Do You Have Elbow Questions?

Inner elbow to thumb pain when turning arm or hand outward  
Recently in the course of being knocked down by a bike from behind i was hit in the back of the elbow by the handlebars. On hitting the sidewalk I landed ...

My elbow.... 
My elbow is in a lot of pain. I was going out to make a save (I am a goalie for soccer,) and my arm was fully extended and straight. The ball hit my wrist ...

olecranon fracture from hyperextention 
Im doing a project at school about a hairline fracture of the olecranon process due to elbow hyperextention from an armbar in a juijitsu match.I actually ...

Recovery time for wrist pin removal.  
I am a 30 year old male. Two and a half years ago I fell about 15 feet on to concrete. My arm and head (helmet) broke my fall. My radial head at the wrist ...

elbow swelling  
how would you describe to a athlete the reason that their swollen elbow is more sensitive to the touch following their UCL Tear?

elbow hurts to touch. 
I've been working out for about 20 days with weight machines. Well i noticed about 4days ago that i had really bad elbow pain right above my elbow join ...

post 1 year tommy johns surgery 
I had ucl surgery in February 2009. I have no pain when I am throwing but after my workout or game, I experience some pain in my elbow. Is this normal ...

Scaphoid and Return to normal 
Hi

Four weeks ago I had by Scaphoid plaster taken off - gladly the doctor felt confident enough to discharge me as he felt it had healed. The plaster ...

lower humerus break 
My nine old son broke his humerus just above the elbow. The cast was
removed after six. After just a week he can all most has full motion
back. But the ...

elbows hurt 
After a light work out at the gym both my elbows hurt today,(the day after}. I have not worked my arms for about six months so I used light weights I wonder ...

elbow pop [crack] 
i was lifting off on skull crushers way too much weight, 150lbs. and got bar off of its resting spot about 1 inch and left elbow made a horrible sounding ...

Jammed or hyperextended elbow ? 
My 11 yr. old son fell and braced his fall with his right arm extended straight, like stiff arming the ground. He now experiences pain when playing basketball ...

inner elbow pain 
I hurt my elbow last summer when i was pitching and i heard kind of a pop or a movement in my elbow, and got mri's on it and it said nothing was wrong,...

Jammed finger with palm swelling and pain 
My finger feels as though I have jammed it, however there is also some swelling and pain (to the touch) in the palm of my hand directly below the subject ...

I can not make a fist.  
I took a fall playing hockey 3 weeks ago. I had a nasty bruise on the palm of my hand and some swelling in the palm for a week or so. Now, I can not ...

Pain in elbow while lifting weights 
When i do any kind of presses it feels like something in my inner elbow is going to rip a part. I was doing some tricep extensions and I heard a pop and ...

Question - Elbow hurts 
my boyfriend fell playing basketball on his hand. all of his body weight hit his hand and now he cant move his elbow. the elbow and forearm are so painful....

Arm stiffness/tight forearm muscle 
My grandson showed me that he couldn't fully straighten on or his arms the other night and when I examined it the forearm muscles were tense and would ...

Question - Hyprextended elbow 
How long does this type of injury last? I fell about a month ago and it feels as though I just fell. It hurts down into my wrist.

severe pain in crook of elbow, both arms 
I have been lift weights for quite some time and this problem has never been an issue. However, recently I have severe pain in both of the tendons or ...

elbow irritation after tommy john surgery one year ago. 
My son had tommy john surgery oct. 17, 2007. He did very well in his rehab and throwing program. He started pitching very little in fall ball games after ...

elbow looks out of place after fall 
i fell on my arm and it looks out of place...this happened when i was skateboarding and the lady that works there said my elbow might be chiped or out ...

Healing of a broken forearm 
My 15 year old son broke his ulna bone and had surgery to install a plate and 6 screws. It has been 6 weeeks and we are excerising the arm lightly. This ...

severe elbow pain 
I am 18 years old and was trying to learn how to do a cartwheel. After failing several times i tried one last time. My elbow buckled and i fell on my arm....

Question - Thumb (lost range of motion) 
My joint on my left thumb is slightly swollen and gets stuck at times. I have to use my other hand to wiggle the thumb to get it moving again. I don'...

Question - Crooked Elbow (biceps tear) 
Many years ago i was playing football with my little boy,he got a TD,i threw my
arms up,and it felt like my elbow hyper extended.Anyway,my elbow seems ...

Elbow calcification from broken radius 
My son broke his radius just above the wrist in an impact injury. (Hockey game, put hands out to take the impact of a check.) This happened around Xmas ...

Jammed finger discoloration 
I jammed my finger today. It is the left hand ring finger. There is the predictable stiffness but only minor pain. There was a bruise on the outer knuckle ...

Can't Straighten Arm (Elbow) 
I was playing hockey 3 months ago and as I was swinging to hit the ball my arm was at full stretch and a player met my elbow with his shoulder, My elbow ...

Question - Elbow Injury (pain with weight lifting) 
I been lifting light weights everything was going well and I was progressing. The following day, my elbow was quite painful. It seems to get worse when ...

Question - Wrist Sprain 
What is the recovery time of a wrist sprain? Can I still play football?

Bruised (I think) hand from batting 
I was batting in a senior league baseball game and hit an inside pitch. Big time pain for about an hour after that in the web of the hand (between thumb ...

my jammed finger from almost 4 days ago.. 
well, i jammed my thumb about 4 or 5 days ago and it has been swelling like 2x its normal size. i was throwing the football and it hit it wrong like right ...

Question - Jammed Elbow or Not?? 
My arm(extended all the way out)took a direct hit from a person running, it hyperextended my arm. Now I have a horrible pain in my elbow when I try to ...

Question - Radial Head Fracture 
This is not a sports injury, but 3 months ago I got hit by a reversing car. Once of my injuries was a radial head fracture to my right elbow. Even though ...

Is My Elbow Jammed? 
Was riding my bike and a car pulled in front of me. I went to go turn and then hit a gravel patch. Was falling onto my side and stuck my hand out. I got ...

Question - Is this tennis elbow, if not what? 
I have noticed that recently the area on the above my left elbow on the outside will begin to twitch slightly while doing push ups. There is also discomfort ...

Question - Sprained Wrist (5 weeks with continued pain) 
Its been 5 weeks since I sprained my wrist. (I had broken it once when I was 12 it did not set right so the doctor broke it again in the hospital when ...

Question - Fracture - navicular, carpal, closed 
For how long does the wrist have to be immobilized?

Question - Sprained Wrist (thumb/palm/wrist pain) 
I have pain that goes from my thumb to the palm of my hand and into my wrist, could i have sprained it? It also gets stiff quite often, especially when ...

Name for the front(inside) of the elbow? 
I am a Health Records Technician and learned in my course-at least I thought I learned- that the IV site on the inside of the elbow is called decubitus....

Question - Wrist Injury (pain after fall) 
I fell and injured my wrist 12 days ago trying to break the fall. I had some swelling and pain in the wrist when I move it. It is now not swollen anymore ...

Question - Jammed Thumb (water polo) 
I jammed the top joint of my thumb today in water polo. What can I do to help it heal as quickly as possible?

I'm wondering whether i should try to ...

Question - Sprained wrist - left untreated 
i sprained my wrist a couple years ago doing a cartwheel (gone wrong), and just wrapped it in an ace bandage.. it has hurt on and off since then, but lately ...

Question - Jammed Thumb 
I jammed my thumb playing basketball. Is it a good idea to pull it and keep moving it around?

Question - Sprained Wrist (exercises) 
Thank you for the informative article on sprained wrists. I injured my wrist two weeks ago (I fell on the skateboard), and there is little pain in some ...

Question - Elbow Pain - Chronic 
Based on what I've seen here, there is some sort of degenerative damage to my UCL. It hurts constantly but especially when lifting.

I am 38 and do not ...

Salter Harris Fracture of the Middle Finger 
Will I still be able to play baseball?
How bad could my finger have gotten if someone pulled it and it popped at the middle joint of my middle finger?...

Question - Wrist Sprain (Pain Levels) 
How much does a wrist sprain hurt?

Question - Wrist Injury Possible Fracture? 
I fell from standing in a kitchen chair last Thursday night and landed with all my weight(250 lbs) on my left wrist.

I went to the E.R. on Friday ...

Question - Broken Wrist Pain 
I broke my wrist 2 weeks ago. I was wondering when the pain will go away. It is still quite sore; in a cast until April 28.

Answer - Bart@SII

Sorry ...

Question - Wrist Injury 
I fell on my hand 7 months ago and had an arthroscopy on my wrist two months later. At the time, my doctor told me that it would take 3 - 4 months for ...

Question - Dislocation of the Carpal Bones  
I fell and and thought I broke my hand.
Went to the E.R., had an X-ray and the doctor said I didn't break anything, but when I got up the fourth and fifth ...

Question - Elbow Pain 
I have begun weight training in the gym. Last month I felt a discomfort in my right elbow. Specifically on the inside, right at the joint. I think it is ...

Boxers Fracture 
I was starting quarterback at my high school when i got mad and punched a wall. I now suffer from a boxers fracture. It didn't need to be repositioned ...

Question - Jammed finger? (x-ray or not) 
Should i get and x-ray if my finger was hit by a ball and swelled to the size of my thumb (about).

Wrist stiffness  Not rated yet
I fell last year in March of 2009 when I was in the parking lot at work. All my weight went on to that one arm and I fractured my radial head in my left ...

Elbow Surgery for Bursa Removal  Not rated yet
May of 2009 I had surgery to remove a bursa ( popeye cyst) from
my elbow. From May of 2009 to Dec. 2009 every month my elbow
would swell to about the ...

Hyper extended my elbow playing basketball.  Not rated yet
Tip of my elbow is not swollen at all , but is medium sore in certain positions. I'm 59 years old and very healthy. What can I do to build this elbow ...

Mid Shaft Humerus Fracture  Not rated yet
Hello-I fractured my left humerus 3.5 weeks ago. At the site of the break there is also a 2 inch crack that goes upwards towards the shoulder. I have a ...

Pain in interior part of elbow during extension  Not rated yet
I train regularly at the gym. Recently, I have noticed that i am not able to fully extend my left arm, and it feels as though my elbow may pop out, if ...

interior elbow pain migrating to shoulder  Not rated yet
A while back the inside of my elbow began to hurt when I did any activity requiring me to use tweezers, particularly around my face where my arm was completely ...

RCL Tear at humeral connection  Not rated yet
I had an MRI arthrogram and was dx with a RCL (radial collateral ligament) tear at the humeral joint. It is a partial thickness tear with bony avulsion....

elbow bones are off  Not rated yet
My son hurt his elbow went to the doctor and he x-ray his elbow and said one of his bones are off, what does that mean

jammed finger  Not rated yet
What if you can't straighten your finger enough for a finger splint?

Question - Radial collateral ligament  Not rated yet
Can I move the elbow? should I not type or do anything with my arm as it heals?

Follow Up - Bart @ SII

Chris, what kind of injury did you have ...

Question - Broken Arm  Not rated yet
I broke my arm above my elbow and the doctor only left the cast on for 2 weeks. Its been 5 weeks since it happened and its still completely broken why?...

Question - Finger Taping  Not rated yet
Should a sprained finger be taped to its neighbor and why?

Answer - Bart @ SII:

A sprained finger can be taped to its neighbor to help provide ...