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My physical therapist pointed out that my elbow doesn’t lay flat. The image shows the farthest I can straighten it. Although I write left-handed, I mostly use tools right-handed. She says it’s from too much grasping, lifting, and pushing with that arm. I’m curious if you other woodbutchers have experienced this. Doc says mine is pretty severe, and lately it’s been hurting as I’m doing a lot of drilling, sawing, and planing on the boat build.
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Last edited by Malcolm Schweizer; 02-23-2019 at 3:40 PM.
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WAY too much grasping, lifting, pushing, beating, etc. with mine and I can lay flat.
i've never heard of that, no.
Sorry you're having that trouble. Keep icing it down.............
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Have you ever broken the Radius bone, or damaged the Radius head? Try carrying around a bucket of water, or sheetrock mud, and see if it stretches it out any.
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Yikes! I hope the PT has some good therapy ideas for working on that. !Originally Posted by Malcolm Schweizer
Mine, so far, is OK. Of course I'm pushing 70 so who knows what next year will bring. I do get a lot of arm stretching carrying bales of hay, buckets of feed and water, etc., I wonder if that helps.
You bet it does.
This past summer was a lot of outdoor heavy work all season long.
I hadn't felt better in years.
I've been a bit lazy this winter, so far, and I notice a big difference it my breathing, especially.
Before cold weather hit I was it great shape.
I, too, am pushing 70.
But my biggest restricted motion and pain is primarily in my hands. My fingers are developing large knots at the joints, immobilizing the joint, as well as causing my fingers to become crooked.
My right thumb hurts the worse.
But, hey, life is painful. Not always physically, but painful.
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Not that I know of! As for Sheetrock mud, I hate carrying that stuff, and now I know why. Going any further than pictured hurts. I always thought it was normal for carrying 5 gallon buckets to hurt as well.
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Do you ever remember falling, and catching yourself with that arm outstretched? Find two pretty girls. Have one sit on your shoulder, and the other to sit in that hand. It will probably still hurt, but maybe not that bad.
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My arm doesn't bend a whole lot now. Had surgery and I am just getting it back through PT.
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Bill, did you ever get referred to an arthritic specialist (sorry about the spelling).
Your hands sound like my late father's knuckles, and he had osteo arthritus - it might help.
I keep mine under "control" by hitting the gym many times a week, plus every bit of physical labour I can handle.
Im also 74.
Young enough to remember doing it;
Old enough to wish I could do it again.
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At 76 both elbows go straight. Both shoulders are permanently torn, and one hand got injured last year, but by golly my elbows are good.
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This was my thought. I fractured the radial head a 15-20 years back and had this exact problem once I was out of the splint/cast. I was having PT to resolve the situation and I was making slow progress. Then, I grabbed something heavy instinctively as it rolled off the counter and it wrenched my arm straight. I don't recommend it -- it was ridiculously painful but it did the trick.
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There is a name for this condition but it escapes me. I think tennis elbow affects the outside of the elbow and this the inside and it is not uncommon. Here it is, Golfer's Elbow https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/syc-20372868
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"Tennis elbow" is a form of tendonitis: it may hurt to get the joint to full extension, but the range of motion is still there.
Or at least that's how the sweet but sadistic young thing explained it to me in PT during my last session.
(No, I don't play tennis. Turns out "press and click" actually means "pound and curse" in Pergo-speak...two days with a 2lb dead-blow hammer in my hand took a cortisone shot and three rounds of PT to correct.)
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
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No I haven't, Aaron.
My thumb has hurt for 30 years or more. When I had my shoulders done my surgeon said it required surgery, but that I would not like my thumb at all for well over a year post op.
He gave me a splint.
My finger knots and twists are recent....within the last 2 years.
I'll look into it.
Are there specific exercises just for fingers that slow or stop the damage?
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