cubital tunnel syndrome

[lummox]

is fukin with my left elbow. selfmassage helps. [insert wankin joke here]. anybody got better ideas?

[glassgowkiss]

ice the area. you can freeze some water in a paper cup and massage the area (few times a day). start liightly with stretching your forearm flexors. keep the elbowa straight and extend your wrist (both in pronation and supination = palm down and up). also stretch your anterior shoulders and lateral neck. a lot of arm/ shoulder problems start with tight neck and chest muscles. nerve tissue is fed by axoplasm- you can read some about double crush theory. once the pain is gone think about some balancing excercises. a lot muscular problems start with muscle imbalances. use cross fiber friction (cyriax method) for about 2 minutes every other day. rest and don't start climbing too soon.

[lummox]

thanks dude.

[glassgowkiss]

how is your injury doing?

[lummox]

it comes and goes nowadays. mostly gone. i figured out what was causing it and try to avoid that shit (basically doing curls palm down then lifting the hand) but lifting fish while they are still kickin still makes them sore sometimes.

[catbirdseat]

Bob, would you please describe this condition for me? I have been having problems with the muscle of the top of the forearm close to where it attaches to the elbow. I think it is related to computer use, but it affects climbing too.

[ClimbingGirl33]

Hey B - I've been dealing with this since July. For me the symptoms are tingling and numbness from the elbow down to the pinky side of my hand (mainly in my hand) and general hand weakness. I developed tendonitis on top of it which sounds more like what you described.

 

In for a nerve study next week . . . joy.

 

B

[glassgowkiss]

cbs- what you have would be most likely diagnosed as lateral epicodylitis. to put it in plain english is is inflammation of the common tendon of the forearm extensors. it might be also your brachioradialis muscle, which would have very similar symptoms (by approximation). same thing- ice, light stretching at first, scarr tissue treatment with cross fiber massage, ultrasound, muscle stim etc. then re-balancing for the forearm.

also note- what's called "multiple crush theory". in general the nerves are fed not by blood, but by axoplasm. if there is impingement of the nerve route closer to the spine (like brachial plexus by pectoralis minor or scalenes) would effect everything else in the periferal areas, like the arm and forearm. so quite often just treating immidiate area would not get the job done.