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guitar256
May 13, 2003, 2:37 AM
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It's been a couple days since I've been at the gym. Today i noticed my right forearm has been aching, it's not really focused in any location Most of the muscle there and a little up into my palm aches. This hasn't happened to me before, so can anyone give me an idea as to what might be going on?
Thanx
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enigma
May 13, 2003, 5:48 AM
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In reply to: It's been a couple days since I've been at the gym. Today i noticed my right forearm has been aching, it's not really focused in any location Most of the muscle there and a little up into my palm aches. This hasn't happened to me before, so can anyone give me an idea as to what might be going on? Thanx
you don't mention how long you're climbing or many details,so my best guess is you strained it from pulling too hard on a hold,perhaps a little beyond whatever level you normally climb at. Take some advil and rest it before climbing again.
It's pretty common especially with beginners, your forearm muscles are Not accustomed to the pulling yet; so don't overdo it;
Feel better,its pretty normal. :)
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cass
May 13, 2003, 4:09 PM
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it will hurt for a while...
yeah probably what enigma said...take some rest and take it easy when you go climbing next
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ptone
May 13, 2003, 4:28 PM
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good old vitamin I...
I was talking with a climbing friend the other day--most of the climbers I know never complain, 'cept maybe about the weather...but we all hurt all the time!
Climbing is strenuous work! My friend was saying she'll go to bed at night with one thing hurting, wake up with another. I can relate!
Ibuprophen, as much rest as you can stand. Just know if you're climbing hard, you are stressing your muscles and tendons to their limits, and it's going to hurt sometimes.
Best you can do--always stretch and warm up easy, then after climbing stretch gently as your muscles start to tighten up. Ice can help and ibuprophen really helps, not just for pain, but to speed healing by reducing swelling (increasing the amount of blood that can reach the damaged area)
Peace,
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craggy
May 13, 2003, 5:21 PM
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Best thing for the achy arms? REST! If you are climbing huge amounts then rest... nothing worse for you then taking "vitamin I" and climbing every day for hours and hours... it just masks the pain and may lead to injury... rest, relax and come back stronger then ever. Minimize the number of hours you climb - the harder you climb the less time you should climb for. 2-3 hours max... then you can climb 4 times a week. Ibuprofen IS good for fighting inflammation - popping 2 pills before climbing is good but will not prevent injury!
Best thing to do is rest and take it easy.
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granitegod
May 14, 2003, 3:13 PM
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you have cancer.
Or maybe tendonitis.
ice. ibuprofen. warm up slowly. if it hurts, don't climb for two weeks, then climb lower angle stuff with big holds.
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overlord
May 18, 2003, 10:25 AM
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rest
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