What have I done to my elbow? A couple of months ago I landed badly off a small 18inch or so drop. Must have landed with a left handed lean somehow because I lunged over the left side of the bars with my left hand somehow over and in front of the bars(don't even remember my hand coming off the grips). Anyhow, after a bit(lot) of wiggling around somehow managed to save it and stay upright and moving, even laughed at myself thinking it must have looked very comical. Felt a bit of a twinge but nothing to worry about and carried on with my ride.
Got home later in the day and boiled the kettle for a cuppa, tried to pour the kettle and felt a very sharp pain in my elbow and didn't have the strength to pour it with that hand. The pain was from about 1cm below the frontmost pointy bony bit(medical term) of my elbow joint and that area was swollen. Could still use my arm. ONly movements like pouring a kettle that were very painful and week. This lasted a couple of days and then the swelling and pain went down and started to be able to use it normally again.
Since then though it has never fully recovered. The area is still tender to the touch and the pain keeps coming and going although not as bad as it was. Also, if I lean on that elbow and then straighten my arm there is quite a loud cracking sound.
I will prob go and see a doc soon if it doesn't improve but anyone else had anything like this?
Broken/fractured radial head?
ligament is my guess. effectively a sprain
Yeah, I thought probably a ligament but I must admit the cracking sound is making me wonder if there is a fracture.