strange pain - advice needed! page

[tommyho1]

hey guys,

so i have noticed recently that have developed a strange pain when im doing barbell curls. whilst doing the exercise everything is fine but as soon as i go to put the bar down on the floor and begin to release my grip, i get a shooting pain right up the outside of my forearm, only on my right arm.

its really strange - it doesnt feel like a muscular pain so what else could it be? i have looked around on the internet and not been able to find any reasonable answer.

[NutMeg]

lateral epicondylitis maybe?

[Coach Palfrey]

It's natures way of telling you not to do barbell curls.

[Royehodgeson]

Hi,,,
Kindly provide the following information in order to advice you better.
The area you forget to mention where are you feeling the pain?
how long you are feeling this pain?

[AaronM]

Hey tommyho1,

That sounds a little like tennis elbow inflammation, and a little like trigger points. I'm no doctor, but I have had excruciating elbow pain in the past - and here's what I found out about how to treat tennis elbow.

Massaging trigger points is a simple and cheap way of seeing if the pain's tense-muscle related. And it helps me with a ton of my own muscle pain!

If the page above doesn't help, you should try seeing a doctor. Especially if the pain has been getting worse for a long time. Getting hurt isn't any fun, but getting a chronic overuse injury (and recovering from it) is even less fun.

I hope this helps,
Aaron

[tommyho1]

the pain is pretty much all the way from my wrist up to my elbow along the outer "side". it only lasts for about 5 seconds and it only happens when i put the bar down and release my grip.