Pains :(

[polarmystery]

Hey fellows,

I am going to the doctor next week, but before I do I was wondering if anyone else besides myself have had these few pains I've experienced. Most of them are mild and don't hurt when I'm not doing any heavy movement, but I think some of them came from either using too much weight or improper form (I'm being humble/modest here). Here is a list of problems I've had:

Left knee: Sporadic pain by knee cap (towards inner thigh). I've been to the doctor with this one and I wear a knee brace now, have taken meds for it but pain still there but less.

Forearm splints: I think it's from weak forearm strength. Pain localized by both arms half-way between elbow and wrist doing barbell curls (I've stopped doing bb curls).

Right trap pain: Not sure how I hurt this. Pain is sharp when I breathe but dulls after time. if you take your left arm and feel as far down as you can over your right shoulder where the trap is, that is where the pain is.

Right arm forearm pain: This pain is closer to the elbow and new. Pain exist 1 inch from at around 135 degree's from the elbow joint (suppenated towards the body). No idea how I got this injury, but it happened last week and prevents me from heavy lifting bench/barbell presses.

Update:
Trap injury is apparently just an inflammed muscle. The forearm is sprained, and apparently I need some PT to work out some back issues I've had. Glad nothing is out of whack too bad.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

For all of these pains, you should be trying to actively rehabilitate them. Instead of going to the doctor and getting something that minimizes pain, you should ask the doctor for a physical therapy (PT) prescription. PT will allow you to strengthen and coordinate your body in such a way that often eliminates pain altogether.

Your forearm pain is a direct result of straight barbell curls. The curl bar was created for a reason. It overrotates the arm and easily induces elbow tendonitis.

Your trapezius pain sounds like it may be from rotator cuff weakness. Often times, if the rotator cuff is insufficiently strong, the trapezius has to deal with increased strain on many pulling movements. Perhaps try doing some very light, high rep shoulder rehab exercises. Even if you went to a PT for your knee, you could get some rotator cuff exercises from them.

Again, the forearm pain sounds like tendonitis. It may just be worse in the right arm than in the left. It's not hard to fix, it just takes time and effort. Seeing a PT is probably your best bet to get these aches and pains to go away.

 

[eits]

Hey fellows,

I am going to the doctor next week, but before I do I was wondering if anyone else besides myself have had these few pains I've experienced. Most of them are mild and don't hurt when I'm not doing any heavy movement, but I think some of them came from either using too much weight or improper form (I'm being humble/modest here). Here is a list of problems I've had:

Left knee: Sporadic pain by knee cap (towards inner thigh). I've been to the doctor with this one and I wear a knee brace now, have taken meds for it but pain still there but less.

Forearm splints: I think it's from weak forearm strength. Pain localized by both arms half-way between elbow and wrist doing barbell curls (I've stopped doing bb curls).

Right trap pain: Not sure how I hurt this. Pain is sharp when I breathe but dulls after time. if you take your left arm and feel as far down as you can over your right shoulder where the trap is, that is where the pain is.

Right arm forearm pain: This pain is closer to the elbow and new. Pain exist 1 inch from at around 135 degree's from the elbow joint (suppenated towards the body). No idea how I got this injury, but it happened last week and prevents me from heavy lifting bench/barbell presses.

knee: well, i'm glad you're taking medicine for the pain. medicine really cures the problem. :roll; more than likely, it's a pelvic rotation causing muscle tension at the insertion of your sartorius and inner thigh muscles.

forearm: most likely a minor strain from curling your wrists when you do bicep curls (not tendonitis)

right trap: you have a rib out of place. you also have a supraspinatus injury. ice your shoulder and don't use it too much for a couple days.

right forearm: same thing as the other forearm pain (not tendonitis).

go see a chiropractor and pt... or a chiropractor who does pt or has a pt on staff.

 

[polarmystery]

knee: well, i'm glad you're taking medicine for the pain. medicine really cures the problem. :roll; more than likely, it's a pelvic rotation causing muscle tension at the insertion of your sartorius and inner thigh muscles.

forearm: most likely a minor strain from curling your wrists when you do bicep curls (not tendonitis)

right trap: you have a rib out of place. you also have a supraspinatus injury. ice your shoulder and don't use it too much for a couple days.

right forearm: same thing as the other forearm pain (not tendonitis).

go see a chiropractor and pt... or a chiropractor who does pt or has a pt on staff.

For the knee, I went to an orthopedic doctor who prescribed me Nabumetone and told me to follow up if the pain didn't go away after I was done and it didn't. I already scheduled a follow up.

The trap thing is scary! If you are sure I have a rib out of place then how the hell did I do that? I don't think it's a supraspinatus injury as the pain is closer to the bottom of the trap almost middle back.

For the forearms I have no idea. If I rotate my right arm counterclockwise, the new pain gets worse right by the elbow joint and facing down at the 6 o'clock position.

Anyway I'll report after the 7th when I have my next appointment. Thanks so far you guys.

 

[conorvansmack]

I had a rib in my back out of place in college. It was stretching one of my rhomboids and it hurt like hell. It sounds kind of similar to your problem. My primary care doc was an ostepath and he did an adjustment/manipulation. I had never heard my back crack so many times! No pain, just lots of popping and cracking. After a few days, the pain was gone. In my case, he said it was caused by going from an active lifestyle (sports/coaching) to a sedentary one (history major reading books and writing papers).

Good luck!

 

[Tech_savy]

You have a long list

Workout buddy. You will be fine.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

You have a long list

Workout buddy. You will be fine.

Is your answer to everything - "work out?" That's not necessarily right, lol.

 

[eits]

For the knee, I went to an orthopedic doctor who prescribed me Nabumetone and told me to follow up if the pain didn't go away after I was done and it didn't. I already scheduled a follow up.

The trap thing is scary! If you are sure I have a rib out of place then how the hell did I do that? I don't think it's a supraspinatus injury as the pain is closer to the bottom of the trap almost middle back.

For the forearms I have no idea. If I rotate my right arm counterclockwise, the new pain gets worse right by the elbow joint and facing down at the 6 o'clock position.

Anyway I'll report after the 7th when I have my next appointment. Thanks so far you guys.

1... you shouldn't have issues with your knees at your young age. your biomechanics are off.

2... your rib is out because i've seen it a thousand times. easy to fix. it happens just because. things subluxate sometimes, mainly because of thoracic spine misalignments. based on what you said about your shoulder hurting when you pushed on the outside border of your shoulder at the top, that indicates, to me, a supraspinatus issue, a bursitis, or an a/c separation. since you didn't state any trauma, that potentially rules out the a/c seperation. supraspinatus issues and bursitis go hand-in-hand a lot of the times, so supraspinatus issue it is.

3... do you do wrist extension workouts? like, reverse wrist curls? play tennis? i'm still going with strain... but by now, it's probably myofascitis or myositis.

 

[eits]

I had a rib in my back out of place in college. It was stretching one of my rhomboids and it hurt like hell. It sounds kind of similar to your problem. My primary care doc was an ostepath and he did an adjustment/manipulation. I had never heard my back crack so many times! No pain, just lots of popping and cracking. After a few days, the pain was gone. In my case, he said it was caused by going from an active lifestyle (sports/coaching) to a sedentary one (history major reading books and writing papers).

Good luck!

love the avatar, man.

 

[polarmystery]

1... you shouldn't have issues with your knees at your young age. your biomechanics are off.

2... your rib is out because i've seen it a thousand times. easy to fix. it happens just because. things subluxate sometimes, mainly because of thoracic spine misalignments. based on what you said about your shoulder hurting when you pushed on the outside border of your shoulder at the top, that indicates, to me, a supraspinatus issue, a bursitis, or an a/c separation. since you didn't state any trauma, that potentially rules out the a/c seperation. supraspinatus issues and bursitis go hand-in-hand a lot of the times, so supraspinatus issue it is.

3... do you do wrist extension workouts? like, reverse wrist curls? play tennis? i'm still going with strain... but by now, it's probably myofascitis or myositis.

1. I agree with you completely. I've been trying desperately to fix my form doing squats and I tried the frog hop method (where you squat down without any weight and hop around like a frog so your legs are aligned in their natural position) and used that form to do squats. So far it has helped. My dad has bad knees and I don't (read:hope) it's not a joint issue because I can't take glucosamine because I am allergic to shellfish.

2. As long as it's easy to fix then I'm happy.

3. No I never did. In all of my workouts, I always did all the 'core' exercises (squats/dl/bench/oh press) for years and never had a problem. I think genetically my biceps grow a lot bigger progressively than the rest of my body. I'm not ruling it out though that the problem is with my forearms muscles because I never did them and I tried them the other day and they were pretty weak for the amount of weight I was putting up with them.

I tend to freak out when I get injuries because I enjoy being in the gym even though I only go 3-4 times a week. If I can't go to the gym then I get bored and antsy and feel like my progress gets stuck in limbo. Hopefully after my appointment next week I will get referred to a chiropractor and my issues can go away. After my diagnosis, I was thinking about spending a month doing a bunch of calisthenic type of workouts without too much resistance to improve form using just my bodyweight.

I guess it's time for a refresh exercise overhaul...again

Thanks again all of you!

 

[polarmystery]

updated

 

[eits]

told ya.