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Anonymous
Hello /fit/, I was hoping you could help me find out whats wrong with my arm.

I tried to lift a 20lb dumbbell when I was like 11 or 12, don't remember. It was really heavy at the time, I lifted it up after much effort, using my body to help me, and I heard a loud pop near where my elbow was and I dropped the dumbbell. I didn't tell anybody what happened, I was scared I would get in trouble and I didn't use that arm for heavy stuff for a while.

Anyways, ever since then, my arm hasn't been the same. my right forearm always feels weaker than my left, like something was wrong with it. It feels weak and there's a little pain when I try to lift or turn/twist something. It's really there when I try to twist/turn.

I've read something that explains whats wrong with me in the past. But I can't remember it, and google searches have come up with bullshit 'ask medical questions' websites.

Could anyone tell me what the condition with my arm is?
>> Anonymous
>Could anyone tell me what the condition with my arm is?

A doctor could tell you.
>> Anonymous
If it was a fracture of some sort, it definitely healed itself by now.

It's possible to pop your olecranon process of your ulna (elbow for the layman) out of your olecranon fossa in your humerus, but you would have known if something was dislocated the second it happened, this would also render your arm unable to bend.

Since it has persisted this long, the most logical assumption is that you suffered nerve damage. Nerve damage could easily explain the "weakness" that you feel in your right forearm muscles, because it might not be getting the full force of electric impulses from your brain (pseudoparalysis). Nerve damage should be accompanied by some numbness, though, but SHOULD is the key word.

If it were any damage to bone or muscle tissue, this would have fixed itself naturally over the years. Nerve damage makes the most sense since this problem has persisted for a fairly long period. Hard to judge which nerves you might have damaged without being able to see you in person or look at x-rays, though. It's possible you damaged a nerve higher up on your arm and not directly at the source.
>> Anonymous
>>335767
Holy shit doc, not OP but can I use you as my personal MD and physical fitness advisor, forever?

I've got Aetna HMO and PayPal.
>> Anonymous
>>335767
actually, i was thinking it to be more of a neuromusclar inhibition due to previous trauma, as you metioned the dislocation of the olecranon process would significantly impair movement, a break would have associated swelling, and nerve damage (why? broken bone severing nearby nervous tissue/bone dislocation-->nerve pinch-->likely numbness)

as OPs problem is not a 'clinical' issue per se, so i say muscle strain, without proper rehab, reduced ROM/activation length, and to prevent further strain, overactive golgi tendon units inhibiting full contraction of the previously damaged motor units.
>> Anonymous
chiro or physio thera or something
>> Anonymous
>>335767
>>335791
Are you guys doctors?
OP here.
Don't know if it matters, but I'm 20 right now and I can straighten and bend the arm that feels weak.
And there's also this one weird thing with my arm that happens.
When I straighten my right arm out, and flex the muscle on the forearm near the elbow, it kind of moves to the side away from the arm.
>> well fuck your shit !SvVHiVQG4I
No on in this thread is a doctor or has ever taken any kind of class that could even relate to professional medicine beyond high school biology (with the exception of myself). Enjoy looking up anatomical terms on wikipedia and pretending you have any idea what you're talking about, faggots.

Jesus fucking christ OP, you put a lot of pressure on your elbow and it cracked, the same way your knuckles do. The cavitation was probably particularly violent, too, given the circumstances, so it felt weird for a few days. The fact that you neglected to use the arm for heavy things for so long means the muscle has naturally become weaker, resulting in, oh my god, THE ARM FEELING WEAKER. The pain is the result of hyperextending a mildly atrophied muscle. No swelling, no break. No stiffness, no ligament damage. No numbness, no tingling, no nerve damage.
>> Anonymous
>>335958
Well I crack my knuckles, wrists, elbow, and various parts of my body a lot. Usually its when I stretch and its not the same feeling as my arm.
And there's no way the weakness feeling is because my arm is weak. I do use my arm to lift heavy things.
I'm right handed and my right arm is stronger than my left arm. Its just the weak feeling is always there especially when I use strength or try to turn/twist there's some pain. The feeling is near where it bends on the forearm.
>> Anonymous
>>335977
go see a doctor.
/thread
>> Anonymous
>>335994
Oh, I plan to see a doctor about it soon. Just wanted to know if anyone here knew anything about it. Seemed like a common weight lifting injury.