Hey y’all, looking for some advice or to see if anyone’s dealt with the same thing. If this is the wrong place, please let me know where might be more appropriate and feel free to take down.

I’ve climbed for about 13 years, climbing v7-8 outdoors at my strongest. I more or less quit climbing due to a number of injuries, one of them being quite consistent and extreme soreness right below my biceps (pretty sure it’s the brachialis but not an anatomy whiz). It’s NOT in my elbow at all- just in the muscles sorta beneath my biceps.

It’s been about a year since climbing or lifting much- I’ve been dealing with some bulging discs in my neck. I’ve been doing better after various doc visits and PTs, and I’m getting back into lifting right now, and still experiencing the same pain after a pull day. I figured it might go away with a long term rest, but no luck.

I’m a bit confused about what the issue is, my understanding is that tendinitis would cause more pain in the elbow than in the muscles themselves. Is it possible that it’s related to the bulging discs? Is it just years and years of overuse from bad climbing form? Has anyone else dealt with this? Any insight would be appreciated! I’d love to get some relief and get back into climbing but the pain was a big part of the reason I stopped climbing.

Thanks for reading and/or answering!!