May be ligament damage. Sounds like problem I had with elbows after I overlifted a very heavy stuck garage door. Couldn"t lift any weight for 2 years. Finally healed. Also my daughter had a wrist injury that took a second orthopedist and 3 years to figure out. She ended with surgery to "clean up the ligament".And PT. Course she got tendinitus while in PT with it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alison Dunn Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 1:14 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Elbow Injury informaion sought One of the injuries I sustained when my horse fell with me was right elbow
injury that had been diagnosed after xrays in the emergency room as a radial
head fracture. After the orthopedist looked at new xrays 11 days after
having been put in a caste, he decided I didn't have any fractures - said
to just start using the arm. I had an appointment 3 days later with a
regulary doctor to check that I didn't have nerve damage, as I was concerned
with weakness in that arm. He said I didn't. Five days after that, I still
can't fully straighten the elbow, and can't fully close it either. I also
get lots of involuntary muscle spasms when I push a little to straighten it
or close it more than it 'wants' to It doesn't really hurt - just aches a
bit and won't bend normally. I obviously did something to the elbow. One of
my questions - what are the 'windows' of opportunity to do something if the
injury is to cartilage? I'm in an HMO and very concerned that I don't in MY
ignorance miss something before it is too late to fix it. I have another
appointment with the orthopedist, but not until next week. I finally have
the ok for physical therapy, but I don't know when that will be. If you
could point me to literature or websites that would help educate me I'd
appreciate it very much!
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