sore ligaments in forearm

[MajorPectorial]

Hi ppl. Well. I DO know what's caused the injury but. My gym buddy hasn't got the same injury. OK.

Workout was;

Suspended barbel curls (led on front on inclined set bench)
1*warm up with low weight
1*feeler set
3*Max weight (45kg) at 6-8reps

Standing barbel curls
1*feeler set
3*Max weight (65kg) at 8reps (will be increased next session)

Standing straight bar cabled curls
1*feeler set
3*Max weight 80kg 8 reps

Curling machine
Now this I believe is what caused the problem.

We used low curl weight but enforced extremely high resistance on the negatives of each set of 3 reps for a full resistance of 5 seconds. N when I say full resistance I mean I may have more locked my arms up and maybe caused serious undue pressure on the connective tissue in the mid forearm at the bottom side if arms in a hammer type position.

I was working shoulders today with the missus (she done really well btw. Been a few times now) and on any PUSH exercise no problem. But any exercises involving gripping pulling or holding weights at an angle was causing some immense pain. E.g. I'd usually go up to 40kg dumbbell up right rows one at a time. But the pain became too much even at 22.5kg my usual feeler set.


OK. What I'd like to know.

If anyone has experienced this. How long did it take for u to get over it?. Did u have to completely rest off or work light?. I'm on a 3 day rest point now as seeing my daughters new school. I'm just praying to the heavens I haven't done permanent damage to the ligaments.

I already take MSN crystals at 5gs a day. Anyone know if upping to 10gs. At 5gs am and 5gs pm would help?

[MajorPectorial]

3x days later and they are still damn sore. ****s sake.
And yes if took a complete break. I just knew from simply using a two handed hand pump for my daughters pool.

[keep fightin]

3x days later and they are still damn sore. ****s sake.
And yes if took a complete break. I just knew from simply using a two handed hand pump for my daughters pool.

oh man i can relate ! similar workout and similar out-come.. for me had to finally stop all pulling for about two months, no real prior issues with the left forearm, decades of training [57] baby steps, ice , heat, self massage and time did the trick though reverse curls are out as I immediately feel it the next day. probably little to to do but rest it man, I suspect this will kill you but made me focus on legs more !

[Randy_Mar]

I'm not exactly sure what is causing your pain....so I'm not sure if this will work for you, but i'll give you some info anyway:


I'm an armwrestler, so I know all about forearm pain. I've had all kinds of issues, and tried literally everything!!
I think in finally found something that is helping. It was about $100, but well worth it!

It's called "ARMAID" - It's like this self deep tissue massager. crazy little contraption, but works bro!! The idea is to breakdown old tissue and increase blood flow. More blood flow, equals faster healing.

Now its a little painful, but that's the idea! You can control the pressure, and use different attachments. Just a thought, but you can look into if you want!

I got mine from here: ARMAID

You can go to Armaids main site to see more detailed info, and videos though.

[marcus300]

Are you over extending the elbow joint?

[Randy_Mar]

Do you feel any pain or pressure during straight bar curls? ....I know that angle is pretty stressful on some parts of the forearm.

[MajorPectorial]

Oh no. I never hyper extend. It was caused I know from my mate pulling back on the curler with me defying his negatives for fee goes. I did take a deload time for I believe could be a torn muscle in the shoulder. Its getting better. The forearms are healing. Gunna do a lot more 'extras' work on those bad boy same with rotTors. Bringing in light stwisting load weight in off days. Bout time I back up the bigger muscles thanks all!!!

[Kaloaest]

I m no doctor but when ever i am injured i usually take a break so my pain heals ( usually a 1 month break ) depends on how fast you heal