Ok on my leftinside elbow it hurts and than on my right outside elbow it hurts.From curling to working on my forearms it kills me. I went out and brought some elbow supports on amazon just waiting for them to get here so I can try them out. I have been searching ways to fix it or at least find out to let it heal. All I could find is with time it will be better and using some elbow supports to take some pressure off the elbows to prevent further injuries. Anyone got any advice with this?

John,

Are you sure it is not the attachment points of your forearm muscles into the elbow area that are hurting versus the elbow joint itself? I have not heard of elbows hurting from curling or forearm work and my personal experiences with elbow pain have been more from tendinitis from tricep work.

When you curl, are you keeping your wrists straight or are you also curling your hands? Hands should stay straight at all times. Are you keeping your arms down while you curl or are you raising them at the shoulder a bit when you curl? Most of the time the pain in the areas you describe when curling is caused by not keeping the elbows stationary and the hands flat when curling - especially if using heavy weight.

Elbow supports will help and allow the area to heal but until you find the root cause you will just hurt them again once they heal and you don't use them anymore.

John

If you feel pain, and that is preventing you to lift normally, I would stop for a while until it's healed or go to a doctor. Joint or tendon injuries can easly become a permanent problem, that keeps coming back or doesn't go away at all.

Then, when everything is back to normal, and if you are sure that your lifting tecnique is not the problem, I would use supports to prevent the pain from coming back.

Sounds like your shoulders are rounded forward and combine that with poor wrist mobility, you get tendon pain near the elbow, or even "inside" the elbow. Forearm flexors are probably too tight and stiff so they get inflammed and forearm extersors are probably too weak so they re doing too much work on a limited range of motion which is causing extra inflammation. Shoulder rounding is typical with elbow problems.

Buying elbow supports will make it worse. Lifting is not more important that your health. You need to fix the issue first, then continue with your hobby of lifting weights. Elbow supports will take some pressure off, but they dont fix the root issue so you wont be able to lift without them. It will never heal on its own.

So having said that, you obviously have to go to a sports therapist or a skilled physical therapist that will understand the root problem and help elimininate it. If you absolutely dont want to go to a doctor, you have to start improving the mobility of your wrists and elbows. Thats means dynamic and static stretching every day. Also try to improve your posture. When your shoulders round forward they internally rotate the whole arm which aids the problem.

Finally, I have to warn you about the dangers of weightlifting. Most people like to lift weights without doing anything to counter its bad effects on the body. You need to be doing some kind of stretching routine 2-3 times a week. Maybe some yoga or a martial art of some kind. Otherwise, the strengthening of certain muscles (lats,chest,biceps,shoulders,hamstrings,hip flexors,quads) messes up your posture and your joint mobility. It happens slowly, so people that have this problem dont even notice it on themselves.

Kostas

When I first started lifting after not doing anything for 20 years I was having pain in my elbows for curls and triceps work. It hurt on inside of mine. (Should say I was having pain before I even started lifting the first time) anyways with time it went away along with everyday activities causing pain. Mine certainly felt like it was in joint and not muscle.

After a month or so pain went away and got stronger until 6 weeks ago when I broke my left radial head neck I feel same kind of pain when I try to lift too much weight with left arm. Getting better again.

If you've been lifting a while I'd go to dr to get checked if not lifting long time I'd still recommend dr but chances are it will get better over time. Lighten load and give it little more time.

thanks for the advice guys I will check with a doctor when I get back from this deployment. I have been lifting lighter to counter the pain in my elbows so I can still lift regularly. I will definitely work on my form and keep my shoulders back to try that out and see how it feels.

Know this post is a year old but I wondered how you made out with your problem? I have suffered from tennis elbow/tendonitis on and off for 20 years now, this is what your initial problem sounds like to me. Usually from overuse of flexors and not so much bad form although that wouldn't help curling the wrists.

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