Bicep/forarm is screwed

[dboy]

I started getting golfers elbow a while back due to pullups but somehow it's now graduated from the meaty part of the forearm up into the bicep - it hurts when i flex it hard as well. Am pretty much not capable of doing much more than a 30lb dumbbell curl now due to pain so haven't been able to do biceps for a while now. Training dude told me to try ART which I did as well as acupuncture which felt good as it is basically a massage that loosens up the fascia or whatever. I've rested it from any direct exercise almost a few months (minus a little test lift here and there) which i hoped would help but it still doesn't seem to be getting better. Anyone have any clue as to what it may be and can recommend some sort of recovery/therapy one might do to start fixing it up? thx in advance

[JohnnyVegas]

I have had the same problem for months. I have read that rest is the only fix. I think the article said twelve weeks which would be hard for most of us.

I hope others respond as I need the advice as well.

[MickeyKnox]

I have something very similar and cannot do a reverse curl with the curl bar only - its that painful. When i do flat bench dumbbell flys, my right arm gets a sharp excruciating shooting pain at the joint area and into the bicep.

I believe this to be tendonitis. Is this what you have?

What i do now before i workout is warm up my bicep with 10lb weights and high reps. It often takes 15-20 mins of this before i can even dumbbell curl 40lb, and it still hurts occasionally.

[Lunk1]

I started getting golfers elbow a while back due to pullups but somehow it's now graduated from the meaty part of the forearm up into the bicep - it hurts when i flex it hard as well. Am pretty much not capable of doing much more than a 30lb dumbbell curl now due to pain so haven't been able to do biceps for a while now. Training dude told me to try ART which I did as well as acupuncture which felt good as it is basically a massage that loosens up the fascia or whatever. I've rested it from any direct exercise almost a few months (minus a little test lift here and there) which i hoped would help but it still doesn't seem to be getting better. Anyone have any clue as to what it may be and can recommend some sort of recovery/therapy one might do to start fixing it up? thx in advance

What you have is called Golfers elbow. You can use ice therapy and ant inflam but rest is the best practice! Took me a cpl months to heal properly!

[ac guy]

It will heal. I had to stop doing any flat curls for a few months, only used the "V "attachment on a machine. Just that difference in angle made a world of difference. I also had to stop doing pulldowns with a bar, had to use the close grip attachment. Good luck. Oh, like Lunk said, ice will be your best friend.

[MickeyKnox]

First time screwed it up it took 9 months to heal. This time its been 6 months so far and its still painful. But sometimes i push it further than i should. My own fault.

[lovbyts]

Read this and see if it sounds the same.
http://forums.steroid.com/showthread...s#.UOFE4b_hxv8

[Combatant]

I have had this injury in the past and it is cause by either over use if the joint or a slight hyper extension, it doesn't take much to pop the ligament out. I found that rest, and continued icing is recommended. I also highly recommend massage therapy of the arms more often, if you don't want to ado massage therapy just look up self massage. What happens is when there's even slight trauma to the joint all the muscles around the area try to protect it by continually being under tension and knotting up. You need to relieve this tension in order to allow proper healing of the joint. This is why when you warm up the area really well before working sets it seems to feel better, this is because the muscles are warm and under less tension. So try some massage and keep the ice and rest going, within a couple months you should be healed. However if its continued to be pushed then the only fix is surgery.

[lovbyts]

I have had this injury in the past and it is cause by either over use if the joint or a slight hyper extension, it doesn't take much to pop the ligament out. I found that rest, and continued icing is recommended. I also highly recommend massage therapy of the arms more often, if you don't want to ado massage therapy just look up self massage. What happens is when there's even slight trauma to the joint all the muscles around the area try to protect it by continually being under tension and knotting up. You need to relieve this tension in order to allow proper healing of the joint. This is why when you warm up the area really well before working sets it seems to feel better, this is because the muscles are warm and under less tension. So try some massage and keep the ice and rest going, within a couple months you should be healed. However if its continued to be pushed then the only fix is surgery.

Good advise. I forgot about massage. That has worked great for me in the past with arm/shoulder problems and as a matter of fact I'm making some appointments this week.

[Thicknick1]

I have bad tendinitis, time off and ice helps a lot. I take "animal flex" and it makes a world of difference!

[Whammi]

Tendinitis SUCKS..... Most of us refuse to take the time off it takes to recover properly. I have had it for the last 9 months and I can't seem to shake it. I took 3 weeks off at one point, but that was not clearly enough time. Now I say "screw it" and just work through the pain.

[Iron-56]

I started getting golfers elbow a while back due to pullups but somehow it's now graduated from the meaty part of the forearm up into the bicep - it hurts when i flex it hard as well. Am pretty much not capable of doing much more than a 30lb dumbbell curl now due to pain so haven't been able to do biceps for a while now. Training dude told me to try ART which I did as well as acupuncture which felt good as it is basically a massage that loosens up the fascia or whatever. I've rested it from any direct exercise almost a few months (minus a little test lift here and there) which i hoped would help but it still doesn't seem to be getting better. Anyone have any clue as to what it may be and can recommend some sort of recovery/therapy one might do to start fixing it up? thx in advance

The pain is in between your biceps and forarm correct? Do go to heavy and warm up well with light weight before your back and biceps workouts. Been doing this for a year and the pain has gone away.