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Elbow pain lifting weight n straighten
I am having elbow pain and muscle near that area is a little swallon. I only feel pain when I try to straighten my hand or lift weight. Its on my right hand and I feel I did some wrong weight lifting at gym. Will excercises help or do I need some meditation and other treatment.
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If injuries is less then 72 hour put cold peck and more then 72 hour put hot peck
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Stop workout for 3 days
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Try to imobalize it with the taping or creep bandage give the rest to the arm
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U have strain in muscle of forearm. Use ice and support it. Visit to the Physiotherapist to get rid of this pain
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Hi..your having pain due to elbow strain so... primarily you can go with gentle elbow stretching then apply quick iceing over affected area.. And take Tennis elbow Support. If not recovered then consult a Near by physiotherapist Immeadaitly Will give you good remedy for that ...
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to do gentle active Excercise To avoid driving, desk work.also.. for till better recovery..
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apply quick iceing over effected area.. Tennis elbow Support.
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Give Rest to particular affected joint.. Keep icing (Cryotherapy) for 20-30mins twice daily, after icing do minimal flexion and extension movement.. Recovery will take 3-5 days..
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NSAID
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Avoid exercise now.
Tk physiotherapy treatment for few days its due to wrong exercises
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Gentle Stretching of Hand Muscles.
Ball exercises.
Wrist Exerciser.
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Ms. Poonam Markandewar
Occupational Therapist
15 yrs exp
Pune
Hello Sir... As per your complain I would suggest you to do
* icing around the painful area for 5_15mins intermittently /3 - 4 times a day. Continue till pain subsides.
*Let your hand rest and avoid straining activities which are aggravating pain.
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*Measure your pain on Pain scale of 0-10 for self check.Pre icing and post icing after 3-4days..
0- 1mild and bearable pain.
5 - is medium and affecting your work.
8-10 is very painful and also affecting your daily basic activities.
*If you cannot avoid activities you can also use elbow brace which helps in supporting elbow and wine off pressure on muscle and tendons.
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*Start with Hand and arm Strengthening exercises gradually.
*If you have Desktop work profile make sure of using best posture and hand positioning while working.
*Keep doing 5-10 mins of stretching exercise and hand exercises to relive the strain and increase circulation in hand and arm.
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