Fishing Forearm?

[bassmedic46]

I use ice and take Motrin, Seems to keep the pain in check.

[Tin]

i got the hgh to heal quick

come at me bro!

[Catt]

Go to your local Pharmacy and ask for Banalg but beware not to put it where you don't want it!!!

[WRB]

http://www.tennis-elbow-treatments.com/

Once tendons are inflamed, they don't heal on their own. When you get older arthritis sets in and the pain gets a lot worse. Treat it now while you can.

WRB

[flyboy]

Does anyone have a link for Glenn's fitness video?

[Grey Wolf]

Does anyone have a link for Glenn's fitness video?

As soon as he gets it made , you'll be the first one to get a copy.

[BassThumb]

That's tennis elbow inflammation. I've had a few bouts of it in the last few years, but mainly in my right wrist or just above it. This is from repetitive casting, half of which are wristy sidearm casts. I've tried to make a point of improving my left handed casting this year mainly just to distribute the wear and tear a little bit. I'm still not nearly as accurate, but not all casts require precise accuracy, so I toss those left handed, and my elbow and wrist feel much better.

While we're on the topic of fishing related pain, for those who have had issues with joint pain in your rod hand, "The Claw", where your hand stiffens up from gripping a baitcasting reel tightly, the solution that worked for me is taking heavy doses (2/day) during the fishing season of a joint health supplement Glucosamine and Chondroitin. This stuff works wonders for joint inflammation by making your cartilage stronger and making it absorb shock better, but I doubt it will help with the tendon inflammation.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tennis-elbow/DS00469

The brand I use, from my local store.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Spring-Valley-Glucosamine-Chondroitin-Plus-Joint-Lubricants-Dietary-Supplement-90-ct/10324592

[deaknh03]

I got a bad case of tendinitis earlier this year in my right elbow, and boy did it hurt. Couldn't bend my arm without pain, and this had never happened to me before. I toughed it out for a couple of weeks and hoped it would go away, but it didn't. i tried different things like icing and other methods but nothing worked for me. I ended up speaking with an old timer that frequents my store, and he had the same issue previously. He said that using free weights , light ones, and building up from there worked for him. I hit the gym at least 5 times a week and had been having trouble because of the elbow, so after I spoke with him I tried the light weights at the gym. I did bicep curls with 10lb weights to start, and it hurt, but after about a week and a half I worked it up to 15 and as of today I am back to normal. No pain, nothing! I can hit the gym without pain and fishing doesn't hurt me anymore. I also take a supplement called Zyflamend by a company called New Chapter, and it definitely helps also, helps to keep the inflammation down, as it works on my faulty hips also. I hope this helps at least one other person, good luck!

[Fishes in trees]

I recall having a similar situation with my casting fore arm several years ago.  I got one of those tennis elbow sleeves at Wallmart that helped a little bit, but it was hot and sweaty during the summer.  It never occurred to me to use ice at the end of the day, and I didn't have a computer to search on line either.

I ended up changing my pitching technique a little bit (I don't remember from what to what) and that helped some.  Then I bought an 11 ball bearing Calcutta and that helped a whole bunch because it only took a quarter of the effort my prior reel took.

t has been a few years now since I've gotten that shooting pain in my forearm.

[OHIO]

I don't have any pain in my forearm, but my elbow sure does hurt. A LOT.

I was playing football today and my elbow just started throbbing and my hand was hard to move as well.

It was nearly impossible to make a tight fist with it.

This has never happened to me before, so I am going to attribute it to the increased amount of fishing I have been doing lately.

Hopefully it's nothing serious.

[deaknh03]

OHIO, thats exactly what happened to me.elbow was killing me, couldnt even fully extend it without a lot of pain.

[flyboy]

This thread has really gotten involved.  I recently came back to bass fishing from offshore and flats fishing due to retirement and a move.  You don't cast that much in salt water and for the first few weeks back on the trolling motor I had aches that I could never explain in the scope of this post.  It seems the pain started in my fingers and translated to the bottoms of my feet.  I don't use a seat and standing up there all day like a flamingo running the trolling motor takes it's toll.  The hands hurt the most, followed by the forearms and then the shoulders.  I can't remember who it was but I was watching a video and one of the pros said you have to learn to cast with two hands to spread the work out to take the pressure off joints etc.  I am a mad man when it comes to casting, typically casting two or more times more than most people I fish with; I don't fish fast I just feel you can't catch anything if your line is not wet.

I began trying the two hand technique that I see so many of the pros using, mostly to relieve the pain.  Soon it became a game to see how accurate I could be and from how many different angles I could cast, while attempting to get into impossible spots without getting hung up.

The technique has produced many benefits.  I don't think much about casts anymore; it seems that my body and the rod just work together and choose the angle for any particular cast I need to make, I can cast fairly accurately from either side of the plate and most of all I don't hurt as much after a day of fishing.  My distance has improved with little or no effort.

[Redlinerobert]

I developed the same pain after my first trip to Brazil.  Even though I work out religiously,casting that 2 oz lure all day every day for 9 hours straight was a little tougher than I thought it would be. 

When I came home I eventually figured out it was tennis elbow.  talking to a few friends I came up with a solution that 100% works and has all but eliminated that issue for me.  My subsequent trips to Brazil I've been able to cast with no issues at all.

This tennis elbow brace is amazing.  I have a couple (in case I lose one) and use it every time I go out fishing. 

http://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Tennis-Elbow-Brace-1-Count/dp/B00267SFW0

[Nick]

Red,

Flyboy hs it right.  You've got tennis elbow. I finally earned this malady on both forearms this past year. Comes from lots of casting over a lifetime. We should learn to warm up better. Good thing is that both of my forearms are just about well after months of suffering. I recommend icing after exertion, warming up before, and resting the aching forearm and elbow joint when possible.

I was told to work through the pain, and that was a mistake. I injured my forearm even more to the poinbt that my ulnar nerve would tingle. I cut out weight training and just stretched and massaged the forearms daily.  If the pain continually got worse, I would stop everything and rest for two or three days.  I feel for you, brother, because it's no fun not setting hooks! Anyway, it took me about 6 moths for the right arm to heal, and my left arm is about 80% fixed after 7 months. Good luck, and the compression bandages are also good for pain relief.

[flyboy]

Are we targets or what?  Did anybody notice the adds in the left column for every kind of lotion, exercise or snake oil for tennis elbow?  Just blows me away.

[rebeav]

I am right handed and hold my fishing rod with my left hand.  I am experiencing constant pain and discomfort in my left elbow. Hard to describe exactly where but if you put your right hand over your left and push up with the left against the right where my pain is. The outer bone of my left elbow is sore to touch even.  Is this "Tennis Elbow"? Started 6-7 days ago after spending all night fishing. Today I put ice (frozen meal in a bag of somekind) on it but it seemed to make it stiffer. Going to get a sleeve or something it really feels like I need a sling. 

[FD.]

I had a problem last year in my right shoulder that was work related.  So I learned to pitch,flip and cast left handed.  I now use both depending on the target and I did not even realize I was doing it until my daughter pointed it out.

The pitching made the biggest difference in fatigue and was the easiest to learn.

[deaknh03]

rebeav, sounds like you got it. it does get very tender and sore to the touch, god forbid you bang it on something!

[NY_ANGLERS]

i have the same thing thanks for all the info

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

here is something that will help. http://reviews.basspro.com/2010/16515/the-balancer-rod-balancing-system-reviews/reviews.htm put your reel on your rod and ad weight until the rod is balanced at the reel platform on the rod.

[smbrule]

Wait until y'all get older, it hurts even more

Yea, I'm definitely older. Have been bass fishing for 60 years.

About five years ago begin selling off my 7 foot rods and now fish with 6' to 6'6" rods. Longer rods magnify the strain on my wrist, forearm and shoulder. Also I try to avoid roll casting which causes much of my problem.

For the most part now I'm reasonably pain free even though I fish seventy or so days of the year.

Note: Typically a 6' rod is about 3-4 inches shorter from the reel seat to the tip compared to a 6'6" rod as the handle is shorter. I extend the handles on my 6' rods as I prefer to two hand cast when possible to avoid aggravating pain. So, the majority o my rods are 6'3" in length.

Problem is that there are not a lot of 6' rods available.

[rebeav]

[hiker]

I was getting a lot of pain on the back of my right wrist when retrieving senkos.  There was no way I could fish something like a zara spook.  It turned out to be tedonitis and it got so bad that it sounded like a badly creaking door every time I moved my hand.  I iced and took motrin religiously for weeks and it finally went away.  Now I have a right handed retrieve reel (as opposed to the lefty retrieve that I was always using before) to kind of balance the load.  I retrieve with either hand now, and I think that's helping quite a bit.  Also, I try to vary the methods that I work the bait (twitch left for awhile, then twitch right, etc) in order to alleviate the work on my wrists.

[Redsyn]

here is something that will help. http://reviews.basspro.com/2010/16515/the-balancer-rod-balancing-system-reviews/reviews.htm put your reel on your rod and ad weight until the rod is balanced at the reel platform on the rod.

Save yourself some money. Go to your tackle shop and buy the rubber butt caps for saltwater rods and put it in the back of the rod w/ your reel mounted. Start balancing by just using the rubber cap. Then put in 1 additional quarter at a time until your rod/reel feels the most balance to you. The butt caps I bought are $3 each and just add how many quarters you need.

[SeanW]

I am wondering if anyone here has pain in the top side of their forearm, which they think is due to fishing? Mine has been getting worse and worse. It isn't terrible, unbearable pain, but it has got increasingly worse and is now pretty constant. I did a bit of research and it seems the two big muscles in that area of the arm are responsible for moving the wrist. Anyway, anyone have any advice on how to deal with it? I am certainly NOT going to stop fishing like some websites recommended!

Cliff

Troy Linder(Als son) is a physical therapist and has some videos to address fishing issues/injuries. Its called Fit 4 Fishing. Check it out it helped with my shoulder and elbow issues.