Pain In Elbow When Bending Or Straightening After Injury, No Swelling Or Bruising. Suggestions?

Posted on Thu, 9 Aug 2012

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Question : okay so i fell and hit my elbow and it really hurt and now to bend or straighten it it hurts or if i bump it it hurts. i have no swellling or bruising just a minor lump on my elbow please give me some anwsers suggestions to make it feel better or whats wrong with it and if to see a doctor

Answered by Dr. Sudhir (26 minutes later)

Hello,

Thanks for the question.

Sorry to hear about your elbow. I think you should try few things like - Avoiding any straining, immobilization ,ice application and oral analgesics for pain.

But this should be investigated with xray to see if there is any bony injury.Sometimes such injuries might need evaluation by MRI to look for tendon, muscle , joint effusion or ligament injury etc.

So a prior clinical evaluation needs to undertaken.

Hope this answers your question.

Regards.

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