GOD the pain!!!!!!

[gbrice75]

I'm hoping somebody can give me an 'online diagnosis' as I have to believe this is pretty common in bodybuilding. Maybe it's tendonitis? You tell me.

I am feeling a lot of joint pain lately, particularly my elbow joints on the inside, i.e. where they extend. I'm guessing it's ligaments/tendons. I also experience this pain along the length of my forearm, from elbow to wrist, on that side. In both cases, I can feel the pain while tensed up (e.g. during my lift) but the REAL pain comes when I let go of the weight thereby relieving tension. WTF is this?

[austinite]

I told you to stop taking winny 6 weeks ago!!! just kidding.

This is actually interesting. I actually get a similar ache in my elbows when letting heavy dumbbells go. The only thing I changed lately was I started to take NEO 40, a Nitric Oxide tablet. But It's really not painful at all.

I'll wait till others chime in, I'm interested.

[MickeyKnox]

I've had something very similar twice now. Bad news is it took about 9 months to cure both times. I had to warm my biceps up for about 15-20mins every time i worked them. Very light bicep curls and lots of stretching.

To this day when i tuck my right arm elbow in and bring my fist up, then twist to the right..a feel a shot of pain. Tendentious i think.

[fit2bOld]

I've had that to the point you couldn't even touch my elbow. Backed off the pounds, took glucosimine/condroition w/msn and applied tiger balm every night before bed. Took a few months to heal.....

[gbrice75]

It really sucks. I've gotten it a few times before in the forearms, but I've pretty much identified the exercises that have caused it and have since dropped them from my regimen, namely pretty much any bicep/tricep exercises involving a barbell. My wrists and forearms just can't take being locked into a position like that, so nowadays I opt for dumbbells most of the time. I can handle close grip bench press, but not things like skull crushers, etc. And forget barbell curls, they kill me - except preachers, interestingly enough.

But this same issue in the elbows... this one is new for me. I'll tell you one of the exercises I feel it most on - and it's not even the arm i'm working with! Doing one-arm dumbbell rows on a bench... the hand that's on the bench supporting my plus all the weight i'm using on the other side... when I finally drop the weight and release that load (sounds bad lol), OMFG the pain in the supporting arm elbow joint is mind numbing.

[Lunk1]

I USED to get that same pain especially if doing straight bar curling excersises. Went away from the straight bar and concentrated more on ROM with lighter dumbells. Better pump IMO and the change in grip position alleviated that shooting pain when I would release the bar. The other thing I found worked was to rack the weight and release much slower!

[gbrice75]

I USED to get that same pain especially if doing straight bar curling excersises. Went away from the straight bar and concentrated more on ROM with lighter dumbells. Better pump IMO and the change in grip position alleviated that shooting pain when I would release the bar.

Yep. Shooting pain is EXACTLY what it is. Perfect description. It's intense!

The other thing I found worked was to rack the weight and release much slower!

I have done this to compensate. Sometimes i'll take 20-30 seconds. It helps but the underlying problem/pain is still present.

[Lunk1]

Yep. Shooting pain is EXACTLY what it is. Perfect description. It's intense!



I have done this to compensate. Sometimes i'll take 20-30 seconds. It helps but the underlying problem/pain is still present.

Well I believe you have found the solution..get away from the barbell work. Not forcing my wrists into that position pretty much alieviated the problem for me

[gbrice75]

Well I believe you have found the solution..get away from the barbell work. Not forcing my wrists into that position pretty much alieviated the problem for me

I have and rarely have that issue in my forearms anymore. The problem now is my elbow/joints.

[Lunk1]

I have and rarely have that issue in my forearms anymore. The problem now is my elbow/joints.

Old age my friend lol. No serious BB goes without joint pain...

[Times Roman]

Are you waiting for ol' Uncle Roman to suggest taking TB? =)

[gbrice75]

Old age my friend lol. No serious BB goes without joint pain...

lol no doubt! 37 right around the corner... i'm certainly no spring chicken! :\

Are you waiting for ol' Uncle Roman to suggest taking TB? =)

TB.... Tuberculosis? lol... no, really... what is TB?

[austinite]

lol no doubt! 37 right around the corner... i'm certainly no spring chicken! :\



TB.... Tuberculosis? lol... no, really... what is TB?

TB-500.

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Times Roman's Log: http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...n-s-TB-500-log...........

[Times Roman]

tb-500.

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times roman's log: http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...n-s-tb-500-log...........

lol no doubt! 37 right around the corner... I'm certainly no spring chicken! :\



tb.... Tuberculosis? Lol... No, really... what is tb?

this

[gbrice75]

lol Nvm... TB500... you and your PH!!!!

[Lunk1]

Gb...when is the last time you took a cpl weeks or even a month off?

[Times Roman]

Gb...when is the last time you took a cpl weeks or even a month off?

no shit. if you don't take time off, then your hair will start to fall out! =)

[MuscleInk]

GB...are you cycling anything currently and using AIs/SERMs? E2 levels correlate inversely with myalgia and arthralgia. Pain can be severe and limit ROM. If no gear, it's repetitive stress injury most likely.

[Lunk1]

GB...are you cycling anything currently and using AIs/SERMs? E2 levels correlate inversely with myalgia and arthralgia. Pain can be severe and limit ROM. If no gear, it's repetitive stress injury most likely.

Damn masterbation is to blame...I knew it!!!!!

[MuscleInk]

Damn masterbation is to blame...I knew it!!!!!

Hey, I told you I need it 12x a day. If you'd stop playing so hard to get I wouldn't be suffering from RSS!!!!!!

[Lunk1]

Hey, I told you I need it 12x a day. If you'd stop playing so hard to get I wouldn't be suffering from RSS!!!!!!

I was talking about MY RSS from MY masterbation you sick fuK

[MuscleInk]

I was talking about MY RSS from MY masterbation you sick fuK

I try not to think about your masterbation habits. Thanks for the visual. I just yacked bile all over the treadmill and now it's spinning around and around.

[Far from massive]

A tear in the Medial Epicondylitis ( spell check needed ) will usually be the culprit on pain that is on the inside of the arm. This as many have said is very common when curling with a straight bar as it forces the Medial tendon into an unatural position causing it to do too much work.

One thing that has really helped me that a friend told me is to hold the wieght with a relaxed grip and to not bend the wrist during the movement, it is the tendency of many to turn the wrist inward during a curl that is the main cause of tendonitis when lifting wieghts is the culprit.

Hope this helps.

PS speaking or masterbation.. remember that shake wieght deal on TV? I always said if that type of motion worked every 12-14 year old boy would have at least one giant bicep!

Final PS...37.. damn GB to be 20 years younger again ;-)

[lovbyts]

Check out my post on sort of the same things. It worked for me.
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...=#.UI5tUD3hxv8

[MickeyKnox]

A tear in the Medial Epicondylitis ( spell check needed ) will usually be the culprit on pain that is on the inside of the arm. This as many have said is very common when curling with a straight bar as it forces the Medial tendon into an unatural position causing it to do too much work.

One thing that has really helped me that a friend told me is to hold the wieght with a relaxed grip and to not bend the wrist during the movement, it is the tendency of many to turn the wrist inward during a curl that is the main cause of tendonitis when lifting wieghts is the culprit.......

Thats exactly what did it for me. Never again with the straight bar.

[cherrydrpepper]

Maybe not the same thing but I used to get a shooting pain all the way up my forearms when I would go heavy on the seated preacher curl bar. It would happen at the exact moment I put the weight down and released. I think getting away from an exercise that hurts is best but one thing that helped was I would take about 3 seconds to release the bar at the end of the last rep. I put the bar down superslow and slowly uncurled my hands off the bar. I have a friend who is a freak and never gets injured and he started getting injured on straight bar curls so like some others said this is probably not a natural position.

[lovbyts]

Ive noticed the same especially the last couple of years that the straight bar just does not feel right. I never noticed it before but I was probably more flexible back in the day?

[WarEagle]

I have terrible pain in my elbow...where it's located it is almost like tennis elbow...no idea why I would have that or what movements would've caused it specifically. I assumed it was from an odd habit of "popping" my elbow. I pop everything, fingers, elbow, neck, knee, ankle, feet, toes, back...I'm not quiet sure why I do it, it almost seems like I have some sort of pressure that is released when I pop my joints but I also think some of the pains I have are caused by this odd habit. The wife says it causes arthritis and I do think it gets worse when temps drop. But back to the topic, I had severe elbow pain a few weeks ago to the extent that it hurt no matter how I was lifting. I took several days off and worked light for a few weeks and it's gone. I've heard to get a good joint multi vit but can't speak to the effectiveness yet. Hang in there...go light if you can is my only suggestion.

[optionsdude]

Oh and the band-it arm band helps a lot.

[optionsdude]

Try to find a good massage therapist to dig in there and loosen things up. Then stretching and ice.