Need Advice/Suggestions on Pain in Forearm Bone

[najhie]

UPDATE
03/08/11 - Began taking the supp cissus quadrangularis, it has proved to help to elevate all pain while exercising, and while I havn't actually done the exercises mentioned below again, the pain is gone and gone fast thanks to this supp! 6g a day right now, but I'll go down to 4 in a week.
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I've been reading up on lots of similar post, and seeing as the last one on this forum was from a month ago, I wanted to grab some advice, those willing to give it.

For some months I've been pushing through "strain-pain." I kayak a ton and thought it was from all the paddling I was doing during the summer. Not kayaking during the winter as much I've narrowed it down to the weight room.

The pain begins on any bar curl exercise at higher weight. Pinky-Side of hand down to elbow radiating from bone out.

Example:
EZ Curl 10reps/115lbs - strain pain happens when racking the weight
I almost have to hold the weight at the rack for a min or else the strain-pain aches even more if I release quick.

Today I did more concentration exercises, as well as lighter weight slower reps.
Example: 12reps/40lbs 10 seconds on the way down. -Only had about 10% of the normal strain-pain.

My question is, should I be training forearms more vigorously to keep up with my curls? Will i be able to eventually get up to 115lbs without strain-pain. I will be doing my first cycle in a few weeks and wanted to make sure body/diet were in the right spot to receive the most out of my investment.

If you have experience this before and were able to overcome it please leave some comments as I want to nip this asap.

Thanks!

[shotgun]

I can relate to this bro straight barbell curls I experience the same thing. I've been dealing with this for years. I found training forearms more really didn't help. In the begging I use to tape my forearms that help somewhat they also make compression sleeves. I eventually just went to more concentrated movement's and isolation movements. then would work those movements in every 2-3 weeks in my routine depending on how I felt. If our feeling pain and straining through a certain movement how beneficial is the exercises to you. Are you really getting that pump and nice burn in your bicep. Thats what were really after right ? Anyway thats my 2 cents

[najhie]

Originally Posted by shotgun

If our feeling pain and straining through a certain movement how beneficial is the exercises to you. Are you really getting that pump and nice burn in your bicep. Thats what were really after right ? Anyway thats my 2 cents

It's the gratification of lifting heavier weight. I've always been able to do the ez curls so I'm just trying to figure out what's stopping me, but maybe they are for doing lighter stuff... I'm working on changing to more iso stuff like you recommended because after today I felt sooo much better leaving the gym. Trial/Error. Thanks.

[Gman]

First if your forearm is in pain, ease off for a couple of weeks. Not what you want to hear but stop kayaking or any other activity that is straining over using your forearm muscles. You can work your forearms but I recommend keeping it light or just don't do it. You will get plenty of forearm work through secondary exercises when doing back. I would throw in some deads and shrugs. But only after a couple of weeks (yes couple of weeks) of light work to allow your damaged forearm healing time. I have NEVER directly worked my forearms, but I have huge forearms just from doing other exercises....

[neveroutgunned80]

hey brother this is just my experience, may not be the same for you but sounds it. bad genes and started w a small frame, now the thickest part of my forearm is 14" an when pumped and always vascular. the best workout for telling your forearms and overall arms to grow IMO is by actuating as much of the functional muscle as possible, best way to do so is switch grip pullups/chinups, every variation you can find, use a band or machine for assistants when starting, and don't Kip like you see the crossfit morons doing either.

the overall pain in your firearm I encounter first from heavyset straightbar curls and then standing db shoulder press. this was in 2004 and have dealt w it off and on since, the forearm itself doesn't bother me anymore but sometimes the muscle cramp makes it hard to release the bar after the set.

so I actually saw a doc and did xrays and mri's. it wasn't the muscle but actually the bone. because I was working harder then my body was accustomed to carrying the load I gave myself hairline fractures in my forearms. very tiny and in multiple places. have you ever heard of shin splints?? this is exactly what I had. my advice from 2 different doctors and others that experienced this was to stop doing the routines that are causing the pain and give it some time 4-8wks to properly heal. you'll need to be careful as going on cycle and gaining strength you can potentially make things much worse and be dealing w things on a different level. also what caused the pain in the muscle making it hard to release the bar was because my inner forearm groups were growing and pressing harder into the bone itself, so go figure, I had tiny fractures and the bone didn't like pressure being applied.

look into some joint supps, my fav for potency is tri-flex. also something I recently started taking with amazing results is cissus quadrangularis. it's a natural herb that is proven in human trials to heal bone damage in 30-50% of the time. don't get super cissus it's to pricy and potency level is rated 5-10%. I currently take 20-40% at 3-4g a day. I'm not sure who is the preffered sup supplier but I got mine from orbit, $25 for 100 servings.

you can also use wraps but this hurt me in the long run and took me out of the game because I didn't want to back down while already on cycle.

hope this helped bro good luck

[najhie]

Thank You so much. Very in depth and exactly what I'm looking for. Appreciate it big time. I just ordered so it should be a few weeks until cycle. Should be enough time if I baby it the way I know I need to and change up a few routines.

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[prime]

have you looked into tennis elbow aka Lateral epicondylitis?