as i was done working out on tuesday, i felt great. Until an hour later as my arms started to shake, today, friday, my arms at the elbow joint have been sore ever since? what does this mean? how can i fix this problem?

I have been diagnosed with epicondylitis (tennis elbow). I have had it for ever and cant get it to heal. it hurts so bad, I cant lift a glass of water with out pain. I have used the elbow wraps and taken tons on ibuprophen. My dr. says to put heat on it, I read on the internet that ice is best? Any suggestions?

This started about 2 months ago in mainly my hand and fingers. It extended to my wrist, then forearm. My primary said "tennis elbow" and gave me a cortisone shot. It didn’t help and I’ve had lots of cortisone shots in my hand and wrist over the past several years. He sent me to an orthopaedic who said it didn’t seem like carpel tunnel but had me tested. The nerve conduction test and EMG testing for pinched nerves and nerve damage came back fine. Now he wants me to see a neurologist to rule out MS. No other symptoms that I can think of. The muscle weakness has now started in my upper arm. It hurts to type at work, brush my teeth and even drive. (It’s my dominant arm.) Any thoughts?

My baby is 6 weeks old and I have been having really sore joints. Especially when walking, going up and down stairs. Has anyone experienced these symptoms after pregnancy?

my mom is a very supersticious person and believes almost everything is spiritual.i have had tennis elbow for 8 weeks. she said it is because i disrespect her and her anscetors are punishing me or something like that. my elbow has gooten alot better but i just got into an argument with her about taking my stuff without me knowing and giving it to my brothers, sisters, cousins, etc. she said she’s mad at me so she will never let me heal.

also my goal is to become a college tennis player and i am almost there. she says luck is the most important thing and i don’t have it. i won’t make it, because of my size and god won’t allow it.

this is really getting to my head. help?

About a year ago,i started experiencing pain in my right elbow.i have worked out for years,so I thought it may have been a strain,or even "tennis elbow" or something along those lines.I stopped lifting for awhile,but after a month or two,the pain appeared in my left elbow as well.About 6 months ago,the pain spread to my shoulders and chest/collarbone area.Any kind of pushing motion brings excruciating pain in the chest/shoulder area.My elbows don’t hurt to bend,or to lift things, but when extended,or when carrying things they ache bad.about a week ago the back of my right hand went numb,and hasn’t gotten better.I wake up several times a night and whatever side I’m on is asleep or in pain. I’m tired ALL the time,no matter how much rest I get.I have seen my physician,she ran a full blood test and after nothing was found,referred me to a rhuematiod arthritis specialist,whom I will see in a week-but all the research I’ve done doesn’t seem to match the symptoms of arthritis.Any ideas?

i had a elbow strain like 4 months ago. since i got the injury i didnt really take care of it, but after 2 months. it still didnt heal so i went to massage therapy. therapist told me i strained my back and my arm.

i suddenly felt a weird feeling when i shot the ball. my arm is weak, but ive never experienced any pain.. i feel alot better now from massage therapy. since i got the injury i iced my elbow alot, but i was on the comp alot but still icing my elbow.

its just a strain…. its not like i got tennis elbow… she told me its nothing serious. so you think it’ll heal fully???? like one day i wake up… and wolla! i feel better than before! im just worried about if strains heal fully or not… i didnt torn my muscle. its not tennis elbow. thank you
but i dont feel any sharp pain and my therapist said i didnt tear any muscle.

I have seen my personal physician, a hand surgeon, a chiropractor, and a rheumatologist for this, and none of them can figure out what is wrong with me. I have been tested twice for Lyme, lupus, and arthritis, and all three have come back negative both times. I’m a 22 year old female with no history of severe injury or health problems.

Several months ago the joints on the left side of my body suddenly started to hurt. Most affected were my left wrist and knee, both of which have been injured in the past – tendonitis in my wrist two years ago, mild knee injury six months ago, but neither had given me problems till then. Also affected were my shoulder, elbow, knuckles, and ankle. The pain comes and goes in waves. Exercise and movement seem to make it worse, though staying still does not make it better. It gets worse all the time despite my taking a prescription anti inflammatory every day. The doctors have given me no painkillers. (Out of room for question, will add more details.)
It is severe to the point where I get very little sleep anymore, and have little appetite. I’ve lost five pounds in the last three days (I have very fast metabolism, but this is still abnormal for me). It does not hurt all the time, but when it does I am unable to focus and generally incapacitated if I am at work (I am a secretary). I have been limping regularly as putting weight on my left leg seems to make it worse. In the last few days my right leg has also started hurting, and the pain has started to spread out from the knees all the way to my feet and groin. My right arm is completely fine so far.

I’ve no idea if it’s relevant, but I do have other chronic health problems. I have mild-moderate asthma, vocal chord dysfunction, chronic dry eye, and acid reflux. I have suffered from a chronic stiff neck accompanied by pain for years, though I’ve always assumed that was caused by stress.

If anyone has any idea what might be causing this pain, please tell me. Thank you.
Appropriately enough, I have forgotten to mention a few other symptoms that I have been experiencing: short-term memory loss, difficulty concentrating, and confusion/disorientation, as well as muscle spasms and occasional pins-and-needles tingling in my fingertips. I’ve no idea if all of this is related or perhaps just due to sleep deprivation. The rheumatologist also mentioned to me that my blood tests showed that there is no inflammation.

The rheumatologist suggested that my pain is caused by tendinitis, though he gave no explanation as to how I would suddenly develop tendinitis all over my body without having engaged in any notable physical activity. There is no swelling or other outward physical symptoms, and my family has been very unsupporting, implying that I may be faking this for attention – this is incredibly difficult to deal with and I’m desperate to find a solution. I appreciate the suggestions so far, thanks very much to all who can help.

I "baby" my arm, so it is very weak compared to my other arm. It flairs up occassionally. I also have tennis elbow due to an injury years ago. The swelling is right in the elbow area (not sure if there is a correlation.) I am only 38, and want to do martial arts training, which entails wearing tight hand wraps and boxing gloves, not to mention a lot of punching, etc. Will this only aggravate the symptoms? I plan to contact my doctor this week before continuing, but just wanted to see if anyone else has lymphedema and boxes. THANKS.

Last night me and my fella bought a nintendo wii and i was playing boxing for hours. This morning when i woke up both my wrists are sore, my stomach hurts when i laugh, my sholders are sore and my elbow joints are sore and even my back muscels are aching! How can i have hurt so many muscels just playing wii boxing?!

i had a elbow strain like 4 months ago. since i got the injury i didnt really take care of it, but after 2 months. it still didnt heal so i went to massage therapy. therapist told me i strained my back and my arm. i did not torn any muscle massage therapist said, she can sense things well. im just wondering if these kind of injuries fully for sure. i feel no pain, no sharp pain nothing. just weak. i think i strained it.

the problem is i played bball the day after that and my arm is weak, but ive never experienced any pain.. i feel alot better now from massage therapy.

its just a strain…. its not like i got tennis elbow… she told me its nothing serious. so you think it’ll heal fully??? like one day i wake up… and wolla! i feel better than before! its not a bad serious strained elbow… i did not tear any muscle..but the day after i injured my elbow i went out and played bball for like 20 mins. i shouldve rested it but is that fine? im 15 years old, u think it’ll heal fully

A man complains to his friend: "My elbow really hurts, I think I should see a doctor"

His friend replies: "No need, the supermarket now has a machine that can give a quick and cheap diagnosis. You just need to insert a urine sample and just 1 pound. After a few minutes you get the result and a sollution to your problems"

- The man is willing to give this a try. So he inserts the sample and he waits for the result. The machine gives him a piece of paper with the follwing inscription: "You have a tennis elbow. Keep your arm warm and avoid hard labour for a couple of days. After a few weeks the pain will disappear."

Back home the man doubts the credibility of this machine and decides to test it. The next morning he makes a sample with some tap water, some poo of his dog, some urine of his wife and daughter and some sperm of himself.

He inserts this coktail in the machine and waits impatiently for the result.

He gets another note with an inscription: "Your tap water contains too much lime. Buy a filter. Your dog has maggots. Give it vitamines. Your daughter is on drugs. Bring her to a rehabilitation centre. Your wife is pregnant, but you’re not the father. Get a good lawyer. And if u don’t stop masturbating, you’ll never get rid of that tennis elbow!"

Hi i’ve been having this problem when playing tennis only when i’m serving, and only when i try to serve hard. My elbow joints start to hurt. A lot of people say you’ve got a tennis elbow, but i don’t think it is. My elbow just hurts when i try to serve really hard, if i serve softly i don’t feel pain and i don’t feel it when i’m doing my forehand or backhand, and the pain goes away after a day.
Could anyone tell me what kind of symptoms this is and what i can do to stop it.

i play baseball on my varsity high school team and wooden bat league in fall. i am a junior in high school.for some reason ever since 7 or 8 grade year ive been having soreness in my elbow. in little league i was a great pitcher. i pitched on are all-star team and everything. but since then i have stopped pitching due to the fact that my elbow gets sore after idk one inning or so. but even in p.e. when we use balls as throwing objects my elbow starts to feel really sore and i have to sit out. kinda feels like after you get done pitching when it feels heavy and hurts to lift it. i usually try to tough it out but i dont want to mess it up more than it is. i have broken it once and also sprained it too. but that was like freshmen year and it was sore before that even happend. i talked to the team medical trainer and he said to work on my mechanix and strengthing it but i just cant see what im doing wrong when i throw. sometimes in warmups before games it starts to get sore just from playing catch. so now im basically stuck at first base, which is my favorite position though. i am left handed too. and ive always played infield. i have trouble with throwing the ball very far. but i just dont know what is causing my elbow to hurt so easily and so much. any suggestions?

My ankles, wrists, knees, and elbows are soooooo sore!!!!! I just woke up with this and it’s driving me nuts. Also I know its ok to take tylenol for headaches but can you take it for aches and pains 2?
Yea, haha sorry I forgot to put how far along I am, im 32 weeks

i had a elbow strain like 4 months ago. since i got the injury i didnt really take care of it, but after 2 months. it still didnt heal so i went to massage therapy. therapist told me i strained my back and my arm. i did not torn any muscle massage therapist said, she can sense things well. im just wondering if these kind of injuries fully for sure. i feel no pain, no sharp pain nothing. just weak. i think i strained it.

i suddenly felt a weird feeling when i shot the ball. my arm is weak, but ive never experienced any pain.. i feel alot better now from massage therapy.

its just a strain…. its not like i got tennis elbow… she told me its nothing serious. so you think it’ll heal fully??? like one day i wake up… and wolla! i feel better than before! its not a bad serious strained elbow… i did not tear any muscle..but the day after i injured my elbow i went out and played bball for like 20 mins. i shouldve rested it but is that fine? im 15 years old, u think it’ll heal fully

Two and a half weeks ago my pinky finger and ring finger went numb, and it began to hurt when I bent my elbow. It has gotten better some, it doesn’t hurt when I bend my elbow anymore, but the two fingers have the pins and needles feeling. My question is, will I ever get better, and will the symptoms ever fully go away. Thanks for your help.

ive had tennis elbow forever. i argue with my mom alto and she says I’m not healing because she has some special power that the more shes pissed at me the longer it will take me to heal. she also says she will not allow me to make my dream of going really far in tennis if arguments and disrespect keeps up even though I’m a top national junior. she says I’m not gonna make it because i don’t have luck. this is getting to my head, please help?

I’m 23 year old. One month ago I started having joint pain without swelling (knee, wrist, elbow, ankle) after waking up in the morning. It’s so hard for me to wake up and I feel like I’ve never slept at all. Then my body is weak and tired for the whole day. I’ve checked my blood (Calcicum, ASLO, RF, TSH, T4, VSS, GGT), urine and taken X-ray of all my joints. The results are all good. I’ve tried to rest and exercise regularly but I still could not recover. All the doctors I have visited told me that my symptoms are caused by stress. Is it true ? I don’t think my life is too stressful to make me sick like that. Pls help me. I feel so bad because I could not start my work due to my weakness.

I give you my historical heaIth. I’ve had rheumatis fever when I was 13 year old. I’ve taken penicillin one table per day until now. 3 years ago I’ve cut my tonsil because it caused me sore throat all the time. After this operation, my sore throat is not too serious but I still have everyday.

My symptoms are 3/16/2007

I have shooting pain down both forearms down my Ulnar nerve.
I have stabbing /cramping pains down both of my fore arms.
The pain was execration, but now has defused and dissipated.
However it is still very painful.
Also I have pain in my elbows both on the interior and exterior side.
The tennis elbow is more intense when I pick up, twist, or turn an object.
Oddly I have intense pain down my arms when I sneeze or I have a shiver.
I have pain in my medial carpals in my wrist.
The pain migrates from four to five places in my wrists.
I have painful sensation changes in the 4th and 5th fingers.
I wake up many nights with pain in my hands and in a claw formation.
I have tingling burning sensations, weakness in my hands and arms.
I have trouble with my grip, pinching, grasp, twisting, of my hands
and arms. I am losing mobility in my arms that makes me drop objects more often. I am experiencing partial paralysis and loss of movement in my hands and wrists. I am experiencing a numbness and tingling on the top surface of my thumbs. I still have extreme pain at the base of both thumbs. Which is a sign of atrophy of the muscular bulge in an advanced or chronic stage, I am been told. I am experiencing that I cannot move my hands and arms with the same speed as just a few months ago and is continually getting worse. Also the pain is increasing with less exertion. I am experiencing pain from a nerve that rolls over my shoulders then to the underside of my arm between my biceps and triceps. Then runs down the length of my arm about two inches apart.
I am also catching myself from dizzy spills or vertigo. I thought it was from my pain medication so I didn’t put it together. Since its been over a year without pain medication and I still have dizzy spills. Is this a symptom too?

My stupid friend did the same arm grab to the same arm over and over and over and over and now my elbow/forearm feel pain when I use it to list weights or punch the punching bag. Why has this pain not gone away yet? Do I need to wait longer or do I have tendonitis or something? I am not going to go to the doctor to spend 0 so I can be told I injured my elbow so please don’t suggest the doctor.

To describe the pain it is not muscle pain, it feels like the bone, or some tendons or something deep in the bottom of my elbow and up the bottom of my forearm a little. When I do pushing exercises like bench press, it doesnt hurt while I do the exercise, but once I set down the weights my whole elbow forearm area on my right arm starts to hurt in a throbbing type of pain…

It started doing this when I was 13, the summer I started playing tennis.

I’m 17 now =P No one would ever take me to the doctor for it.

It hurts from time to time, but its not extremely painful or unbearable.

Now I really don’t feel it popping out like it used to, but I can still move whatever was popping out there on the side slightly.

Is this treatable? Or is the fact that its not popping out as often or as bad as it used to mean it’s healing itself?

I wore an arm brace for quite awhile, but it squished my arm more then helped my elbow =P
Its hard to tell with my jacket on, but I took it off and it is still popping out of the joint, whatever this thing is X_X Nothing looks out of place or odd on my elbow, but something is popping out on the side.
Oh yeah, this is my right elbow by the way.
If I doesn’t keep me from missing school like my evil sinus infections my mom doesn’t get off her butt to do much =P And we have no money, she has less money then I do and I have hardly any money D=

I don’t know why my grandma wouldn’t take me, she called a chiropractor but they wouldn’t even see me, he told me to wear the stupid elbow brace =P

Its not hindering my life at all in any way, its just annoying that it gets a little sore very easily.

I have a dr’s appt on tuesday, and I’m not using this for medical advice, but the last couple weeks I’ve had problems with both my hands going numb, and it’s hard to “wake them up”. Also, my right arm is KILLING me. The elbow area and upper arm area.

IDK what it is, it could be a pinched nerve, it could be carpal tunnel, it could be tennis elbow. I guess i’ll find out tuesday, but the only way I can describe the pain in my right arm is…sciatica on both sides of my arm, into my pinky & thumb. anyone else have these symptoms?

I’m wondering if i’ll have to see a specialist, i’m just in a ton of pain, so i’m going to stop typing & ice my elbow.

Thanks in advance!

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