1. When did the pain begin?
Last saturday (4 days ago) initially, then yesterday I think I made it worse.
2. What were you doing at the time? Or did the pain come on gradually over time?
After bench pressing. I worked up to 551lbs and felt the pain afterwards, but for all I know it could have been the warmup set that tweaked it. I think I felt something funny before the 551 but its hard to say.
3. Where, anatomically, is the pain?
Underside of forearm (sorry for not knowing anatomy). The pain is on the same side as my palm.
4. What does the pain feel like? Sharp? Dull? Aching? Stabbing? Shooting?
Quite sharp.
5. Is the pain constant, or intermittent, or only on certain motions?
certain motions
6. What motions make your pain worse?
Flexion and Extension of wrist (hurts a little more with flexion, maybe)
7. What, if anything, makes your pain better?
pain killers
8. Does your pain radiate to any other part of your body?
no
9. What things could you do before, that you cannot do now because of your injury?
nothing, it just hurts a little when i touch it or move it.
10. What is your main concern regarding the pain and its consequences?
Being able to continue bench pressing heavy.
11. Have you ever injured that part of your body before? If so, how?
no
12. Is your pain getting worse over time? And if so, how much worse over what time period?
I initially hurt it on saturday and continued my workout including some somewhat heavy incline presses (250lbs). I squatted on monday which didn't effect it. Then yesterday I benched again going up to around 260lbs. The pain was constant throughout the sets but not bad enough to stop. I would have rated it a 2 out of 10.
This morning I wake up and the pain seems to have worsened slightly as well as a 3-4 inch thick bruise (brown/purple) on my wrist that starts at the midpoint of the underside of my forearm and continues up the outside until it stop at the top of my forearm (IE half of the bottom is bruised, and the side is as well).
The odd thing is, there is pain, but its not really bad? I took a cell phone picture to try to explain the bruising better:
any help would be great!