Think i screwed up the forearms

[EricT]

The thing is a lot of the people who say stuff like this are not talking about form at all. They make it sound like it's and inevitalble consequence. When I do straight bar curls my elbows remain pinned to my side. Hell, even when I go ahead an cheat up a last rep every once and a while I avoid letting my elbows dance all over the place or my shoulders getting all funky.

Not to beat a dead horse or anything. It just gets on my nerves. Sometimes straight bar curls cause people problems. Sometimes they don't. I blame it on the large amount of lab-rat types out there who have very little practical experience and who've never pushed heavy weights to start with.

[Andrew87]

lol did bench and what not fine. soon as i started biceps it wasnt happening. Well anyways im going to stop i guess till monday on lifting with my arms and ill ise em up every night. Kinda pissed off and sad lol.... ill just do abs and legs i guess to finish up this week. Thanks for again for your advice

[EricT]

Read the first part of the injuries sticky. Go from there. Believe me I feel your pain.

[Andrew87]

so does my injury fall under muscle? because i dont know it its muscle or bone lol

[Darkhorse]

Originally Posted by 0311

I think it's called ulnar stress syndrome and it's due to extreme supination of the forearms and undue stress placed on the ulna secondary to weak forearm musculature. Usually happends when a bodybuilder neglects his forearms.

I'm 99% sure I had the same thing..It's musculature.

If you take a week off and stay away from anything straight bar involving curling, and it magically goes away, then I was right..

[EricT]

Originally Posted by Eric

I think 0311 is probably right.

Then I'll be right too!

*Edit* Just a joke. Me, or anyone else being right is not the point.

[Andrew87]

Then im probably ok to do back today i think. ill give it a shot.

[Sleeper]

I can sympathise. Currently I am taking and extended layoff due to a bicep injury. If this injury causes sharp blasts of pain to shoot up your forearms I would listen to some of this forumns senior members advise. Personaly, I have experianced this and found through an x-ray that I had a few micro-fractures in my Ulna and Radius forearm bones that needed to heal. I know this might sound depressing but I firmly feel that the muscle tendons and ligaments need to be treated with care just like a fracture or break of a bone. I would first stop applying resistance to the affected area. You only aggravating the area. Apply some good RICE advice. Take some time away fromt the weight pile and let mother nature heal itself. It might take about 8 - 10 weelks or so. I know its real crapper that you cant train it but look at it in the grander picture 8 - 10 weeks is nothing compared to the following years a training you will reap but letting this injury heal correctly. Make sure to do some light stretching and maybe a little whirle pool therapy.
Good Luck
Sleeper

[Andrew87]

so aftera little more thena week form taking a break my forearms are feeling great. Monday ill start working them again and see how it goes. I dont think i had any major injury to them.

[EricT]

Originally Posted by Sleeper

have experianced this and found through an x-ray that I had a few micro-fractures in my Ulna and Radius forearm bones that needed to heal. I know this might sound depressing but I firmly feel that the muscle tendons and ligaments need to be treated with care just like a fracture or break of a bone.

This is a good point. Especially considering that one of the ways that these microfractures can tear is through long term and severe weaking to the soft tissues causing too much load to be transferred to the bones themselves. Not that I think you, Andrew, have any fratures.

If you're starting back then do it with very light weitghts and fairly high reps. BTW, I would say that 8-10 weeks of inactivity is not always a good idea. The initial healing is done quicker (of course depending on severity) and after that doing some light work can be therapeutic in it's own right in addition to the stretching and heating. You need to encourage your body to heal in a proper way and quite frankly you need to give it a reason. Too long a period of inactivity allowing the tissues to atrophy is not going to encourage you body to head in the right direction. Let pain be your guide during all this.

A general rule of thumb is after using RICE and the intitial inflammation and swelling has gone down (48 to 72 hours) then is the time to start doing some gentle stretching, heating, massaging, and some very light activity. This period can be around two weeks. You'll go by pain. Stretching may be a little uncomfortable but not painful so apply the pressure accordingly. As for as activity if it hurts at all, then wait a little longer. I am not talking about a little tightness or discomfort, I am talking pain.

After about 2 weeks of this it is time to start regaining the fitness in the area by starting out with very light weights and fairly high reps (12-15)...keep the volume low at first, and gradually increase.

Just because your forearms feel ok now, you still want to start out light.