Forearm pain, left arm only - NOT a splint type feeling

[Guest rival11]

Well, I kicked things up a notch in my planche training and have incorporated assisted straddle planche leans into my routine.

 

Two days ago after finishing a tuck planche hold, my left forearm gave me a minor pain but I will still able to finish my full workout (without the pain coming back again).

 

The next day, I felt fine until I rested my forearm a certain way and felt a somewhat sharp pain.  It's not killing me or anything but I can't tell if it's the bone, muscle, tendon, etc.... the pain is about midway down the forearm in one spot - when I press on the bone, it hurts, when I press off the bone, it hurts as well.

 

I just really hope this isn't something too major - it doesn't hurt when I put pressure on it but I'm letting it rest so I didn't want to test it out too much.  I grip trained this morning (I forgot about the pain as it doesn't constantly ache - it's only when I touch the spot, bump it, etc..) and I was fine afterwards.

 

Any thoughts on what this minor injury is?  I can't even imagine not being able to train for planche for anymore - don't even want to think about that.

[Mikkel Ravn]

No idea, check Google for anatomy pics of the forearm, and try to pinpoint what's wrong.

Apart from that, it sounds like you're progressing to fast for your own good. You've got to give your body time to adapt to the strain.

[Aaro Helander]

Sounds like about the same problem i had one and a half years ago. I couldn't do anything which produced a lot of torgue on the forearm. I got it from overdoing the one stall bar static strength position demonstrated by Ido Portal.

[Guest rival11]

Thanks.  I'm definitely not progressing too fast, If anything, I've progressed very slowly (on purpose) - I've been training for planche since Feb. of last year and am just now getting into full assisted straddle leans - I can maintain a solid hollow body and even hold a full straddle planche for a second or 2 unassisted.

 

Helander - how long did it bother you for? 

[Coach Sommer]

  On 12/1/2013 at 1:19 AM, rival11 said:

... I'm definitely not progressing too fast, If anything, I've progressed very slowly ...

Your forearm disagrees.

Yours in Fitness,

Coach Sommer

[Jan Reipert]

i had the same problem.

 

resting for a few weeks, stretching my wrist-flexors and strengthening the extensors with bands worked quite well. there is also a collection of wrist-movements somewhere one here that helped a lot.

[Doni]

well i suggest you go to a doctor 

but when you feel the pain does it come from your muscle or bone?

[Aaro Helander]

If I remember correctly, it took almost six months to get rid of the forearm pain (both forearms, right one was worse) while using wrist supports when handstanding, to no pain at all and not using wrist supports anymore.

 

This was accomplished with daily H1-style wristwork and forearm supination exercises for treating elbow tendinitis.

[Jeff Walker]

  On 11/30/2013 at 5:55 PM, rival11 said:

Well, I kicked things up a notch in my planche training and have incorporated assisted straddle planche leans into my routine.

 

Two days ago after finishing a tuck planche hold, my left forearm gave me a minor pain but I will still able to finish my full workout (without the pain coming back again).

 

The next day, I felt fine until I rested my forearm a certain way and felt a somewhat sharp pain.  It's not killing me or anything but I can't tell if it's the bone, muscle, tendon, etc.... the pain is about midway down the forearm in one spot - when I press on the bone, it hurts, when I press off the bone, it hurts as well.

 

I just really hope this isn't something too major - it doesn't hurt when I put pressure on it but I'm letting it rest so I didn't want to test it out too much.  I grip trained this morning (I forgot about the pain as it doesn't constantly ache - it's only when I touch the spot, bump it, etc..) and I was fine afterwards.

 

Any thoughts on what this minor injury is?  I can't even imagine not being able to train for planche for anymore - don't even want to think about that.

How do you do Assisted Straddle Planche Leans, I'm curious.

[Guest rival11]

Coach - nice correction from elbow to forearm (I caught that).

 

I do assisted straddle leans by either using a stool, a person to hold my legs, etc... (heck, I even consider using the floor in straddle position an "assist") in straddle position then I simply lean as far froward as possible - arms kept locked out with hollow position maintained, then hold as long as possible.  I much prefer when I have someone holding my legs as I make them simply push (SLOWLY push) me forward all the way to the max - It's a mind thing, basically I can focous on tightneing up and locking out without having to think about moving forward.

 

But, today my arm felt almost fully healed and I now know that the come down was the issue (meaning coming down from the position) I was putting more weight on the one side.

 

So now, not only do I obviously know I'm not ready for what I'm doing yet (hey, it's been a year and I thought I would be) but I have also adjusted my routing to incorporate pseudo push-ups with a stall in between each rep (3 second stall - for 10 reps).

 

I've actually had to drastically change my routine to be honest - I was doing way too much.  By that I mean too much HIIT on off planche training days - I literally was doing 4 hardcore days a week between planche training and HIIT (I do the M100 on non-planche training days...well more like an M60 now) with Saturday being a light cardio day and Sunday's off.

 

Thanks again for all the replies and since a lot of people ask me (not on this forum but in general) what the M100 is  - here is a link:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkD9LwDBWW0