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Wrist and forearm pain
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SofaGeorge
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I think the biggest myth in the world is that you should stop training if something hurts. I train through injuries and they get better faster.
If you leave things alone they take much longer to heal.
If you leave things alone they take much longer to heal.
HGH man--Chargeback
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Deca could'nt hurt! Do you work the forearms ? Maybe start . Figure out what makes the pain start. Do some reverse curls . Deca takes 3 or 4 weeks to kick in.
ManOfArms
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Sofa is right! Also, I'm not sure if Deca will alleviate the pain since it’s not a joint problem. If I’m guessing right, this pain is deep into your wrist area (or somewhere between your wrist and elbow), and especially painful when releasing weight after just finishing a set of curls.
What helps me is to massage the area between sets, and wrapping a warm damp cloth after work out. I use to have this pain on both arms, not its only on my left, and its quickly going away each day.
Use the search, there are a lot of people on hear who have reported the same problem and have eliminated the pain all together.
What helps me is to massage the area between sets, and wrapping a warm damp cloth after work out. I use to have this pain on both arms, not its only on my left, and its quickly going away each day.
Use the search, there are a lot of people on hear who have reported the same problem and have eliminated the pain all together.
I had this years ago. The problem is in your form. Do not over rotate your wrists when coming to the top of the curl, keep your hand/wrist/arms parallel at all times and do not sqeeze the bar as you over rotate. Try and perform reverse grip curls, if the problem goes away, it's due to the poor form. If you can not train yourself to do this correctly, I used some cut up versions of the splints used to help with a broken wrist to stop this movement.
BPP
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Its not form because I get the same pain too, even when I use a bar. Usually its worse with a bar actually. Its not too bad until you let your grip go and then its some serious pain from the outer side of the wrist along the bone to about 2/3 to the elbow. I really wish I knew how to avoid it. Its not as bad with dumbells, and yes I've tried an ez-curl bar.
BigDdaGanjalist
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I got those pains before doing bis. I found out it was because of bad wrist form when I was doin skullkrushers. my wrist was hyperextended usually for the majority of the set doing heavy weights.
all fixed now.
all fixed now.
hey guys thanks for all the replies... now that I think about it I do rotate my wrists when I curl. The pain is in both arms and really becomes intense as I let go of the weight. I'll try reducing my wieght a little and using better form and using a warm compress after my work outs. I think part of the reason Im rotating my wrists is for the extra momentum to help get the weight up. Its good to hear I dont have to stop training to get this to go away. Its become so bad lately that just holding any decent amount of weight causes pain when I release... I stopped a few sets early doing shoulders yesterday because my arms hurt so bad. Sometimes it radiates from the wrists almost all the way up my forearm to the elbow.
Not saying you are wrong but I am willing to bet its caused by the juice and its called compatrment syndrome and caused because the muscle is growing faster than the compartment that holds its trust me here and its very commonyl caused by as use and will go away once you stop it takes a along ass time months trust me hereyou can look into surgery if it never oges away and they cut open your fascia to guve our msucle more room i am willing to bet this is what it is bro it hurts really bed especially on bicept curls but only when palsm are facing you right? if it doens;t hurt doign reverse curls then its not your wrists
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DaddyX
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maybe u have that carpel whatever its called syndrome,lets hope not tho
It's not from gear and its not carpel, if the pain is running grom the wrist down the bone towards your elbow....its from your form. The straight bar curls will make it worse, dumbells will ease the pain...work on the form and it will go away.
BPP
BPP
you lifted before you juiced right? any problems? is this your first cycle? is there a problem now>? they can doa simple test why not hav eit done you go work out until it hurt pretty bad then they jab a needle in your arm and it slieka pressure gauge to see the pressure. Compartment Syndrome
What is compartment syndrome? A muscle group, along with the nerves and blood vessels that supply it, is surrounded by an impenetrable membrane called a fascia. "Compartment" is the name for the area encompassed within the fascia. Compartment syndrome occurs when pressure builds up within the fascia to the extent that pressure in the compartment exceeds blood pressure.
When compartment pressure becomes higher than blood pressure, the force in the capillaries is no longer high enough to keep pushing blood through into the muscle.
As a result, the tissue is deprived of critical oxygen and nutrients.
What would cause that to happen? Either swelling, bleeding, or a combination of both, would raise compartment pressure. Specific conditions responsible could be:
Fracture (when the injury swells uncontrollably underneath a cast)
Bruising (severe)
A Surgical Wound that does not heal properly
Anabolic Steroids
A Sudden Increase in Physical Exertion (for instance military basic training)
It is also possible for routine exercise to lead to compartment syndrome.
(This type of compartment syndrome is deemed "chronic".)
Does compartment syndrome go away on its own? Besides being painful, compartment syndrome can damage the nerves, blood vessels, or muscle tissue.
Chronic compartment syndrome may resolve on its own with rest.
For the acute form (brought on suddenly by injury), if swelling does not subside in short order, emergency treatment is needed. Otherwise the nerves and blood vessels will start dying within just a few hours. Possible resultant complications could be:
Necrosis, requiring amputation
Paralysis
Death
How would you know if that happens to you? With chronic compartment syndrome, the signs are that:
Feeling of Fullness or Tightness in the muscle
The discomfort that comes with exercise dissipates rapidly when the activity is stopped (another name for chronic compartment syndrome is "exertional")
Most of the time it is the calf that is affected.
It may be hard to point the toes.
There may be occasional numbness.
The doctor can measure the pressure in the compartment and then compare it to the minimum blood pressure generated when the heart is between beats (the diastolic blood pressure, represented by the denominator in the blood pressure reading)
To distinguish this form of compartment syndrome from tendinitis or shin splints, the doctor will take consecutive measurements of compartment pressure prior to, and following, exercise.
For acute compartment syndrome, symptoms develop rapidly following trauma (over the course of hours):
Significant Painfulness, particularly when the muscle is stretched
Feeling of Fullness or Tightness in the muscle
Burning or Tingling (changing to numbness if oxygen is not restored soon)
What is the treatment for compartment syndrome? For an acute case, normal pressure in the compartment will be restored by draining the fluid.
An incision will be made through the fascia.
After the fluid has drained, the fascia will be stitched back together.
A skin graft may be necessary.
Chronic pressure in a compartment will be treated with:
Rest
Ice
Elevation of the Muscle
Over-the-Counter Pain Medication
Ibuprofen or
Aspirin
What is compartment syndrome? A muscle group, along with the nerves and blood vessels that supply it, is surrounded by an impenetrable membrane called a fascia. "Compartment" is the name for the area encompassed within the fascia. Compartment syndrome occurs when pressure builds up within the fascia to the extent that pressure in the compartment exceeds blood pressure.
When compartment pressure becomes higher than blood pressure, the force in the capillaries is no longer high enough to keep pushing blood through into the muscle.
As a result, the tissue is deprived of critical oxygen and nutrients.
What would cause that to happen? Either swelling, bleeding, or a combination of both, would raise compartment pressure. Specific conditions responsible could be:
Fracture (when the injury swells uncontrollably underneath a cast)
Bruising (severe)
A Surgical Wound that does not heal properly
Anabolic Steroids
A Sudden Increase in Physical Exertion (for instance military basic training)
It is also possible for routine exercise to lead to compartment syndrome.
(This type of compartment syndrome is deemed "chronic".)
Does compartment syndrome go away on its own? Besides being painful, compartment syndrome can damage the nerves, blood vessels, or muscle tissue.
Chronic compartment syndrome may resolve on its own with rest.
For the acute form (brought on suddenly by injury), if swelling does not subside in short order, emergency treatment is needed. Otherwise the nerves and blood vessels will start dying within just a few hours. Possible resultant complications could be:
Necrosis, requiring amputation
Paralysis
Death
How would you know if that happens to you? With chronic compartment syndrome, the signs are that:
Feeling of Fullness or Tightness in the muscle
The discomfort that comes with exercise dissipates rapidly when the activity is stopped (another name for chronic compartment syndrome is "exertional")
Most of the time it is the calf that is affected.
It may be hard to point the toes.
There may be occasional numbness.
The doctor can measure the pressure in the compartment and then compare it to the minimum blood pressure generated when the heart is between beats (the diastolic blood pressure, represented by the denominator in the blood pressure reading)
To distinguish this form of compartment syndrome from tendinitis or shin splints, the doctor will take consecutive measurements of compartment pressure prior to, and following, exercise.
For acute compartment syndrome, symptoms develop rapidly following trauma (over the course of hours):
Significant Painfulness, particularly when the muscle is stretched
Feeling of Fullness or Tightness in the muscle
Burning or Tingling (changing to numbness if oxygen is not restored soon)
What is the treatment for compartment syndrome? For an acute case, normal pressure in the compartment will be restored by draining the fluid.
An incision will be made through the fascia.
After the fluid has drained, the fascia will be stitched back together.
A skin graft may be necessary.
Chronic pressure in a compartment will be treated with:
Rest
Ice
Elevation of the Muscle
Over-the-Counter Pain Medication
Ibuprofen or
Aspirin
Is it sore throughout the day? Does it hurt like an over strained muscle on top of your forearm? Especially when you squeeze the bar or anything else for that matter? Do you feel it when you do overhand bent-over barbell rows? Might be tendentious... If not, try an UTC like Celabrex for joint pain…
I never subscribe to the premise that you should "work through" an injury. Always try to work around it or stop. If not, you could really fuck yourself up in the end...
I never subscribe to the premise that you should "work through" an injury. Always try to work around it or stop. If not, you could really fuck yourself up in the end...
I don't think its form because it hurts with dumbells and/or a bar. Also my form is good and it is still painful with light weights and very strict form. The only thing I can think of is maybe the muscle is pushing down on a nerve or something. No juice for me for the past year.
junk
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BRO, I know EXACTLY what you mean. I had it too twice actually in the past.
It would REALLY hurt and make it impossible actually to do straight bar cruls or even EZ-Bar curls or preacher curls.
The pain is usually in a VERY narrow angle. That is you can work at other angles with no pain at all.
It happened to me twice in the past and I NEVER stopped! I found that when I continued through pain it really did heal faster. However, I tried to make biceps exercises that have the least impact on the wrists, Ez-Bar curls are out of the question. But alt. seated dubbell curls were ok.
Here's a tip that works wonders, mainly as to prevent the issue in the first place. Warm up and lubricate your wrist by starting to make 'round like' moves with each hand about 15 minutes or so because you even start working bis. You really have to lubricate the joints, it worked WONDERS to me!! Without lubricating the joints the pain would always come big time after high intensity work, and usually could irritate for weeks.
It would REALLY hurt and make it impossible actually to do straight bar cruls or even EZ-Bar curls or preacher curls.
The pain is usually in a VERY narrow angle. That is you can work at other angles with no pain at all.
It happened to me twice in the past and I NEVER stopped! I found that when I continued through pain it really did heal faster. However, I tried to make biceps exercises that have the least impact on the wrists, Ez-Bar curls are out of the question. But alt. seated dubbell curls were ok.
Here's a tip that works wonders, mainly as to prevent the issue in the first place. Warm up and lubricate your wrist by starting to make 'round like' moves with each hand about 15 minutes or so because you even start working bis. You really have to lubricate the joints, it worked WONDERS to me!! Without lubricating the joints the pain would always come big time after high intensity work, and usually could irritate for weeks.
actually it is carpal tunnel syndrome, altough a sort of. i have it to and have been to a doctor. it seems like there are muscles in a sort of tunnel. and the muscle get's swollen up in a reaction to the exercise. but it can't get out. the makes you have muscle cramps that feel like a very bad pain. you can do two things. strech the muscle every day, ore buy iron grips. they will relieve the pain!
jacopomiller
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I had the same problem until very recently when I finally started stretching correctly. Make sure that when you stretch your wrists/ forearms that you stretch them both ways with your wrist facing up and your wrist facing down. It's a totally different stretch.
