Forearm pain

[Sportsgirl]

I went to the physio for mine. He needled it and then basically did hard out massage on it, with most of his bodyweight on his thumbs pressing into my forearm. My pain was right next to the bone and it felt like I had shin splints in my forearms.

I was also massaging it at home. I put oil on my knee and rubbed my forearm hard out over my knee.

[kels]

dam it, bit of forearm pain today, the tips for releasing the bar 1 finger at a time worked though and also digging the fingers right in there between sets

[vracula]

dam it, bit of forearm pain today, the tips for releasing the bar 1 finger at a time worked though and also digging the fingers right in there between sets

good work!it will be actually worse since it's cold now,keep those forearms warm buddy!

[CrimsonSkies]

i had it and was just told it was a repetitive strain injury from work and gym. but its come right

[lynnevans]

Many people have this type of pain because of doing exercise or pick up heavy weight.......

[paul2010]

hi Paul i had the same issue here is how I fixed it

stop using straight barbell,use only ez curled barbell for curls

lower your weights a bit

ease into the weights gradually

when your letting go of the bar let go of the bar one finger at a time,dont drop the bar and let go immediatley it's the immediate cotraction that causes the issue

massage forearms between sets

this was my solution and it has worked.at one point it became so bad i could not lift stuff for a month,dont push through the pain bro trust me.

I also use training gloves with wrist supports ,but I beleive all my above recommendations should work.

Went to the physio last week. He asked how long have I had this, and I told him approx 3 months ago. He then said, it usually takes 3 months of straining before it gets to the stage I'm at so theoretically it'll take the same amountof time with light weights before it is back to 100%, :evil: double GRRRR! The funny thing was, he couldn't locate where the pain was...nor could I at the time...but it's when I'm doing the oddest things that I can then feel it, like shaking hands with someone, turning the door knob etc...I guess it depends on the angle and movement of my forearm muscles...pff!

I have tried the above suggestions, and it has been quite effective so a million thanks! I still have good and bad days, but I am not doing the same weights on the dumbell curls until there's absolutely no more pain...so I guess maintanence is better than not working out my biceps at all, huh :? I also get the Mrs to give it a good deep massage in the evenings, and that helps! I have also found out that warming them up before a bicep workout helps me ease into it by starting very light, and gradually working my way up/heavier - then it's not so bad.

Thanks again for all your responses!

[vracula]

hi Paul i had the same issue here is how I fixed it

stop using straight barbell,use only ez curled barbell for curls

lower your weights a bit

ease into the weights gradually

when your letting go of the bar let go of the bar one finger at a time,dont drop the bar and let go immediatley it's the immediate cotraction that causes the issue

massage forearms between sets

this was my solution and it has worked.at one point it became so bad i could not lift stuff for a month,dont push through the pain bro trust me.

I also use training gloves with wrist supports ,but I beleive all my above recommendations should work.

Went to the physio last week. He asked how long have I had this, and I told him approx 3 months ago. He then said, it usually takes 3 months of straining before it gets to the stage I'm at so theoretically it'll take the same amountof time with light weights before it is back to 100%, :evil: double GRRRR! The funny thing was, he couldn't locate where the pain was...nor could I at the time...but it's when I'm doing the oddest things that I can then feel it, like shaking hands with someone, turning the door knob etc...I guess it depends on the angle and movement of my forearm muscles...pff!

I have tried the above suggestions, and it has been quite effective so a million thanks! I still have good and bad days, but I am not doing the same weights on the dumbell curls until there's absolutely no more pain...so I guess maintanence is better than not working out my biceps at all, huh :? I also get the Mrs to give it a good deep massage in the evenings, and that helps! I have also found out that warming them up before a bicep workout helps me ease into it by starting very light, and gradually working my way up/heavier - then it's not so bad.

Thanks again for all your responses!

Im glad my suggestions helped,took me ages to find the cure,trust me brother it is only temporary,bet a year from now it wont even exit if you take it nice and easy

[Daz69]

Physio is the best answer, even if you dont follow their advice they will at least give you a diagnosis so you know where you are. $10 is nothing to pay to put an injury to bed.

But if youre deadset against a physio visit read up on "trigger points" chances are your forearm is full of them that you may be able to sort out through self massage.

Thanks for all the advice guys...I am leaning towards physio now, at least to see what's wrong, been a bit too long and it isn't coming right. From the diagram, I think it's the flexor digitorum sublimis m....the last thing I want to do is cause permanent damage, :roll:

Hi Fella........

I'm suffering the same problem too.... Its been re-occuring for as many years as I can remember...........

My new training partner is a physio (& a good one too)...

Unfortunately your gonna have to give it a rest untill the pain stops then start again with light warm ups, until your able to train heavy again...

To start with you need to rub accross the area of pain with your finger or thumb for about 10 mins (this stimulates the inflamation, forces old blood & toxins out. & new blood & nutrients in, reducing swelling & adding nutrients to aid the healing process....

You need to ice pack the area for 20 mins every 2 hours....

Then start the rubbing again...

You should combine this treatment with a strong anti-inflamatory (diclofenac preferably)............

Goodluck.............

[Sunshine]

Well I must say I don't feel so alone now ( I would feel so stupid when trying to tell instructors the pain I felt and no one really had an answer except try loosing your grip).

I get this pain also when doing barbell curls with a straight bar and have even noticed with my new program the straight bar pull down causes pain and now it seems to have made my elbow kinda lock sometimes (does that make sense,for example if I take my dog for a walk and my arm is straight down beside my body holding my keys I get a lock in the joint or perhaps this is an entirely other problem?) .

I'm gonna give all these ideas ago if they don't work I too will have to get it checked out.I actually thought having a 2month break and now only returning back to weights that it might have healed but no such luck ( maybe it's my technique?)

Your post has has been great reading and hopefully I can get this sorted!

[severe]

I have had to drop my curl weights about 60%! Even the Ezi-curl bar isn't helping. And it's only on one forearm. I have had some lightr workouts on it, but it isn't getting better. Kills me to think about time off.