ulnar nerve
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last august i slipped on water hit my elbow and had a hole near funny bone had a mri and nerve conduction test came back clear. i've been doing ulnar nerve glides my shoulders get stiff can't move my neck right or left hardly as the shoulder pain stabbing burning pain can't open my two fingers properly muscle weakness can't lift alot must be something wrong but I'm getting sent back to physio any one have any ideas? thanks
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sparrowhawk. jason59749
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maybe scar tissue has formed around the nerve? (this happened to me). i think physio can help or as a last resort, a nerve release operation. if physio doesn't help and you are in the uk you could ask for a referral to the national orthopaedic hospital: peripheral nerve unit - uk specialists in peripheral nerve damage. https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/our-services/peripheral-nerve-injury-unit
jason59749 sparrowhawk.
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hi thanks this makes perfect sense so it wouldn't show up on the mri? if I put my finger on the scar and move it the pain gets worse. so how did you get yours fixed?
sparrowhawk. jason59749
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Ah i don't really know re:MRI ( I can't have an MRI as I ended up with metal rods in my arm). but nerves are so sensitive that quite subtle scarring, that doesn't show on an MRI, could maybe cause significant pain? your nerve runs up to your neck so that might be why you're getting pain up there too.
I'm having osteopathy currently but as I understand it, physio is the best place to treat these kinds of difficulties, so hopefully they can help
jason59749 sparrowhawk.
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this sounds like it could be the reason I didn't get pain straight away was three months later when I was in the gym and had to quit because if the pain since then its spread to my shoulders and my neck so do you know of any tests that can show this ultrasound maybe the pain really gets to me as I can't sleep at night and get really stiff shoulders worse when I bend it
sparrowhawk. jason59749
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I'm not an expert! but i would hope the physio could make a reasonable assessment of you by looking at your symptoms and your history - have you had physio since the injury/onset of pain? sometimes they are v helpful. for more info you could try googling "cubital tunnel syndrome" which is similar (= trapped ulnar nerve)
jason59749 sparrowhawk.
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I had the mri over a week ago and been referred back to the physio now so waiting for that I think I might have to go private as they probably won't do anything from here
sparrowhawk. jason59749
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jason59749 sparrowhawk.
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I have found that a elbow strap to keep it straight at night helps but I don't think it will fix the problem
jason59749 sparrowhawk.
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hi sorry it's been a while my pain has got worse spread to my shoulders and neck and they keep seizing and now my other elbow is seizing having physio atm again and chiropractor and osteopath and doesn't cure it. did you have a operation to cure it in the end? as nhs won't do anymore so will have to pay for a release myself thanks Jason