Ouch... Wrist Problems With Curls?

[kenyon21]

I don't really know why, but lately, everytime i do straight bar\curl bar bicep curls, my wrist absolutely KILLS after i finish a set. i don't remember the name of the bone (if my palms are facing backwards and the top of my hands facing to my front, its the bone on the right side of my forearm) but it feels like the actual bone is what hurts. the pain starts once i get into my sets, and it got today to the point that i couldnt even do my cable curls because it murdered my wrist. it hurts about 2-3 inches up from the actual joint.

does anyone know what this means? i'm imagining its something wrong with my form, but could anyone tell me how i may correct this problem? or is it maybe that my forearms arent strong enough so i should cut back on the amount of weight for curls til they catch up? i dunno but i'm worried im going to hurt something if this continues, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[cursor]

If you're getting joint pain from any exercise, it's time to modify the way that you lift. For the time being, rest the wrists by reducing the weight and doing (perhaps) increased reps. Once healed, consider gradually increasing the weight that you curl by using dumbells (allowing a more comfortable and less strenuous wrist alignment with respect to the load) instead of a straight barbell.

[CorstenF]

from my experience the ez bar lessens if not takes all the pain away from curls. I had a problem the first couple times using the straight bar but after a short while pain stopped occuring.

[monsta]

sounds like it may be because of the lack of flexability in the brachioradialis and its pulling at the bone..
stretch... thats the best long term fix
or use dumbells or ezicurl bar (allready stated).. or try drag curls. this is where you drag the weight straight up(not an arc as usual) by not locking in the elbows. You will still need flexible brachioradialis but the weight lifted will have to be reduced and its still a killer w/out

[genEus]

It's a bytch. I get the same exact pain. Lately my gym had gotten a rack of pre-set ez-curl bars along with straight bars. However, they don't really help me as I found out. What I remember doing a long time ago when the pain used to be really bad was to rest the bar dead in the middle of your palm (as opposed to resting it on your fingers) and bend your wrists slightly outward, i.e. don't keep your palms in line with your forearms, but bend them down a bit, and from what I had experienced, that put less tension on wrists and forearms and more on biceps. Also when it's hard to lift the bar, stop, don't strain yourself - because tensing your wrists/forearms you're artificially bringing the bar higher up, but in fact taking work away from the biceps. It's not that bad to do to force a rep, but it's not worth the pain... Experiment with that wrist positioning, maybe that'll help. It did help me...