starting strength gym
Results 1 to 3 of 3

Thread: Chronic lower forearm pain

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jun 2016
    Posts
    418

    Default Chronic lower forearm pain

    • starting strength seminar april 2024
    • starting strength seminar jume 2024
    • starting strength seminar august 2024
    I have managed to injure myself doing barbell curls. For the past few years I have had chronic lower forearm pain to the point where my hand shakes uncontrollably. Ways I have injured it have been: barbell curls with a traditional grip palms up, doing bear crawls and crab walks for bjj warmups, and swinging a six pound stone hammer all day will aggravate it too.

    My wrists are very skinny, but my hands are larger than anyone’s at my mma gym or my friends, to the point where I can wrap my hand around my wrist and my thumb will touch my middle knuckle. I am wondering if it is a grip strength issue, which I am working on through deadlifts in the nlp, but had the same issue when I was deadlifting into the 400s for reps.

    Is this common, and does anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance for any replies.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Wichita Falls, Texas
    Posts
    2,414

    Default

    Straight bar barbell curls are known to be extremely provocative when someone has pronator teres syndrome. Forearm pain with barbell curls is almost certainly PTS. Will present with forearm pain and neurological symptoms similar to carpal tunnel syndrome.

    I’ve had it. It sucks. I got rid of it by not doing barbell curls.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2016
    Posts
    418

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Will Morris View Post
    Straight bar barbell curls are known to be extremely provocative when someone has pronator teres syndrome. Forearm pain with barbell curls is almost certainly PTS. Will present with forearm pain and neurological symptoms similar to carpal tunnel syndrome.

    I’ve had it. It sucks. I got rid of it by not doing barbell curls.
    Thank you Will, that’s an easy enough solution. Appreciate it.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •