Posted: 2/2/2010 1:47:34 PM EDT
| Fractured my left elbow a few years back somersaulting off a bike. Since then, I haven't been able to do many tricep exercises. I cannot do french press nor skull crushers because my elbow starts getting sharp pains. So the only exercises I currently do are tricep pull-downs, extensions with dumbbells, and close in grip bench press. Are there any others I can try out? |
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Another elbow issue. Some questions on that if you care to share. How did you fracture it? Some bone chip off in your elbow? What was done after you fractured it, bone set, rehab, etc? To be honest, I don't remember. I think I understated the "few years part", it was back in 8th grade. I think it was a crack, and I don't remember if they set it or not. No rehab. Cast was on for a month or two i believe. Thanks for all the suggestions. |
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but no bone deformation then? I wonder if the joint is in dysfunction. It can cause a lot of the symptoms you're describing. If you think about it, if it happened long ago, all the soft tissue like muscle and stuff should be repaired, bone should be repaired as well. Also, if there isn't any deformity to the bone and the bone structures there shouldn't be any pain. If you haven't had surgery then that couldn't have messed anything up.
Try extending arms straight, out in front, is there any difference in straightness? When you lock your elbows out does it feel the same side to side? |
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Hmmm, the difference I'm talking about is going to be very very minute. See if you can get somebody to help you on this, but have someone straighten your elbow by letting your arm be loose and them pushing in a gentle, smooth, kind of quick motion, from behind and a couple inches below your elbow. Have them try it a few times in succession. Have them pay close attention to how it feels when your elbow straightens and locks out. It should kind of snap straight, a bone on bone feel. Compare both sides.
I would still say you should look into finding a physical therapist who specializes in manual therapy or a really good chiro. Just the force of landing on your elbow from something like that had to have jarred it a little out of alignment. Because of that it's agitating the muscles, tendons, and ligaments around it because they are not where they should be and are being pulled on or contracted from the wrong position. |