Any orthopedic surgeons on here? (elbow related)

[pilchardthecat]

Diagnose me
The elbow was twisted under tension, for the first 4 or 5 days i couldnt even lift a cup of tea

After a week or so i am left with
- pain and limited range of movement in pronation
- pain in resisted flexion when the arm is extended beyond 90 degrees (hardly any pain in resisted flexion when < 90 degrees)

Pain extends up the forearm. It doesnt seem to be specific (i had tennis elbow a few years ago and it's not like that)

I am trying to figure out which tendons and/or ligaments i may have fked up, but elbows are complicated

(if you happen to be the guy i'm seeing next week, sorry, i'm just really impatient )

[The_Doc]

Very difficult to do without a face to face, but could be distal biceps tendon, which is a supinator of the forearm strictly speaking, but I've never heard of people injuring Pronator Teres muscle.

The commonest injuries are Unnamed Twisting Injury, followed by Ulna collateral injury, followed by radial fracture in a fall onto outstretched palm, olecranon fracture with some force, etc etc

The elbow is a sturdy, well stabilised joint and rarely suffers any long term harm, unlike the wimpy wrist and ankle which are just flopping around in the breeze...

see your specialist

[pilchardthecat]

The_Doc said:

Very difficult to do without a face to face, but could be distal biceps tendon, which is a supinator of the forearm strictly speaking, but I've never heard of people injuring Pronator Teres muscle.

The commonest injuries are Unnamed Twisting Injury, followed by Ulna collateral injury, followed by radial fracture in a fall onto outstretched palm, olecranon fracture with some force, etc etc

The elbow is a sturdy, well stabilised joint and rarely suffers any long term harm, unlike the wimpy wrist and ankle which are just flopping around in the breeze...

see your specialist

Thanks - i had kind of ruled out the distal biceps tendon - presumably if it was this i would feel pain in flexion at <90 degrees

I am encouraged somewhat by your penultimate sentence