pain from elbow to wrist

[thaitang]

i injured my arm a couple of months ago when i tried doing squats with dumb-bells. i'm not a noob to working out with weights but i usually use a barbell for squats however i tried using the dumb-bells when a barbell wasn't available to me not thinking it would be much different if i cut the working weight in half for each dumb-bell.

but i certainly remember after my workout feeling a dull aching pain in my elbow.

i didn't think much of it & just decided not to do any more dumb-bell squats. but soon after i was finding it very painful to do bicep curls of any kind (hammer, ez-curls, concentration, etc) & upright rows. i worked thru the pain for a few workouts but decided that the pain wasn't sub-siding and actually it seemed to be spreading down into my forearm from my elbow.

so i have been continuing to workout 3 times a week, just eliminating bicep curls & upright rows from the workouts. normal barbell squats don't aggrevate the forearm at all.

i actually replaced the bicep curls & upright rows with some forearm strengthening exercises (palm facing up & palm facing down wrist curls) to hopefully help. however after two months since the initial injury there doesn't seem to be any progress as far as healing goes.

i use hand tools very frequently at work and it is wincing pain i feel (in the upper third of my forearm) when i have to squeeze down on anything like crimpers with any kind of force.

any advice or info would certainly be mouchos appreciated.

btw, i can't stop working out (i'm a workout junkie!) but i have already eliminated the exercises that seem to aggrevate my injury.

i forgot to mention that i also do hot yoga usually twice a week. i have had to stop doing the half locust pose where you lie on your stomache tucking your arms palms down under your upper body & lifting your leg(s) as high as you can. this pose causes even more pain & discomfort than the weight exercises i mentioned above.

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