Replying to Quick Dr. NS Help
i know what a doctor is, just tell me if i should go to one or if this will go away. i'd go to the trainer at school but i'm on spring break and the only person would be the full out orthopedist so it'd need to be worthy
so i skied all winter at school and wasn't really lifting at all and on saturday i went to the gym and after doing cardio and some abs i decided to lift a little. i did some generic pull ups, lunges with weights, forearm stuff, and a bunch of sets of 45 lb curls with a curling bar. clearly i didn't warm up well enough or something because the past few days i have not been able to extend my arms fully and i'm getting a shit load of chronic pain on my inner elbow.
to the touch my lower outer bicep is incredibly sensitive along with my outer upper forearm muscle. my arm is only comfortable between 45 and 90 degrees of bend at the elbow, either more bent or extended is extremely painful in those same spots and i can't really even do it. nothing looks that swollen or bruised but i literally cannot extend my arms.
SO, i have done a good amount of lifting before and i know what it's like to be sore after lifting, i'm not an enormous pussy, but this is different and significantly more painful. i haven't lifted since then, i just erged a bunch yesterday and did nothing today, nothing strenuous on my arms, but the pain is getting worse. my strength is only diminished by the pain; i don't feel weaker, but it reeeally fucking hurts
so tell me if i'm a pussy and should wait it out or if i should go to a doctor. once again, i have been sore from lifting plenty of times, but nothing like this, just concerned it might be more than just soreness
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