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ONDraft · 03-13-2007, 02:35 PM

Today I woke up with a terrible arm pain. Underneath my underarm & underneath my elbow. I talked to kid at school and he said its happened to him b4 and to stretch more b4 you lift. I did deadlifts, followed by farmer walks, alot more weight than usual on the farmers but.... Im thinking its something serious, its hurts to stretch out my arm sometimes and when i apply pressure/

Eric3237 · 03-13-2007, 02:45 PM

It's got nothing to do with stretching before you lift. Ice it down. Read the first page of the injury sticky. Sounds like you at least have a strain.

ONDraft · 03-13-2007, 02:59 PM

i dont understand how i could sprain my left arm and not my right if thats what it is

Eric3237 · 03-13-2007, 03:26 PM

Sprains are of the joint (i.e. ligaments) Strains are basically mild muscle (or tendon) pulls. Why would you think you'd have to injure both arms at once? Have you ever heard of anyone spraining their ankles instead of their ankle?

It's either something is injured and inflamed in some way or you have a mysterious illness that causes a weird pain in you arm

ONDraft · 03-13-2007, 05:41 PM

so i basically cant do anything until its healed. ??

ONDraft · 03-13-2007, 05:54 PM

and the reason i dont understand why it only happened to one arm is because the only way i think i could have really strained it is from deadlifts or farmers, but im thinking farmers. same weight each hand.? doesnt make sense to me really.

thonaker · 03-13-2007, 05:58 PM

You shouldn't do something that will hurt you worse than you allready are. You will end up spending more time out of the gym. You at least want to rest up the injured part so it can heal.

If you haven't taken a week or so off in a while, now might be a good time to do that.

Troy

ONDraft · 03-13-2007, 06:02 PM

I can still run n shit right??

Kane · 03-13-2007, 06:41 PM

I'm gonna guess your right handed. That would make it your "strong" arm and would explain why you could strain one arm and not the other...even though you're doing exercises with both arms involved at the same time.

AND, you don't stretch before a workout...you warmup. Stretching can weaken muscles and thats not what you want before jerking up a bar on deadlift or farmer's walk.

I agree with the other advice posted as well.

ONDraft · 03-13-2007, 08:01 PM

In the injury sticky it says to____
Step 1: Stop! Stop training. Stop moving around as soon as you can and try to asses the inury. Just don’t damage it further. If you hurt yourself somewhere in your upper body that doesn’t mean you should ignore it and switch to legs. The sooner you begin treatment, the better.

Now I`d imagine I have a grade I muscle strain because it hurts, but yet throughout the day today it`s progressively getting better. Also im bored as fuck when I cant workout and probably get my self into doing dumb shit I dont need to be doin. I need to work out.

03-13-2007, 02:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53	Arm Pain Today I woke up with a terrible arm pain. Underneath my underarm & underneath my elbow. I talked to kid at school and he said its happened to him b4 and to stretch more b4 you lift. I did deadlifts, followed by farmer walks, alot more weight than usual on the farmers but.... Im thinking its something serious, its hurts to stretch out my arm sometimes and when i apply pressure/
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53

03-13-2007, 02:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Eric3237 Moderator Rank: Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,478 Country: Gender:	It's got nothing to do with stretching before you lift. Ice it down. Read the first page of the injury sticky. Sounds like you at least have a strain.
	Eric3237's Sig:Anybody can talk a lot. Smart people listen... -Son's first grade teacher

03-13-2007, 02:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53	i dont understand how i could sprain my left arm and not my right if thats what it is
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03-13-2007, 03:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Eric3237 Moderator Rank: Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,478 Country: Gender:	Sprains are of the joint (i.e. ligaments) Strains are basically mild muscle (or tendon) pulls. Why would you think you'd have to injure both arms at once? Have you ever heard of anyone spraining their ankles instead of their ankle? It's either something is injured and inflamed in some way or you have a mysterious illness that causes a weird pain in you arm
	Eric3237's Sig:Anybody can talk a lot. Smart people listen... -Son's first grade teacher

03-13-2007, 05:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53	so i basically cant do anything until its healed. ??
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53

03-13-2007, 05:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53	and the reason i dont understand why it only happened to one arm is because the only way i think i could have really strained it is from deadlifts or farmers, but im thinking farmers. same weight each hand.? doesnt make sense to me really.
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53

03-13-2007, 05:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
thonaker Rank: Member Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 61 Country: Gender:	You shouldn't do something that will hurt you worse than you allready are. You will end up spending more time out of the gym. You at least want to rest up the injured part so it can heal. If you haven't taken a week or so off in a while, now might be a good time to do that. Troy
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03-13-2007, 06:02 PM	#8 (permalink)
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53	I can still run n shit right??
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03-13-2007, 06:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kane Rank: Lightweight Experience: 3-5 Years Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,419 Country: Gender:	I'm gonna guess your right handed. That would make it your "strong" arm and would explain why you could strain one arm and not the other...even though you're doing exercises with both arms involved at the same time. AND, you don't stretch before a workout...you warmup. Stretching can weaken muscles and thats not what you want before jerking up a bar on deadlift or farmer's walk. I agree with the other advice posted as well.
	Kane's Sig:Bench:275 [1x1] Deadlift:365 [1x3] A2G Squat:275 [1x3] "Shut up and squat!" "NO, this is my squat rack. Go get your own!"

03-13-2007, 08:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53	In the injury sticky it says to____ Step 1: Stop! Stop training. Stop moving around as soon as you can and try to asses the inury. Just don’t damage it further. If you hurt yourself somewhere in your upper body that doesn’t mean you should ignore it and switch to legs. The sooner you begin treatment, the better. Now I`d imagine I have a grade I muscle strain because it hurts, but yet throughout the day today it`s progressively getting better. Also im bored as fuck when I cant workout and probably get my self into doing dumb shit I dont need to be doin. I need to work out.
ONDraft Rank: Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 53

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