Severe pain in my forearm

[ADB007]

Whenever I train biceps I experience a sever pain of my bone/tendens in my forearm. It is a similar pain to shin splints in the leg. After releasing the weight I experience the most pain.
is this a common injury in bodybuilding? Does anybody know the best solution to this problem?

[Grizzly22]

This happens to me every time that i do bi's and tri's, hurts the worst when I let go of the bar, its a bitch for sure though.

[DSM4Life]

Whenever I train biceps I experience a sever pain of my bone/tendens in my forearm. It is a similar pain to shin splints in the leg. After releasing the weight I experience the most pain.
is this a common injury in bodybuilding? Does anybody know the best solution to this problem?

Try releasing the bar slowly.

[Tarheel]

Maybe cut down on the masterbation lol! Just kidding bro!

[RangersLTW]

I have the same problem.....instead of just lettin the bar go fast I set it down and keep tension then slowly realease.......it could be something like splints....like small fractures

[Dinosaur]

i have experienced this problem before in my forearm due to heavy weight so my suggestion would be lower the weight.

[xephonics]

yeah im currently dealing with them as well (it seems to have set in from me not going up in weight slow enough on hammer curls and other exercises of the sort)

[sizerp]

Stop doing EZ bar curls.

[kickinit]

Stop doing EZ bar curls.

I don't use EZ curl bars, period. I have noticed them pop up with military press (machine) so I limit my weight sometimes.

I had another thread with the same issue.

[GuybrushThreepwod]

That happened to me for about the first 6 months I lifted weights. It eventually stopped. Are you relatively new to the sport?

[bass]

yeah im currently dealing with them as well (it seems to have set in from me not going up in weight slow enough on hammer curls and other exercises of the sort)

same here, i stopped doing hammer curls and the pain went away...

[xephonics]

Stop doing EZ bar curls.

EZ-bar curls are bad for this? I did not know that, do you suggest straight bar curls?

[kloan]

This happens to me as well.

Straight bar curls cause the most pain, since it puts the most pressure on that particular area on the forearms.

I switched to DBs for all bicep exercises and I was fine for a number of years, but as the weight increased, the pain came back. I'm now finding I'm stuck where I'm at with the weight because any heavier the pain gets too severe.

One person suggested to lighten the grip, that I'm possibly squeezing the bar too much as I lift? Worth trying...

Other than that, lowering the weight a bit and slowing the movement seems to be the only way to continue.

[largerthannormal]

same thing here...ya use less weight i had to do that. it suxs... almost to where it kills to let go.. i thought it was a bicep tendon at first but it was too far down.... less weight

[**TOP**]

One question.....does it feel like the ulnar side(your little finger) of the forearm is going to explode?

[Nooomoto]

That used to happen to me, still does a little bit sometimes...you just gotta power through it. Do some more stretching.

[Lil_bodybuilder]

Same thing happens to of. Little finger side. About 3/4 way up forearm. Kills to do bicep curls. Dumbell or barbell. Hurts even worse to let go of bar. . . I reduced weight. And bandage forearm tight on each set. It helps a bit. The doc dont know what the problem him self. Lol.

[**TOP**]

Its the Fascia stretching,you will live!!

[bass]

I tied this exercise for hammer curls and it helped ease the pain, i am also cycling the S4 so that's maybe helping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMeOURTufEk

[shread]

try put your your elbows closer together, looks wierd but works for me, yeah and also let the bar go slowley...

i get this all the time, but it doesnt bother me because it always goes away