YANMD. A month ago, I took a nasty fall and hurt my left arm. It's getting better, but what do you think I did to it?
I was carrying bags of groceries on each shoulder down a concrete sidewalk like I'd done a thousand of times before, but tripped on an uneven portion and crashed hard. Though it's not 100% yet, it's been progressively healing.
Immediately after: excruciating pain throughout my forearm and very little mobility. Went to urgent care to rule out a fracture, and the xrays came up clean. There was zero bruising, though slightly swollen from elbow to wrist.
For 2 weeks: It hurt a ton to rotate my arm (palm up, palm down), and pushing pulling anything - microwave door, car door, putting on a fitted sheet, pulling on leggings, turning a doorknob, etc. Would hurt especially towards my wrist and mid-forearm.
The next 2 weeks: getting mobility back, but still some pain and moving slowly. Resuming lifting light weights (previously lifted weights 2x a week) but with modified range of motion and by the end of it, getting back to normal range.
5 weeks out: I can *finally* put a little weight on it for a couple of seconds (high plank, pushup, etc). Previously couldn't put any weight on it at all. Pain is felt on the inside of my elbow.
I had meant to go to an orthopedist but needed a referral, and it was about 10 days before I could see my PCP. Things were improving so I decided to wait on it. I know YANMD, but what does this sound like? |
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