When your elbow swells and is painful to the touch, it is no laughing matter. We rely heavily on the use of our arms everyday to perform even the most basic tasks such as carrying a grocery bag or briefcase, turning a doorknob to open a door, twisting the lid off a jar and even shaking someone’s hand. But what if all of these movements cause severe elbow pain plus to make matters worse, you are also experiencing some elbow inflammation. What exactly does this mean? Is this an “injury” that will simply get better with some rest and time off?
For the majority of individuals suffering from elbow pain, they don’t even realize that they have suffered an elbow injury and may choose to ignore it or take the “wait-and-see” approach. If this is the case for you, then I must tell you that this is a critical mistake simply because it can actually make your injury worse and even prolong your recovery time.
Your can be caused by a couple of different situations. Perhaps you’ve just bumped your elbow or taken a fall or blunt force trauma to your elbow. If this is what has happened to you, simply icing your elbow 3 times a day for 10 minutes each time, over a 48 hour period will help eliminate your pain and inflammation.
If your swollen elbow and pain has appeared out of nowhere and you have no clue on how this has happened, then there is good chance that you have something more serious going on in your elbow and have possibly suffered a serious elbow injury. Especially if you are past the first 48 hours and icing your elbow has not reduced your swelling and pain.
It is important to identify the location of your pain and inflammation.
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