Horrible pain on the inside of my forearms when doing any bicep curls. why??

[diesel420]

When ever I release the bar bell or dumb bell after doing a set of heavy curls I get a terrible pain on the inside of my forearms. It has been getting worse week after week. It's to the point where even If I just grab a hold of something tight, when I let go I get the pain. Does anyone know what could be causing this? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -diesel420

 

[Riker29]

I have had the EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

What I have done is, lessned up on my regular curls, and started to do more like preacher curls (palms down, or faced inwarsd as opposed to palms facing down, etc).

This has helped me, first becuase I need to work on my outer bicep a bit more and get it developed,

Making this change, emphasizing more "palms down or facing in" curls has helped make the pain go away.

Try this. Go for several weeks doing NOTHING BUT palms down and palms inwards versions of various curl exercises. Then start to incorporate the palms up stuff back into the routine. Never go back to ALL pamls-up, which is what most guys do and leads to over-stressing certain parts of the wrist (and developing the arms in such a way that this promotes the pain).

This has just about fixed it for me.

 

[ragin']

i had that prob for close to a year. kind of opposite for me, though.. the pain was on my upper forearm, it hurt ESPECIALLY when doing palm-down movements. it affected bicep workouts herendiously. a friend of mine told me about "rolfing". Rolfing is a very intense, painful massage that works out deep intertwined muscles. i went for a session and the pain has next to dissappeared. now it only hurts if i make it. i'm going back for another session. it was $100 bucks, though.. f it .. it was worth it. the rolfer did one of my shoulders, my whole right arm, a section of my back, my neck and right lat. hurts like hell but helpful.

ragin'

 

[XXXL]

most likely your strength is increasing too fast. your muscle can actually begin to pull away from the bone. it could aslo tendons or ligaments depending on the exact location of the pain.

 

[StoneColdGold]

what kind of pain is it? it could be a lot of things... tendonitis, nerve impingment, etc.

rolfing might be a good option. but if i were you i'd look into ART first. i recommend this treatment for all soft tissue based injuries. Do a search under my name and with the key words "shoulder injury."

 

[Lguy00]

if you do it on the preacher curl bar it will do that to you.

 

[VANIAN]

I had that, Doc told me it was an inflamed tendon in my forearm.

 

[Twitched]

Textbook tendonitis.

 

[acneman]

had pain in my upper forearm especially when doing curls

went to doc wit my wife

told doc it hurt when i flexed my bicept and pointed out the area inside forearm just below elbow

doc says "well dont do that"

i told that doc to fuck off and that he wasnt funny

i was so loud and abusive that two nurses came in and the cops were called

after my wife pulled me back he said he was sorry and suggested thousands of dollars worth of ultrasonic massage and physical therapy for tendonitis


my insurance wouldnt pay for it

i was in pain for a year then i started using a grip exerciser called a dynaball

the pain went away in 2 weeks and has never returned even though i have not used it since my pain stopped over 2 years now

here is a link to buy one

http://karateworld.safeshopper.com/58/153.htm?135

 

[acneman]

heres another link with the original one that i used
(no flashing lights) and its half the price and has a animated gif to
show how to use it


http://newmoms.bodytrends.com/nan.htm