My elbows hurt something fierce when I bend them. Feels like there’s a clamp on them. Does this sound like a pinched nerve? What do you to treat a pinched nerve?
I am 23, and it hurts like hell. It is a very sharp pain.
a pinched nerve is usually a sharp pain that shoots down your limb… sometimes accompanied by numbness. if BOTH of your elbows hurt, it could have more to do with a different type of injury (like tennis elbow, or something of that nature). It’s not likely you have TWO pinched nerves. Depending on the severity of the pinched nerve will indicate what type of treatment you would receive, maybe none, maybe some excersizes. When I had a pinched nerve (which has a different kind on pinched nerve) in my back I was put on medication and physical therapy, and told if it got bad enough surgery would take place (but it cleared up) , that type of pinched nerve has to do with swelling of the discs between your vertabrae, due to some type of injury (sometimes over use) and it pinches into your spinal cord, causing severe pain that starts in your back and shoots down your legs… they treat it with an anti-inflamatory to reduce the swelling of the disc. Anyway, not relavent to your question, the point is you hurt, something is not right, you need to think if they started hurting after a certain event (did you help a friend move, or move a certain piece of heavy furniture), have you changed your lifestyle (taken up golf or tennis, started gardening), not that you should stop anything like that if you had, but more because your doctor will ask you the same types of questions, and the cause is JUST as important as the cure. By the way in case you couldn’t tell I think you need to see a doctor. You may just need some physical therapy to strengthen certain muscles… or you may have some form of arthritis… and before you go off saying you’re too young (maybe you are, maybe you’re not) I was 23!!! when I found out I had a little bit of arthritis (something I can look forward to getting worse as I age, and get to the age where people are "supposed" to have arthritis), and my friend in the military (I was in the military with her) got discharged before her 21st birthday due to severe arthritis of the knee joints. Anyway, go see your doctor, it’s probably NOT a pinched nerve.
#1 by Pete the koala on November 23rd, 2009
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go see an acupuncture doctor there’s no easy way to treat it.
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#2 by ky_wild_cherry on November 23rd, 2009
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A pinched nerve would hurt like heck. It would be a very sharp pain. Dont know how old you are but it could be arthritis.
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#3 by sammy on November 23rd, 2009
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might be "tennis elbow" check some sites and compare..
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#4 by crane2watch on November 23rd, 2009
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nope, pinched nerve feels more tingly and asleep in your limbs or whenever it occurs. Sounds like you could have bursitis or tendonitis. I suggest checking with your doctor. A pinched nerve is when something is slightly out of place or something is causing pressure on a nerve.
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#5 by Jacuti on November 23rd, 2009
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U better see a Doc.. U feel that there is a clamp on the elbow …. It sounds more like Arthritis… Arthritis is a medical condition where the immune complex gets deposited on the joints exactly… So U will feel the pain in the joints only… In ur case its elbow…. Don delay… check and sort it out
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#6 by Kat__hleen on November 23rd, 2009
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a pinched nerve is usually a sharp pain that shoots down your limb… sometimes accompanied by numbness. if BOTH of your elbows hurt, it could have more to do with a different type of injury (like tennis elbow, or something of that nature). It’s not likely you have TWO pinched nerves. Depending on the severity of the pinched nerve will indicate what type of treatment you would receive, maybe none, maybe some excersizes. When I had a pinched nerve (which has a different kind on pinched nerve) in my back I was put on medication and physical therapy, and told if it got bad enough surgery would take place (but it cleared up) , that type of pinched nerve has to do with swelling of the discs between your vertabrae, due to some type of injury (sometimes over use) and it pinches into your spinal cord, causing severe pain that starts in your back and shoots down your legs… they treat it with an anti-inflamatory to reduce the swelling of the disc. Anyway, not relavent to your question, the point is you hurt, something is not right, you need to think if they started hurting after a certain event (did you help a friend move, or move a certain piece of heavy furniture), have you changed your lifestyle (taken up golf or tennis, started gardening), not that you should stop anything like that if you had, but more because your doctor will ask you the same types of questions, and the cause is JUST as important as the cure. By the way in case you couldn’t tell I think you need to see a doctor. You may just need some physical therapy to strengthen certain muscles… or you may have some form of arthritis… and before you go off saying you’re too young (maybe you are, maybe you’re not) I was 23!!! when I found out I had a little bit of arthritis (something I can look forward to getting worse as I age, and get to the age where people are "supposed" to have arthritis), and my friend in the military (I was in the military with her) got discharged before her 21st birthday due to severe arthritis of the knee joints. Anyway, go see your doctor, it’s probably NOT a pinched nerve.
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