Question about pain while doing bicep curls...............

[Calico]

I have upped my weight when doing most of the exercises in Power Hour and I just slow the reps down or do every other rep. But I have noticed that the last couple of times that I have done this that during bicep curls at 25 pounds that my chest actually the area below my clavicle hurts with a sharp pain.It shoots down to about my breast and stops, and it is only on the left side. I tend to hold my elbows into my side so as to not swing the barbell,not sure if this has anything to do with the pain.:-( I can work through it but it is just the fact that it is there and hurts when I do that exercise.

Also a while back I posted about pain while doing front raises with a plate in Power Hour,I did lower the weight but the pain is still there and I am not locking my elbows. Dropping to a 3 pound dumbbell has made the pain tolerable and I can continue with the other exercises. I bring this up because I notice the same type of pain when driving with my arms out in front on the steering wheel, for any length of time. My dh says that is sounds like tendonitis. If so how do I go about getting past this point. I did take a 2 week break from doing front raises but that didn't seem to do the job, the pain was back once I resumed.:+ Just wondering if anybody else has experienced anything like this before and what you did for it ;-)

Thanks

 

[Aquajock]

I do not do the Power Hour workout, so this is just a shot in the dark: could I suggest your substituting two dumbbells with equivalent combined weight as the 25-lb barbell you're now using? It could be there is a subtle thing happening from the wrist on up, with the barbell keeping it in a fixed position, that might be causing that twinge in the left side. With dumbbells you can allow a slight curve to the wrist as you raise and lower the weights that a barbell does not allow.

Just a thought - others?

A-jock

 

[LB]

RE: Question about pain while doing bicep curls...........

Hi Annette,

I had an impingement in my right shoulder that was causing alot of pain. I know that's not the same as what you have, but what I did that worked was, instead of just resting the injury, I cut WAY back on the weights until I could do however many reps Cathe did without ANY pain. It was hard, because I didn't want to go back down on my weights, but it was the only thing that worked for me that allowed the injury to heal while still using it enough to keep from losing muscle. I actually started by just doing the motions and using no weights, then eventually I added weights starting with 2 pound weights. I did the same with both arms the whole time my injury was healing to keep my muscles on both sides even. It was difficult for me emotionally because I felt I wasn't doing enough, but it worked and, after a few months, the injury was completely healed.

Obviously, you need to check with your doctor, but since you are using such heavy weights like I was, I thought I would share what worked for me. Mine was definitely from using too heavy of a weight. I still have to be careful and now I'm aware and know to back off when I start feeling the slightest tinge of pain, but I completely healed myself and was still able to workout, which was what was most important to me.

You have to take your ego out of it and listen to your body. You are not gaining ANYTHING if you are feeling pain. It's not worth it and you will get back to where you were if you are patient and think about needing to continue exercising the rest of your life and how to manage that instead of just constantly increasing or improving. That was the hardest part for me, but once I realized I was being too aggresive and cut back on the weights, I actually got stronger because I was building slowly and not overworking my muscles.

I hope this info helps
Laura