Injury Q & A with Dr. Joe

[joedemarco]

I have been fighting a forearm injury for about 10 weeks.

I think I originally either injured it while deadlifting or doing dumbell lateral raises. It was not too severe when it first happened, but has gradually gotten worse as the weeks went by.

The sore muscle is the one that closes the fingers of my left hand. If I try to pick up even a light dumbell and bring it upwards (to the side or in front of me) it hurts like crazy.

Just recently, I tweaked it doing high-pulley crossovers for my rear delts.

It does not generally give me any trouble on biceps or triceps movements (except for hammer curls).

Any advice for how to rehabilitate this?

Question: where exactly are you getting your pain? Is it up near the elbow? Which portion of your forearm? Is the pain on the side of your little finger or thumb or right in the middle? Any details you can give would help. Thanks.