pain from elbow to wrist

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.

Hai Thaitang,

My opinion about your problem

If the pain is dull aching just referring down to your wrist from your elbow it would be because of fascial pain from the biceps if the pain is in front of the forearm

Before doing all those resisted exercise please do stretching for biceps and hold it for 15-20 sec and repeat it for 5 times

I think this would really help you out

Bye

Where on the elbow do you get the pain?

If it is on a bony prominence on the outer aspect I would suspect Tennis Elbow. This is caused by repetative gripping actions, but also by the use of vibrating tools at work.

To test for this, put your arm out straight in front of you (palm side down) and try and pull the wrist up (into extension) using the resistance of the other hand. Does this cause you pain? You can also resist extension of the middle finger. Again, does it cause pain?

I would say that you have wrist flexor tendinopathy. The reason i think this is because of the nature with which you get the pain eg. when doing exercises involving wrist flexion (bicep curls) and wrist stabilization eg. doing weights, using work tools etc. To test whether it is this, the location of the pain would be on the medial (inner) aspect of the forearm and elbow, and stretching the wrist and fingers back with a straight (extended) elbow. The problem seems to be getting worse (the pain working its way down the forearm) because you keep doing the activities that irritate the tendons, now i am not saying you should stop working, but maybe you should try and limit the activities that stress the wrist and elbow eg. lay off the weights for a while and just focus on stretching the wrist and a light eccentric strengthening program. There are lots of