Elbow/Arm Pain from Deadlifting a Barbell

[Ian777]

Hi Canuck Physio,

Thanks for your reply! I’ll answer your questions first:

Pardon me, when I said pain in me elbow flexor I got the muscle wrong, just looked it up and the pain I am referring to is in my forearm flexor… I think!  I’ve drawn a little diagram and attached it that shows where the pains are.

It’s the forearm flexor that brings the palm away from my wrist, the one that would lift my hand if it was resting on a desk palm down and I brought it up towards me while my forearm stayed put.

The pain in my lower tricep comes and goes but when I notice it it’s not a stabbing pain it’s more of a dull ache – not agony but sore enough to notice something’s not right.

The pain didn’t appear straight away, maybe the next day or so I noticed it but it was nowhere near as bad then as it got after I tried to work through it – I’m an idiot, I’ve been injured before (sports hernia) and I should have known better.

As for the diagram, when I straighten my arm I feel pain in my lower bicep ( Arrow B) and also in my forearm, Arrow C) During the day or night I sometimes notice my arm hurting at the back (Arrow A)

It’s very annoying that it won’t heal. At night after work I ice it and then massage my forearm with baby oil, I start of with circles over Arrow C area then up and down the muscles in my forearm including the wrist area. After my arm warms up I put a heat pad on. This seems to help the most but is there anything else I could/should do?

Thanks for your help!

Ian