FastAcura

Every time I train biceps and do curls my right forearm starts hurting. It gets to the point where I know I can do more sets as far as bicep strength goes, but the right forearm just hurts too much. I've heard of a lot of people having this problem and it's nothing unusual, but theirs seems to go away. Mine has been hurting for months, even after taking a week or two off. Is there a forearm brace for this type of pain? It sucks not being able to do a full workout because of it. Sometimes it hurts even when I'm not doing curls. There is little pain in the left one, but nearly not as much as the right.

SpeedyV6

Gotta cut back on this:
















j/k

ludachrisvt

iTrader: (2)

I had this same exact problem in college. It lasted a long time. I had to stop doing barbell curls for a few months for it to actually totally go away. I think it has to do with crappy form. I changed my form and it didnt come back, well at least not as bad as it was!

Doc.Booty

Try using the easycurl instead of a straight barbell, i don't curl straight barbells because they hurt my wrists.

FastAcura

I have been using the easycurl. I just tried using straight barbell a couple of days ago and it actually feels better. Dumbells work best.

Doc.Booty

Are you curling your wrist up when you lift the bar? THat's a good way to cause yourself pain, especially once you get to the top of the rep and the bar actually pulls down and towards you, if you know what i'm talking about. I used to do it.

FiftyFive

i know exactly what your talking about, that shit hurts like crazy, and its not just when i curl its when i grip anything tightly, like moving a table for instance, or just picking up the bar, its been happening for quite some time now and it feels as if it is getting worse, help!

FastAcura

Yes, exactly. Just putting weights onto the bar makes it painful. If it's bad form, shouldn't both arms hurt since I do with one what I do with the other?

Doc.Booty

Carpal tunnel?

FastAcura

Not really. I keep the forearm and wrist straight and just move at the elbow. Maybe I should try doing more standing instead of sitting curls.

fdl

Is the pain in your muscle, or your bones?

FastAcura

It feels like the bone. I should mention that I was in a car accident a few weeks ago and hurt that exact spot. My arm was hurting from my finger all the way to my shoulder, but that went away after a day or two.

Doc.Booty

fdl

Maybe you have a bone density problem (there is a test for this), or a hairline fracture (or something like shin splints, but in your forearm bone).

If the bone is damaged you may need a couple months to let it heal. Then perhaps do higher reps and less weight.

fdl

FastAcura

It did hurt before the accident, about the same as it does now, which is why I was taking a week off to see if it would go away.

FastAcura

The forearm was hurting before the accident. It got hit a little during the accident, but not much. It feels the same way it did before. It didn't just appear after the accident.

fdl

ok, well see my previous post.

FastAcura

Yeah, I think that's what it is. It feels like shin splints in the forearm.

Time For Sleeep

I was told that when your forearm muscle develops, it gets bigger and can end up pinching the nerves in your forearm... that's where the pain comes from . Is that true?

fdl

buy he said it was coming from his bones. I think thats a very different kind of pain.

FiftyFive

i think thats whats happening to me, my forearm gets really tight and hurts a fucking lot, no accidents here, it feels exactly like hin splints in my forearm whenever lifting weight

phipark

Is it a sharp pain or an ache? Does your forearm go numb after using it?

phipark

If it's a sharp pain, can you diagnose where? At proximal, distal end, posterior, anterior?

Time For Sleeep

I get the same thing, but I don't think it's as severe as yours...

Does it go like this? When you're on the preacher curl, you'll curl up, and the pain is either not there or less evident, when you go down, you feel the pain, and then when you let all tension go and let go of the weight, the pain is insane, right?

FastAcura

YES!! It's the worst right after you let go off the weight. It started off as just little plain, but now I actually have to take a deep breath every time I let go off the weights and only the right arm (mostly)

FiftyFive

time for sleeep you hit the nail on the head, thats exactly what its like, and i think its getting worse

Time For Sleeep

From what I've been told, apparently, that pain will just go away with time... how long have you guys had this pain, how long have you been lifting, and how long has your longest consistent lifting cycle been... have you guys been taking any time off from lifting and such?

I had a really hard time with this pain a couple of summers ago when i was lifting 5-6 days a week and working @ souplantation (as a busser) like, 4-5 nights a week. I would hold trays stacked with plates that were about 60-70 pounds, and I would feel the most stress and pain after I had carried it all back to the kitchen and set it down.

I do biceps once a week and only get this pain a little bit now. Im not sure what I did differnetly, but I did stop lifting for a good chunk of time this previous academic year (like, a month or two off).

Edit: I don't know if you have to go far enough to get some sort of scan to see if your forearm bone has any compound fractures or anything...

Sarlacc

It sounds like it might be tennis elbow. go to rite aid, cvs, etc and get a tennis elbow strap. wear it and see if that helps.

ludachrisvt

iTrader: (2)

suppination ... "suppinate your palms"

phipark

Wrong, suppination is when you turn your palms up or over.

rtlltj

my buddies and me have all experienced this when your muscles become stronger at a faster rate then your bones. Just give it time to catch up. Lay off preachers for awhile or just stick it out and it will eventually go away. Try to do single dumbell exercises and nothing that has to do with curling a bar. One thing that helps is when you set the bar back down on the rest (usually where most people experience the most pain) keep your palms facing up and release your hands open. This seems to lessen the pain for most people.

btw usually when someone does a cycle or starts using creatine and they gain a little bit of strength too quickly this seems to always happen. Just keep in mind when you lift weights that your bones are also getting stronger just alot slower.

Time For Sleeep

That's what I'm thinking as well. I haven't had a problem with this for awhile, and I've only been told really to work through it, or lay off the high intensity lifting for awhile.