Tendenitous in elbow?

[millalyte86]

Ok so this is getting ridiculous. I have pain in my right elbow. I notice it when I try to flew my arm muscle, then I do tricep dips, and especially when i do pushups. I mean I can't even do one push up anymore without getting a shooting pain (starting from my right elbow) down my arm. Does anyone have any suggestions of what I should do for this? I was forced to take a week off exercise (from a different medical problem) so I thought that rest would be enough. So I just got down and tried to do one push up and it wasn't happening. I got the pain as soon as I got to the bottom of my push up. UGH! What should I do?

Laur

 

[workingToBeFit]

There have been a lot of useful posts on this recently - if you do a search for "elbow" or "tennis elbow" or elbow pain, you will be able to find them. One post was even Cathe's advice on a similar issue. That one is under "working biceps post injury."

 

[RapidBreath]

another possibility

Is your neck might be out. You might want to see a chiropractor. When I was 11 years old I was in a car accident and went head first into the dash board. Everybody thought I was fine. I developed "tennis elbow" and had severe pain and a lump on the back of my neck for over a year. I went to see a my doctor who put me on pain meds which did nothing for me. I went to see a chiropractor and discovered that my neck was out (the lump) and compressing the nerves creating the pain in the elbow. I couldn't raise my right arm above my elbow at all and was miserable. I would have been better off if it had been treated right away (its like having a dislocated bone.) but because it was so long between the injury and treatment I had to be in physical therapy for two years to repair the muscles as well.

In other words, get it checked out sooner than later. It will save a lot of pain and money.