forearm pain from curling??? help

[Rhinoceros]

I have tendonitis in my arm too, just had a really bad bout of it. The thing that helped me most is massage, I did it constantly, whenever I could. I flex and relax the forearm while rubbing and pushing into the sore area with my opposite hand. It hurts, but helps over the long run. Ice also helps. Get some styrafoam cups, fill part way with water, freeze, then tear away the top of the cup until the ice is exposed. Apply this to the sore area a couple of times per day.

Rhino

 

[natural-mike]

Glad to see I'm not alone.

I toasted my tendons with Heavy Barbell curls and the Captains of Crush Grippers. I cannot rotate my palm to face the celing to perform a barbell curl, if I try to curl just the bar I double over in pain, I have gotten to the point where sometimes I cant even close my hand.

I;ve been doing EZ Bar curls and it really alleviates the stress, but I dont feel much in the whole of the biceps, I feel more of the outer head working.

Thats when I discovered.......ahhh dumbells, Try dumbell curls both hands at the same time, now I am back in business.

Peace,

Natural Mike

 

[cheesePuss]

thanks natural-mike.....I have been hitting hammer curls and reverse curls and after a few weeks 90% of the pain is gone....I'll try an all dumbell routine this week.
I'll let ya know how it works out

 

[ThickLEE]

Its not tendonitis bro, you said it hurts on the outer bone in your forearm right? It feels like shin splints but in your forearms? Am I right? I have had tendonitis for years and it is in your elbow and may make your forearms hurt really bad but it is not a sharp pain like you described. Its a pain that you almost cant explain but it aches really bad. I have had the sharp pains like you described before and it hurts, it feels like shin splints in your forearm along that bone. I laid off curls with a straight bar for awhile andwent light when I came back and it went away.
If you had tendonitis hammer curls would irritate it the worst.

 

[cheesePuss]

ThickLee....you are exactly right.....at first I thought I had weak bones or something.....felt like the bone was gunna snap! I wonder if it has to do with the way your built or what?

 

[natural-mike]

I have toyed with the fact that it is forearm splints that I have as well, if your asking why I dont go to the doctor? because I don't need a 100 pound weakling doctor who doesnt work out to tell me, I should lay off, I know when to lay off, in fact I am pretty sure we all know when our bodies yell "time out".

What ever it is my good man, work around it, find another exercise or a different angle to wrok with.

The way I look at it is, if you can Bench , Squat and Deadlift, your doing OK.

Peace brothers,

Natural Mike

 

[tigertat]

I had the same problem and it did seam to be from a lack in forarm strength. After working on this and strengthing my forarms, I've used wrist wraps for only straight bar curls. This has worked for me anyways.