Any Orthopedist or Chiropractor Willing to Help Me Out Here?

Question by : Any orthopedist or chiropractor willing to help me out here?
I suffered an injury to my elbow about five month ago, which caused my ulnar nerve to dislocate so that now it moves in and out of the groove when I flex my arm at about 90 degrees. It’s not painful, but it feels awkward. I don’t get any tingling sensation in my fingers or experience any other side affects besides for this awkward feeling when I flex my arm.

I want to work out. There are plenty of exercises where I don’t have to flex my arm in that way. My question is, will such exercises injure my ulnar nerve? I’ve seen an orthopedist and he told me I’m all good and I can do what I want, but the doctors on the internet in articles write that over time the ulnar nerve can become irritated if it keeps moving in and out of the groove, and that will cause carpal tunnel syndrome.

Is working out safe in this condition at all? With certain exercise/weight lifting restrictions? Or should I just be happy I don’t have any other side effects and shut up?

Best answer:

Answer by robert y
Shut up & do exercises that will not cause future harm.

Answer by Real Life
I can’t give you a specific answer with regards to your elbow, but I can warn you to watch out for treatments which could make it worse.

Although it sounds like a proper medical treatment much like physiotherapy, chiropractic treatment is actually dangerous and non-scientific. If you have a back problem it’s best that you go to a doctor or a physiotherapist to be referred to the correct specialist for your case.

Chiropractic can be split into 2 different groups – Straight and Mixed.
Mixed chiropractors are more mainstream and offer treatments like exercise and massage.
Straight chiropractors believe that subluxations are the leading cause of all disease in the body, and that these diseases won’t be a problem if you have the correct spinal manipulations. This is medically and scientifically incorrect.

Here are some articles that you can research to form your own opinion. I’ve also found this podcast episode to be really easy to understand, it helped me to realise that there’s more going on here than people may understand:
http://cdn4.libsyn.com/skeptoid/skeptoid-4042.mp3?nvb=20090513061409&nva=20090514062409&t=08547f83239b40104eb6c

“Cervical manipulation is a preposterous thing to do, and it should be banned.”

“But despite patients’ enthusiasm for the neck adjustment […] researchers have not produced definitive proof of its medical value”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18871755/

Here’s some compelling evidence about the damage that Chiropractic does, a list of people who have died as a direct result of chiropractic http://whatstheharm.net/chiropractic.html

“Chiropractic therapy for neck pain has a high rate of adverse reactions, according to the results of a randomized study published in the July 1 issue of Spine.”

“Of 280 participants (83%) who responded, 85 (30.4%) reported 212 adverse symptoms after chiropractic care.”
http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2005/07/chiropractic-therapy-for-neck-pain-may.html

“there is a new study providing more solid evidence that chiropractic treatment increases the risk of stroke”

“Neurologists think chiropractors can damage the vertebral artery, which rises to the stem of the brain in two right-angle turns, by twisting the neck beyond its natural limits, tearing the artery in a sudden, jerky motion. The researchers concluded that there may be a “gross underreporting” of chiropractic manipulation as a cause of stroke”

“Chiropractors usually rely on anecdotes to defend their practices. Supporting scientific evidence is lacking, and most scientific studies that have been advanced in support of the practice are not up to scratch”
http://www.hfienberg.com/statstuff/chiro2.htm

Even the American Medical Association has called chiropractic an “unscientific cult”.

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