http://curetenniselbow.org/1564/is-it-okay-to-bend-your-elbow-when-there-is-an-iv-in-your-arm/ Effective Tennis Elbow Treatment Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:24:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://curetenniselbow.org/1564/is-it-okay-to-bend-your-elbow-when-there-is-an-iv-in-your-arm/comment-page-1/#comment-6536 raisin Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:24:20 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1564/is-it-okay-to-bend-your-elbow-when-there-is-an-iv-in-your-arm/#comment-6536 If the IV was in your antecubital fossa, it was not such a good idea to bend your arm for reasons listed in your question. What probably happened is that you gave additional stress to the needle, which might have bruised your vein...we call it "blowing out the veing", which is quite painful and remains that way for some time. But it will resolve. Place some ice on it, it will help if there is any inflammation. Take care. If the IV was in your antecubital fossa, it was not such a good idea to bend your arm for reasons listed in your question. What probably happened is that you gave additional stress to the needle, which might have bruised your vein…we call it "blowing out the veing", which is quite painful and remains that way for some time. But it will resolve. Place some ice on it, it will help if there is any inflammation. Take care.

]]> http://curetenniselbow.org/1564/is-it-okay-to-bend-your-elbow-when-there-is-an-iv-in-your-arm/comment-page-1/#comment-6537 DVP Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:24:20 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1564/is-it-okay-to-bend-your-elbow-when-there-is-an-iv-in-your-arm/#comment-6537 Yes is OK to bend your elbow, if you don't move your arm it will definitely become stiff. Now, you don't want to cut the flow of your IV, meaning, you can't keep your elbow bent for a prolong period of time. Hope this helped. Yes is OK to bend your elbow, if you don’t move your arm it will definitely become stiff. Now, you don’t want to cut the flow of your IV, meaning, you can’t keep your elbow bent for a prolong period of time.
Hope this helped.

]]> http://curetenniselbow.org/1564/is-it-okay-to-bend-your-elbow-when-there-is-an-iv-in-your-arm/comment-page-1/#comment-6538 cool Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:24:20 +0000 http://curetenniselbow.org/1564/is-it-okay-to-bend-your-elbow-when-there-is-an-iv-in-your-arm/#comment-6538 i agree with raisin's answer. you might want to ask the nurse to remove that cannula in your arm and place it by the dorsal area of your non-dominant hand. this will give you more freedom to move around without having to ponder any joint motion that may again dislodge or puncture a vein. i agree with raisin’s answer. you might want to ask the nurse to remove that cannula in your arm and place it by the dorsal area of your non-dominant hand. this will give you more freedom to move around without having to ponder any joint motion that may again dislodge or puncture a vein.

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