Thread: Forearm Pain, help?

So basically, I have a nagging pain in my left forearm... pretty much any movement that requires me to flex in any way that resembles a reverse forearm curl, hold the weight steady (like laterals).
Need advice to help fix/prevent other than the old don’t do it if it hurts...
Thanks!


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Originally Posted by melochai

So basically, I have a nagging pain in my left forearm... pretty much any movement that requires me to flex in any way that resembles a reverse forearm curl, hold the weight steady (like laterals).
Need advice to help fix/prevent other than the old don’t do it if it hurts...
Thanks!


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I have seen a lot of posts about TB500/BPC157
May be an option. Definitely research; interesting protocols and varied results.

Max

Gotcha. I’ve seen some of that but looking for a more basic, non supplemented aid.... just work, stretch, or whatever I’m doing wrong, Incase it’s something I’m just not doing that I should... LoL


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So not sure if you every got an answer this post being a few months old but for anyone coming in wanting an answer I’ll post my findings and experience. So A few months ago I was experience deep elbow/forearm pain when griping anything lifting anything laterally and curls.

To find the issue causing the pain I first stopped any really heavy lifting till the pain was mostly gone then slowly increase the weight till it started getting worse again then I cycled through all my exercises taking a week off from one each week then added it back in and so on and so forth till I was through all of the lifts that could potentially be causing it. My goal was to work hard but when I experienced a lessening in pain then that should be the culprit. I narrowed it down to bicep curls and skull crushers so I immediately stopped doing anything arms till the pain was completely gone with a couple weeks thrown in for good measure. I then started to do bicep curls lightly gradually increasing the weight and volume till I was back to basically full strength. No pain, next I added the skull crushers in till close to max but ended up experiencing pain. So bam that’s the culprit.

I found that doing heavy skull crushers really killed my elbows but I usually felt them a few days later so thought it was a different exercise that was hurting me. Anyway basically the pain was tendinitis or tennis elbow. To treat the pain I use multiple things alternating between ice and heat after a work out, good stretching routine and warm those elbows up with light to moderate exercises before doing any heavy lifting. There is also a tendon “massage” technique you can use to help with tendon pain.

To do this take a rubber band not the loop but the kind that is just a length of rubber find one that is long enough to to wrap around your arm tightly many times, the goal is the tightly wrap your bicep down to you mid forearm to the point where your almost cutting off the circulation but not quite. Then you want to take a light weight something like 30-40% of your max and do a bunch of bicep curls. This puts pressure on the tendon and sleeve around the tendon and it basically massages it. After around 20-30 reps take the band off and your done. I would recommend icing after you can also switch from ice to heat to really get relief.

I’m not a doctor or anything I’m just passing on what my physical therapist said to try. After a few weeks of doing this my elbow and forearms feel great. Also if the pain hasn’t been there for a long time you can just stop the working that part of the body and give your tendon a chance to heal. The cause of the pain is most likely over use, too heavy weight, or bad form. I would look into all of these to find the correct way to heal. Hope this post helps.


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If you go the TB500 route, 10grams for the 1st month and then 2 to 5 every month. Least that what I have done and it works IMO. I had a partial tear in my left bicep. Heal pretty good and now still able to do the same weights.