There are certain things you should do for any injury. You'll get plenty of people telling you "I did this and I was fine" but that doesn't mean that is the correct thing to do only that it turned out ok for them. Some people try to work through it or go back to lifting too soon, etc. and everything turns out ok. For other injuries that same action can turn into a lifelong chronic problem. Not that anybody has told you anything that wrong...there are simply certain things you can do to get you back in the game quicker and safer.

Given that, these type of forearm pains are pretty common so you should be fine...but I would give it a good weak before lifting then start back in with lighter weights as everyone said. You may want to start stretching the forearms at that time as well as incorportating some forearm work.

With a fresh injury don't use heat. You'll only increase the inflamation. When there is bleeding present you'll increase that too. Use ice for a few days until the primary inflammation has gone down then you can use heat.

There is an Injuries sticky you can read to get an idea of first steps. In the training section.



If there is pain present, wrap it with ace bandages or another type of wrap. Not too tight. If that helps the pain then keep the wrap on. If it makes it worse take it off.

After a couple of days you can use heat. After you take some time off and go back to lifting everthing needs to hinge on the amount of pain you experience.

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If you act sanctimonious I will just list out your logical fallacies until you get pissed off and spew blasphemous remarks.