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Help Needed For Cracking And Paining Elbow Every Time It Is Stretched?

Hello, young and my elbow has been acting funny lately. Everything is fine when I m sitting still but if I go to grab something or have my arm goes straight it cracks and it has a little pain. Then it s gone for about two minutes and it happens over and over again. It could be great if you could help me.
posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2014
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It could be that you have a loose body in your elbow that is getting caught. The other problem is called osteochondritis dessicans of the capitellum or Panners disease. This can also cause loose bodies. To make this diagnosis you would need an Xray and possibly an MRI scan.
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Help Needed For Cracking And Paining Elbow Every Time It Is Stretched?

It could be that you have a loose body in your elbow that is getting caught. The other problem is called osteochondritis dessicans of the capitellum or Panners disease. This can also cause loose bodies. To make this diagnosis you would need an Xray and possibly an MRI scan.