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Noticed A Raised Blue/purple Bruise On Arms After A Fall

I fell quite badly two months ago on my fprearm, the area became very raised and blue/purple bruised. The bruise has now gone but it still hurts to apply pressure to the area and the tissue is still raised/hard. Is that normal? Will it just sort itself?
Fri, 15 Feb 2019
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Hello,

As the symptoms you have mentioned in history, I feel this is a direct injury to the bone, that is the olecranon process.

So having these signs are common. Also, there might be some injury to the tendon of the triceps muscle which gets attached to the olecranon process.

For long term relief of pain, you can strengthen the triceps muscle so the muscle functionality improves and pain doesn't reoccur in later stages.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Take care

Regards,
Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist
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Noticed A Raised Blue/purple Bruise On Arms After A Fall

Hello, As the symptoms you have mentioned in history, I feel this is a direct injury to the bone, that is the olecranon process. So having these signs are common. Also, there might be some injury to the tendon of the triceps muscle which gets attached to the olecranon process. For long term relief of pain, you can strengthen the triceps muscle so the muscle functionality improves and pain doesn t reoccur in later stages. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Take care Regards, Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist