Constant forearm soreness near elbow. Any solutions?

[AntiThumperian]

Is it actually in your forearm, or is it in the tricep near the elbow, or do you feel it in both places?

hard to say. i thought it was more forearm at first, now it seems a little more tricep.

 

[AntiThumperian]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

[wotmeworry]

I am having [title] . Its really holding me back. It seems to get worse when i do pullups specifically and back exercises generally. It seems to just be muscle weakness but its bad even when i add forearm excecises to my routine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

My guess is overuse stress on tendons. I did this to my medial elbow tendons (curled my wrists at the top of pull-ups without noticing). I started using lifting hooks to keep doing pull movements with minimal load on the medial tendons. Your forearms get weaker but your back doesn't.
https://www.dmoose.com/products/weight-lifting-hooks

Only way to address it is rest (unless you want to try PRP injections). This can become chronic if you don't let it recover. With hooks you can keep doing rows, pulldowns. With wrist pronation can still do dumbbell curls, too ... so a full pull workout.

 

[Oldbastard]

I am having [title] . Its really holding me back. It seems to get worse when i do pullups specifically and back exercises generally. It seems to just be muscle weakness but its bad even when i add forearm excecises to my routine. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I had same issues for years . I'm now 56 still train hard but no pain . I warm up my forearm with either standing forearm curls or wrist curls with dumbbell . Depending on where origin of my pain I'd do direct forearm work. 3 sets of 20 flexor ,3 of 20 extensor and never had pain during back or bicep work again . Going on 15 years absolutely no injury pain . Flush blood into injured area plus my best body part is my firearms . Vascular hard I get compliments constantly. Consider my notion good luck

 

[Oldbastard]

Prioritize the weakness by doing it first . But emphasize pump and nutrition too circulation in the area . I also for 42 years have studied daily classical koryu Bujutsu. Where I use thick heavy staff and sword work . Constantly training has not resulted in overtraining. It made my forearm strong flexibile and I also avoided rotator cuff surgery since 1997.

 

[Badleroybrown]

So there is a nerve that runs by you elbow down into your forearm.
It is called the Ulnar Nerve.
Sometimes it gets pulled or constructed with muscle or facia..
I had to have surgery about 15 years ago because it was so cinstricted the dr had to cut it out and move it then sew it under new Facia to keep it in place..
I am not saying this I what it is but this is what it was for me.
Like snake said try some strap or hooks.
And the biggest thing is if you do a exercise that hurts it more .. don’t do the exercise.

 

[Stickler]

My guess is overuse stress on tendons. I did this to my medial elbow tendons (curled my wrists at the top of pull-ups without noticing). I started using lifting hooks to keep doing pull movements with minimal load on the medial tendons. Your forearms get weaker but your back doesn't.
https://www.dmoose.com/products/weight-lifting-hooks

Only way to address it is rest (unless you want to try PRP injections). This can become chronic if you don't let it recover. With hooks you can keep doing rows, pulldowns. With wrist pronation can still do dumbbell curls, too ... so a full pull workout.

Thanks, I might give those hooks a try. I'm having issues a d usually just use straps but when it comes to certain parts of my motions my elbow fucking hurts and I get weak quickly.

Very frustrating.

 

[wotmeworry]

Thanks, I might give those hooks a try. I'm having issues a d usually just use straps but when it comes to certain parts of my motions my elbow fucking hurts and I get weak quickly.

Very frustrating.

Hopefully just a short-term thing for you with the hooks. You will at least be able to keep doing heavy pull movements in the interim. Good luck!