Pain along Ulna during easy bar curls

[Hound53]

Any of you guys/gals ever get sharp pains along the outside of the arm about halfway between the elbow and wrist during a curling session?

Happened to me this morning on my second set, felt like the bone itself and almost like a shin splint in my right arm. I was using a easy curl bar and switched to a straight bar for my third set and used used the same weight with no pain at all.Someone told me the easy curl bar forces the shoulder to wrist alignment into a unnatural state. Any opinions?

[ntrllftr]

I had a friend who use to get pains in his forearms while curling. I told him to loosen his grip. He was squeezing the bar too hard.
I don't know if this is your problem but Just a thought.

[farsscf]

I have had this pain for about a year now. Went to the DR, even had xrays taken. No help from him. I ice it occasionally and it hasn't stopped me from working out but is a real bother sometimes. Sure would love to heal it.

[ScubaDave]

I had this - hurt real bad - felt like it went straight to the bone. The most I could find on it was something called "ulnar stress syndrome". I added forearm exercises to my routine and it went away after a few weeks.

[Shreddedgeek]

I had a friend who use to get pains in his forearms while curling. I told him to loosen his grip. He was squeezing the bar too hard.
I don't know if this is your problem but Just a thought.

x2

Death grip on the bar and curling the wrist up in the movement. This lengthens the tendon and puts stress on it because your wrist are already at an angle with the EZ bar.

try them with a low weight and see if you curl your wrists, if so adjust your grip and form and increase the weight

[farsscf]

I had this - hurt real bad - felt like it went straight to the bone. The most I could find on it was something called "ulnar stress syndrome". I added forearm exercises to my routine and it went away after a few weeks.

x2

Death grip on the bar and curling the wrist up in the movement. This lengthens the tendon and puts stress on it because your wrist are already at an angle with the EZ bar.

try them with a low weight and see if you curl your wrists, if so adjust your grip and form and increase the weight

Thanks, I am so tired of it. It hurts like you said, I often think my arm is broken. I will give that a try.

[DividedbyHatred]

Its a common pain when curling. Funny though you said the straight bar felt better than the ez, usually its the other way around. I had the same pain, and just lessened the weight for a few weeks, then started increasing again and now i dont have the pain. I *think* it has something to do with tendon strength.

[Hound53]

thanks for the replies tommorrow is back day for me but I will do a couple of small sets and pay close attention to the wrist position and how hard I am gripping. I was lifting pretty heavy (for me) so there is a good chance I had a death grip going on the bar.

reps to all for the suggestions

[mike_sargent]

I had the same problem with the EZ bar. I switched to dumbbells, and haven't had the problem since. I'm not surprised that the straight bar helped too.

Mike

[jugglingfreak]

Yeah, It seems to be real common. One suggestion is switch to dumbells for a while. That helped me. No pain with dumbells, pain with EZ bar, even with a higher (per arm) weight.

[greggamma]

I had the same problem with the EZ bar. I switched to dumbbells, and haven't had the problem since. I'm not surprised that the straight bar helped too.
Mike

I had this problem real bad. Did the R.I.C.E. NSAIDS and then switched to DB. No more pain. The ez curl bar indeed hurt the most straight bar was better but still not great. Try those and the pain WILL go away.
G

[Capt. America]

Rule of thumb: What works for some don't work for others. The only way I ever curled was with an Olympic bar. After RC surgery and a torn ligament in the upper bicep I switched to an EZ curl for several years untill it started to hurt my wrists and former bicep injury. Now, I'm back to the Olympic bar with no pain. I think that it isn't wise to stick to 1 particular bar, weight, exercise and routine UNLESS your training for a particular event(powerlifting). That's the nice thing about bodybuilding...we can do many things in many different ways to target a muscle or muscle group.