A few months ago I had a slight soreness between my elbow and wrist it went away and wasnt to bad to deal with.
Now months later I have a sharp pain that goes on the inside between my elbow and wrist. It’s affecting my arm day heavely - Curls are doable but the first rep especially I can barely get it up without cheating a little bit.
Anyway - any clue what the hell this is? It’s starting to piss me off to the point where I’m throwing my weights down ect - just really setting my temper off.
Also take time off what hurts it or just go to an extremely low weight? I’m bulking and in the middle of taking a test booster so I really don’t wanna slap my active rest week right in the middle of it to let it recover.
Is on the thumb side or pinky side of your wrist/forearm?
It may be a tennis elbow or related type problem. Cheating is most definitely NOT the answer.
Is thsi BB curls? If so, try DBs movements.
Drop your weights down about ~10% and do some superslow reps for a while. Absolutely no jerks at the top or bottom. Take this opportunity to really squeeze your biceps at the top — this will give you good stimulation to make up for the lesser weight.
Hurts to turn doorknobs, hell even bend a nalgene bottle up to my mouth to drink.
Just below the elbow.
My guess is it’s tendonitis/muscle strain associated with overuse.
I take an anti-inflamitory (200 mg’s ibuprofen three times a day with food) to take the edge off, but it still hurts. I’m 5 weeks into a 12 week program so there is no way I’m going to adjust my workouts, I’m just pushing through it. As for flexibility, I’ve employed a trick I learned in physical therapy after I broke my elbow on my unaffected arm about 5 years ago.
Every evening I hold a hammer in my hand, at the bottom, keep my elbow stationary, and twist my wrist back and forth holding the hammer upright. I do this in sets of 10 for 20 reps. It seems to help.