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What Causes Pain In Upper Arms After Workout?
Hello ~ My husband works out with weights. Although he didn t notice anything unusual during his workout last night, he awoke this morning with pain in his upper arm accompanied by a very hot to the touch area and pinkness of the skin. His arm hurts even when resting it completely. It doesn t appear to be either the tricep or bicep muscles, but rather something in between those muscles. Best way to describe the area would be where you would most comonly place a tattoo on your upper left arm. I was thinking possible bicipitl tendonitis but what would cause the area to be hot?
Tue, 25 Aug 2015
Hi,
Thanks for your query.
According to your description , pain over your upper arm seems to be due to tendonitis(inflammation of tendon) and that is the cause of hot area.
I advice you to give you rest to the part affected, take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin 1tablet with food as and when required (upto 4 tablets daily) to reduce pain and inflammation and consult your doctor for thorough examination and rule out any infective cause.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
Thanks for your query.
According to your description , pain over your upper arm seems to be due to tendonitis(inflammation of tendon) and that is the cause of hot area.
I advice you to give you rest to the part affected, take anti-inflammatory drug like motrin 1tablet with food as and when required (upto 4 tablets daily) to reduce pain and inflammation and consult your doctor for thorough examination and rule out any infective cause.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
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