeks. In the meanwhile you can do extra work for legs that does not put any stress on arms or elbows at all if you have access to machines. For example, do sets of leg presses to failure and then finish it off with deep walking lunges. Good luck with your recovery!