Bones in forearm fel like they are breaking.

[Parabellum]

I assume it’s my forearm muscle pulling on the bone or some tendon problem. This happens after benching and stays with me for a few days.

For the time being I use pain relievers on training days. If I do not take the meds my hands shake the pain gets so bad. I assume it will go away but it has stuck with me for 2 weeks now.

Has anyone had a similar problem and how did you heal it?

 

[Dave949]

Only after doing benches ? Any other mopvements cause this pain in your forearms ?

 

[MULE1]

Your not pulling the weight straight down to your stomach....you are pushing throught the support and doing a front raise. when you hit the support and your about 2 " off your chest you lead with your elbows and pull straight down..

 

[Parabellum]

Your not pulling the weight straight down to your stomach....you are pushing throught the support and doing a front raise. when you hit the support and your about 2 " off your chest you lead with your elbows and pull straight down..

At first I didn't understand what you were saying, but I took a broom and just mimicked the movement a few times and I see what I am doing wrong and how to correct it.

Thanks Mike.

 

[Parabellum]

Only after doing benches ? Any other mopvements cause this pain in your forearms ?

I feel it in other movements only because the bench irritated the forearms.

 

[BigWh1tey]

anytime your hands go in front of your elbows at the bottom you will get this. "Making it touch" syndrome.

 

[spatts]

You doing WSB style speed bench?

 

[Parabellum]

BigW, I don't use a shirt, does this still apply. I think its becasue i started to use wrist wraps. I never used thm before and withthe added support it forces me to keep my wrists straight.
With my broom I see how I was bringing my hands in front of my elbows.

Spatts, I don't do speed bench anymore.

 

[MULE1]

it has nothing to do with the wrist wraps my man, trust me I delt with it for over a year and if I FUCK UP MY FORM i STILL FEEL IT. Trust me if you keep your wrist behind your elbows it wont hurt

 

[joltman]

I feel it in other movements only because the bench irritated the forearms.

I have this problem to, answered a thread on this topic a couple of days back.
Anyway first of all I wanna say that I really REALLY feel with you and know your pain.
Second try using elbow pads/straps It works for me, it still hurts but the pain is then acceptable. I cant explain why it helps but it does for me. I cant go heavy without the pads and straps.

 

[Parabellum]

it has nothing to do with the wrist wraps my man, trust me I delt with it for over a year and if I FUCK UP MY FORM i STILL FEEL IT. Trust me if you keep your wrist behind your elbows it wont hurt

I'll have to work on that.

I'm going to create a litlte MP3 of all the things I'm supposed to do and listen to it before and while benching, just untll I unscrew myself.

 

[thebrute]

Your not pulling the weight straight down to your stomach....you are pushing throught the support and doing a front raise. when you hit the support and your about 2 " off your chest you lead with your elbows and pull straight down..

i may have to try that mule!! makes sense. tb

 

[Parabellum]

Forearms feel a lot better now.

I am thinking about taking a break from lifting this week.
I want to let my elbws and wrist heal a bit. It's starting to affect the quality of my workouts. I was thinking I'm doing more harm than good working through it.

My dilema is that I'm training for the Nov 22 bench contest. I'm not sure if taking a whole week off is the answer. This only leaves me with two training weeks before the competition.

The pain killers are not working anymore and I don't want to casue any problems with strength building taking all those pain killers. I read somewhere that they interfere with the body's healing and building process.

I have a high pain threshold, I don't start bithching until it's really bad.

But then again;
Pain is only weakness leaving the body.

 

[joltman]

Forearms feel a lot better now.

I am thinking about taking a break from lifting this week.
I want to let my elbws and wrist heal a bit. It's starting to affect the quality of my workouts. I was thinking I'm doing more harm than good working through it.

My dilema is that I'm training for the Nov 22 bench contest. I'm not sure if taking a whole week off is the answer. This only leaves me with two training weeks before the competition.

The pain killers are not working anymore and I don't want to casue any problems with strength building taking all those pain killers. I read somewhere that they interfere with the body's healing and building process.

I have a high pain threshold, I don't start bithching until it's really bad.

But then again;
Pain is only weakness leaving the body.

Im warning you bro! If you wanna be able to lift anything in the future get of thoose painkillers you you wont be able to feel it when you oush yourself to hard.

 

[Parabellum]

Im warning you bro! If you wanna be able to lift anything in the future get of thoose painkillers you you wont be able to feel it when you oush yourself to hard.

I hear you.

I was taking motrin and/or naproxin. I stopped taking them anyway.

I took a week off of lifting.

 

[MULE1]

TAKE THE WEEK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!! If your comfortable touching weight skip shirt work for a bit and do 4 and 5 boards heavy singles

 

[Parabellum]

TAKE THE WEEK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!! If your comfortable touching weight skip shirt work for a bit and do 4 and 5 boards heavy singles

I don't have a shirt yet.
All I do on shirt days is close gripm 4 board, 3 board and then racklockouts.