Weird forearm pain ?????

[papa-g]

So the last few months I've been getting a weird pain on the outside of my left forearm. About the middle on the outer part. The pain feels like a bone bruise but does not hurt when you touch it. I get a sharp deep bone pain when I do heavy preacher curls, barbell or cable curls. It hurts during some other movements but mostly those I mentioned. Any ideas.

[lovbyts]

Make sure you dont rotate your wrist even at the bottom. Keep your palm facing up. Mine was like that for a while and once I stop rotating it went away. You can go back to rotating after the pain stops.

[papa-g]

That's a possibility. I started doing way was called. "Zottmon" curl with dumbells. If you're not sure what they are you start palm down and rotate to palm up as you curl.

[auswest]

Sounds like forearm splints.. I used to get them in my first year or 2 or serious training, exactly the way you describe it... Run a google search on it... Very very common lots of info out there on it...mine eventually went away.. Stopped doing preachers for a long time and started going light on bb curls. Started doing alot of hammers till it went away... I now have zero issues..

[papa-g]

Ok good tip. Hammer dont hurt near as much or at all sometimes. And similar to a shin split would be a good description.

[auswest]

Ok good tip. Hammer dont hurt near as much or at all sometimes. And similar to a shin split would be a good description.

Yup have a read about it, they do go away with rest, I just went light, used hammers and dropped preachers for a while, fairly common for alot of people when they start hitting it hard.

[Tom_Tom]

I'm not saying you have the same situation as me... But, I had a lingering pain along with soreness/tightness in the same area for a few months. I just kept training through it & going heavy. Then I wound up completely tearing my bicep last may. After surgery & lots of PT just got back into the gym in march.

Lesson learned: Always listen to your body! Lol

[crazy mike]

Sounds like forearm splints.. I used to get them in my first year or 2 or serious training, exactly the way you describe it... Run a google search on it... Very very common lots of info out there on it...mine eventually went away.. Stopped doing preachers for a long time and started going light on bb curls. Started doing alot of hammers till it went away... I now have zero issues..

I agree . I had a lot of forearm problems years ago and so that is some of what I did. I had to go lighter on straight barbell curls. I had to find what grip didn't hurt. It's mostly the grip hurting a weak area. If you've gotten heavier in a short time that can cause it. It will go away eventually but you will have to baby it. In the long run you have time to grow. ....crazy mike

[cj111]

I had that exact same problem, it really bugged me to do hammer curl, so I didn't do em. It hurt everyday.

I used A535 RELIGOUSLY, and anything that bothered my forearm I avoided( to an extent ) ... and it finally went away.

Now my shoulder hurts, fml.

[papa-g]

Thanx for all the input guys. I hope it gets better soon.

[lovbyts]

Oh and one of those cheap compression bands seem to help also. Yeah try not to rotate for a couple of weeks and see what happens. Mine got better quickly.