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Question: Hello, I have had a soreness in my right arm for over a year. It began in the region close to my elbow but shifted to mid upper arm about a month ago. When my arm is down by my side I don't feel pain. It shows up when I lift my arm at a certain angle, the angle one would strum a guitar, elbow bent. There is full range of movement otherwise. I tried to locate the precise point that the muscle is sore and it seems to go along the area between the shoulder muscle and the longer muscle underneath. (I'm sorry my anatomy knowledge is very limited.) It sometimes wakes me at night. I spoke to my doctor about it last year and he said it could be bursitis. I was wondering if I should pursue treatment or accept it.
Brief Answer:
Olecranon bursitis (Student's elbow), Golfer's elbow, Nerve compression
Detailed Answer:
Hi there.
Welcome to Healthcare Magic.
Thanks for the query.
I have read your query and understood your problem.
I hope you would answer a few queries for me to be in a better position to help you.
What do you do for a living ?
Does it hurt to keep the edge of the elbows on a table ?
Is there any pain over the outer aspect of the elbow especially if you move your wrists up and down or while doing twisting movements with your hand ?
Do you have any tingling, numbness or pins and needles sensation anywhere over over the hands ?
There are few possibilities around the elbow. In bursitis, the fluid bag behind the bony point of the elbow gets inflammed, thickened and filled with fluid. This presents as a fluid swelling and can cause pain on keeping the elbows on the table.
Other possibility is Tennis elbow, which is inflammation and pain over the outer aspect of the elbow which aggravates on performing twisting movement with the hands and lifting weights.
It would be helpful if you could take a picture of your elbow with a pen marking at the exact point it hurts, if possible. Then I would be able to tell you the most possible aetiology.
You can apply hot water bottle to relieve yourself of the pain and inflammation over the painful area. You can take anti-inflammatory and pain killer medicine like Tablet Diclofenac 75mg + Thiocolchicoside twice a day after a meal.
I hope I have answered your query.
I will be available to answer your follow up queries.
Thanking you.
Regards,
Dr. Aashish Raghu
Olecranon bursitis (Student's elbow), Golfer's elbow, Nerve compression
Detailed Answer:
Hi there.
Welcome to Healthcare Magic.
Thanks for the query.
I have read your query and understood your problem.
I hope you would answer a few queries for me to be in a better position to help you.
What do you do for a living ?
Does it hurt to keep the edge of the elbows on a table ?
Is there any pain over the outer aspect of the elbow especially if you move your wrists up and down or while doing twisting movements with your hand ?
Do you have any tingling, numbness or pins and needles sensation anywhere over over the hands ?
There are few possibilities around the elbow. In bursitis, the fluid bag behind the bony point of the elbow gets inflammed, thickened and filled with fluid. This presents as a fluid swelling and can cause pain on keeping the elbows on the table.
Other possibility is Tennis elbow, which is inflammation and pain over the outer aspect of the elbow which aggravates on performing twisting movement with the hands and lifting weights.
It would be helpful if you could take a picture of your elbow with a pen marking at the exact point it hurts, if possible. Then I would be able to tell you the most possible aetiology.
You can apply hot water bottle to relieve yourself of the pain and inflammation over the painful area. You can take anti-inflammatory and pain killer medicine like Tablet Diclofenac 75mg + Thiocolchicoside twice a day after a meal.
I hope I have answered your query.
I will be available to answer your follow up queries.
Thanking you.
Regards,
Dr. Aashish Raghu
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