Cubital Tunnel Syndrome? (Cell Phone Elbow) vs Herniated Disc-Neck
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2017
- "Famous" Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck (Bob and Brad) discuss how to tell if you have Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (cell phone elbow) versus a herniated disc in your neck. They also discuss how to manage it if you do.
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I sleep on my arm outstretched under my head. I am having a tough time finding a comfortable way to sleep. But I have a feeling this is being caused by my sleep habits
Being in quarantine with only my phone for entertainment could be the causes why I have this now...
is it gone ? how are you treating it ? i too have it from past 10 days
@@akshayhadawale9696 So far I recovered. Whenever I use my left/right hand I make sure not to put pressure on my elbows so I tend to sit while using my phone and ,when I'm laying down I prevent putting pressure on the nerve on my elbow so I kinda tilt it a bit and putting pillow or soft cushion help. Make sure you know which part of the nerve is damage it's either on the shoulders, neck and elbow this is where most part the damage occurs so try to determine which area. There are exercise on the RUclips that well help you determine which part is damage then do less pressure on them and let it rest for some days. If it's in the nick or shoulders probably on your sleeping positions try to adjust. And I constantly do some stretching, before I sleep and in the morning there are some videos on RUclips for that. Good luck I hope you recover soon. And of course check with your doctor numbness might also cause by other underlying diseases such as diabetes or mild stroke but with our situation right now doctors might not be available. Sorry for my bad grammar English is not my first language. I hope I help you out.
Same
@@jae4512 thanks allot.. 🙂
@islanti i got 3 days ago. My pinky fingers is so hard to move now, my elbow is very sensitive and when add pressure it's feels like electrified. Last night was the worst attack of the pain. It's feels like I pushed up to my limit and the most affected is elbow, forearm and biceps. Even my pinky fingers feels tingly. I read in Google. Don't be so foreful in it or you might get it into more bad condition that will result into surgery.
The professional, positive and even entertaining approach of these two guys is greatly appreciated. I wish my doctor was like that.
Thank you Bob and Brad! You guys are my personal heroes. I've been following your advice and my symptoms have improved immensely. Rock on with your bad selves. :)
Thanks for all the help guys - it's like you are sitting in the room with me. Cheers
Thank you so much Bob & Brad for these wonderful tips! you guys are life savers! I try to help people with car issues on my channel but when I have a problem, I come to you guys. I think I have a Cubital Tunnel issue so I'm gonna be trying these techniques and I hope I can get some relief. Thanks again, I really appreciate you guys and this channel.
How u feel now
I always enjoy these videos from the Click and Clack of physical therapy
This was exactly what I needed to see. I’ve been looking for a video that showed me actually what was going on in my arm
did it work?
Always trust you guys more than any other practitioners on line. Thanks!
This is literally so helpful thank you so much!
Thank you for the information ! You two are both very helpful and hilarious! Keep up the great work
Thank you guys. I'm experiencing it right now this video of yours really help!
thank you so much for this video! I have been having the symptoms for weeks and thought it was Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Now I know what to avoid. Very informative :D
This was incredibly helpful. Thank you very much.
you guys saved me a trip to the doctor plus time and money - thanks so much!! The techniques are working and I really appreciate you putting it out there!
Are you alright now
Thank you so much.. You docs are great... it is horrible condition and the worse is you forget to continue excercises as soon as it alleviates only to come back
This was very helpful. Thank you so much for the information and wisdom
Bless you both for this!
Wow, thank you both for this very informative video! I literally did the elbow finger roll test and I could feel shooting pain sensation in my pinky and ring finger.
How r u now
thank you for the information, i learn so much from you two!!!
I love you guys. Surprisingly over the last couple of years I find myself coming back to your videos, for different issues (glad to be subscribed!). Always very helpful
This is one of their worst rambling videos. Not helpful- for me
Once again you guys are the best ! I've struggled with pain from my elbows for almost two years. I figured it was from leaning at my desk and typing / cell phone use. Pregnancy carpal tunnel did not help! Theres like a little ball in between each elbow in that space and when it flares up it's a bad time. Now I am staying home with my twin boys and I've had the worst flare ups yet having to carry and burp 2 babies ! I know I should have gone to the doctor's but just never got around to it 😩 I will do these exercises it keep it at bay! Thank you !!
Could you please do a video on radial tunnel syndrome vs tennis elbow? Also a whole video on radial tunnel syndrome itself. Thank you! You guys are absolutely great.
You two are awesome, great information, I have horrible pain in my neck but also I pass the elbow tests. I lean on this elbow a lot in my work and I think that is how I got it. Love to you...Love to all...Kim
This has just started for me, I am a plasterer . This video is great help, thanks.
You guys rock! I always watch your videos as they're so informative and helpful. I've suffered from CTS for years now for about 6 months it had gotten a lot better. However, last night just before going to bed I had a flareup and just couldn't sleep cause my left pinky was numb. I tried some of the exercises you mentioned as I had previously heard about them and it helped soothe the numbness a bit and I was able to fall asleep. I will be trying the exercises you guys illustrated on this video and I'm sure that'll help. Thank you so much!
Get an elbow brace. I didn’t know how much I bent my elbows during my sleep until I married and my wife made me aware of the issue.
You gents have been helping me for years. Thank you for all of your content. 🙏
Thanks for watching!
This is excellent. My chiro suggested I have this today. I definitely do.
Thanks guys. I have spent the last two weeks leaning on my elbows and when i wasn't i was "resting" on my forearms right around the elbow right where the nerve is with some body weight. I didn't feel any symptoms while doing that but when i was lying in bed watching a video from my phone and i had my elbow bent all the way and my wrist twisted holding the phone for 40 minutes, when i released the position i got accute pain in my forearm. And before that i was using my phone for 4 hours with my elbow bent :)
Thanks to you two i now know how to fix this and be aware not to over stress the nerve again in the future!
Best of the best as always!
Two brothers from different mother thank you for the great lessons and tips
Thank you, will try this, I have been in a lot of pain.
Thanks guys - I love your channel and this is a big issue for me
You guys are the absolute best! Thank you so much. The last exercise really alleviates all my pain.
Thank you! Glad that we could help take away your pain! :)
update?
Update?
Y'all are great. Thank you
I thought I had carpal tunnel, but I watched your video about that. You guys mentioned it's not typical to have numbness in the pinkie, so I think I might have this. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much this is so thankful.
You guys are amazing! Thank you SO much!!!
Finally! Cubital Tunnel Syndrome! I cut hair with my right dominant hand. But my left outside wrist gets really sore so that I drop the hair I am holding to be cut. It has been worsening. A wrist brace/wrap has not really helped. I knew it wasn't carpal tunnel or tennis elbow. Now I know - THANK YOU!! My other issue is that I cannot walk my dogs anymore due to Morton's neuroma. Can you offer any help for that?? And finally, you guys are great. And polite - don't see that much theses days!! You are also kind and funny. What a great pair - stay great! God bless you!
Thanks Bob And Brad. 😊
Thank-you for such a thorough explanation with recommendations
Glad it was helpful! Brad
Thank you for the in-depth information. I am a physician myself and I have been suffering from this for almost 5 years now. If you are interested, I will keep you updated on whether I experience any relief with the exercises you presented.
Best video ever on cubital tunnel syndrome
I hope you can fix me again 🤣🤣 I'm having this pain now . You two have helped me before with other pains🙌🏻💞
Amazing!! Thank you sooo much!
Thank you! Nice to know this can be fixed at home. :)
Thanks guys...this was funny and informative...
Thank you so much for this!! Finally know what Ive been having
I came straight for this because I am getting PT for biceps tendinitis and lately my elbow has been slightly sore. I am a phone call RN- have been doing phone calls for surgery patients for over 2 years and am sure that is how I messed up my L shoulder- elbow. Came to get on top of cub. tun. syndrome. So glad I did. I do use a headset now for several weeks.
You guys are charming, you have a local cable TV oldey timey quality. I miss quirky local cable shows
I CAN’T SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON FAST ENOUGH!
Thanks guys, I needed this! After my fatal dirtbike accident, this started happening. Pops really back, can feel it up into my shoulder when I do the wrist rotation along with moving my shoulder as well.
You dead bro?
@@musictube17 This is my spirit writing you.
Lifting weights and I start getting symptoms of this. Gets irritating when I’m trying to stay in shape.
Got the same symptom due to swordfight training...quite irritating for sure.
body no lol this is crazy im only 15 but when i extend my right arm i get tingling on my ring finger
Wake up Goofy
You will have to ice it and let it heal.
When lifting make sure you do as much external rotation as possible and use a pronated grip whenever possible.
Go follow athlean-x.
That channel is a gold mine.
@@traviscarver4708 he doesn't have any videos for elbow pinched nerve though. i wish.
@@wakeupgoofy8195 like they said, you don't wanna irritate the nerves, so you need to stop whatever activity that triggers that tingling. You need to let it heal or else it'll just get worse overtime.
Thanks for the great video and exercises and straightening technique. Also who is the Packer fan or Viking fan see these items on shelf behind you.
Thank you both of you
Thank you! Dealing with this for the first time, fingers have been numb for 10 days straight 😖 really appreciate you both 🙏
It's been 8 days for me. Wishing the feeling would return now sucks not being able to move fingers a certain way
@@heisthetruth0 has anything worked for you guys?
did the numbness go away? did you have any pain?
@@heisthetruth0 did the numbness go away? did you have any pain?
Your videos are so entertaining and full of information. I have had three operations to correct cubital tunnel syndrome, the third being a submuscular ulnar nerve transposition. Having said that, you guys explained this condition better than three ortho surgeons did. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge.
did it help?
@@Ati422 Yes, the third operation worked.
did you have weakness in your last 2 fingers and pain when bending your elbow?
i also have pain in my neck really bad to but everything started in my right elbow
@@wwiley08 It's been really hard for me to find success stories concerning this. Mind if I pick your brain?
Hello there,
Thank you for uploading such helpful videos!
Could you put Morton's Neuroma also on your list for future videos, please?
Thanks in advance!
Shes good. This really helps. Thank you.
You are welcome Ed!
wow.. this video explains the shooting pain from wrist thru baby finger/,ring finger. I got this from propping myself up after major lumbar surgery. Wish i knew in advance
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'Once i said a bad word when that happened' lol 😂 great video and a sense of humor of course!
Thank you this was very helpful
Thank you so much guys. I have been awaiting a nerve test for about a month now. Got about a week until my appointment to confirm what is going on with my nerve. But I'm sure that it's cubital tunnel syndrome. Thank you so much for your information! I've been in a lot of pain but I feel really hopeful thank you for your help.
P.S. I used to be a Vikings fan, now I'm a Packer fan.
are you ok now, how long it took to recover
So helpful!! Thank you
wonderful explanation. thanks.
You guys are hilarious! The laughter you gave me eased the pain, especially the "looked it up in my book" part! I'm a freelance web designer, is my career toast? I love my work also, sometimes can do work marathons, I loose myself in concentration for hours...will I be able to keep using they keyboard?....😢
Did your situation ever heal?
You guys are the best!
Great video...Thanks!
Can you please do video on arthrosis from C2-T7 and lower back from L1-L5 how to manage this. Thank you
Numbness at tip of ring finger was gone within 2 minutes of starting the video. Thanks so much guys. Scary symptom! Tip of finger was 95 percent numb!!!
You guys are legends
Thanks !!! Very helpful
Thanks for the video very informative
Do you have a video for upper back pain and simultaniously breast bone pain. Thanks! Love your videos!
You can have both Cubital Tunnel Syndrome and a Herniated Disc at the same time. A herniated disc can cut the flow going down to the cubital tunnel making it difficult to recover after repetitive use, cell phone, elbow flexion when sleeping etc.
Thank you very much. I am headed for surgery because my cubital tunnel syndrome is so bad. Been doing bracing and exercising for months. Losing function of my hand, so it must be addressed. The only thing I haven’t tried is massage. Thank you so much for this information.
Thank you I really like watching your videos on every topic. My primary doctor don't even know what to tell me when I go in to see him but this video has helped a lot I'm pretty sure I have a pinched nerve I've been telling my doctor that for years tingling in my pinky and now I have this syndrome which really hurts cannot bend my fingers at times lost my grip I really do believe it's my sleeping positions I wake up with my hands under my head
thank you for this information :)
Very helpful thank you guys
Got alot of neck trouble so they were convinced it was all coming from my neck. But I do believe there is something wrong with my elbows. Finally got a doctor to listen. Go for my nerve test next week. Hopefully they can figure out what's wrong. Went from extremely physical to not being able to anything for the past 7 months.
Thank you so much with love from Iran
I've recently started to lift weights, and oddly enough, I started feeling my left elbow get REALLY tight when I do squats. Anyway, I'm a side sleeper and just this morning I woke up with the 2 finger numb. I stretched and my shoulder popped and the fingers regained their feeling.. whoa.. lead me to your channel AGAIN. You guys helped me with BPPV Epley Maneuver, I thought I'd see if you had anything on this. BAM.. Thank you all for your videos. (new subscriber now). so the question is, Can someone totally heal from this?
Ive been lifting weights for awhile. I defs have this god damn hope my nerve didn't pop over the bone
For anybody dealing with this problem. It is going away if you do nerve exercises. if i extended my arm 3 months ago, it would snap in the elbow and fingers. 3 monts later and have 1 procent of this. Probably 1 more month and its compeltly away. i will edit it over one month.
Edit:
The last time i had a snap was a week ago
Rodi The don can u update mate I’ve just woken up with this and it’s been on and off and my elbow is the same mine would sometimes snap as well
@@mattyrowe7731 its gone but i still do the exercises everyday to be sure
@@mattyrowe7731 im 15 btw how did you get it? I think i got it nu lifting heavy weights
Rodi The don same I think I’m 14 as well I’ve had the worst week of my life I can’t sleep at all because of it
what nerve exercises did you do exactely? i need help
Nice video. Did these for baseball because the nerve was bothering me when I threw.
Thank you so much for this video!!! I just had a cubital release done on Thurs last week, so 4 days ago, because of Ulnar neuropathy, but I also have a herniated disc in my neck, 4 of them in fact, and before my surgery was done they had to do a cool test where they sent electrical signals from my fingers through each nerve to narrow down which area of my body is causing the symptoms, the spinal nerves or the ulnar nerve itself. Luckily I live in Canada and have a rare neurological disorder so I already have a neurologist and there was no wait time involved for me, but for those who are not as lucky, I just wanted to say my doctors did these 3 tests you guys described as well as the fancy one! So just some more confirmation that you are awesome :)
How is your elbow now after the cubital release ?
@@juskruz4449 Its amazing! It took some time for the muscles to get strong again, as they ended up needing to sew the nerve on the outside but, its better than I remember it being since I was a young teenager!
@@brisetta that is great. Im happy you finally got relief in it. I'm scheduled to take the same electric test you described in your post. I've had pretty bad Tendinitis in both my elbows and right wrist for nearly a year now. My orthopedic thinks it's progressed to cubital tunnel in my left elbow hence the reason for the test. So if it comes down to it, I could be getting the same surgery as you.
@@juskruz4449 I had the symptoms for about 5 or 6 years before I even realized there was something which could be done about it! And then I waited another 4 or 5 years because I was nervous, but now that I have had it done, I wish I had done it much sooner! I hope that you are able to find the same relief as I was!!
@@brisetta thanks!
My hand has been feeling this for 4-5 days now
Thats definitely what i have. Thanks!
would like to see a video on suggestions for a work station set up to prevent CTS. That would be awesome!! I'm a journalist and use my DSLR, keyboard, cell phone, A LOT for my work. Any suggestions for a work station (keyboard, seat or standing) would be awesome!
Thanks for that I had worked out my chronic elbow wrist finger problems were cubical or ulnar issues however I am sure it's from a major whiplash event(s) bike wreck face plant with temporary loss of sight and consciousness also a broken collar bone. 5 years ago Will have to address neck lack of mobility. Very informative thanks
I like it more even when Brad calls his palm "forehand", everything they do is so cute and useful :)
Wow, Thanks, did the wrist hold back and it kicked it off. Sheds some light on why the hand is always cramping up.
Very helpful, thanks
You're welcome Barny!
Thank you for the informative talk about cubital tunnel. I am scheduled for surgery in two days due to loss of feeling as well as severe muscle atrophy in my hand due to this condition. Here’s hoping for a speedy recovery. No “bones” about it!🤣
how it went?
I am suffering from the same thing
Loss of feeling and muscle atrophy.
Can you please tell me how the surgery went and have you regained any muscles in your hand?
Thank you
Thank you for this very educational video. It answered all of my questions that I've had for a very long time.
Will the stretching, flossing, exercising and massaging correct the issue over time or will they need to be done long term to keep the symptoms at bay?
Wow! Thaks so much!!!
Thanks so much for this video. Much appreciated from Scotland 😀
I suffer from this in both elbows for about 3 years now. Can this come from keyboard typing and mouse clicking and typing on the phone? It worsens when I do those things. My ulnar nerve is super sensitive so I can't wear tight shirts or rest my elbows on anything. Does it take years to get the nerve to calm down? I stretch every day but as soon as I use computer/phone, my elbows ache and they/those two fingers start tingling 😩 (I have a split keyboard and an ergo setup and that does help a bit...) Thank you for this video.
physicaltherapyvideo Thank you for responding:)
How are you now
@@carolineASMR Hi! I had similar symptoms, i noticed it been 2 years since your post... may I ask if you are feeling better? I hope so!
Caroline ASMR can you give an update please? What worked? Or are you still experiencing this?
Omg, hi Caroline
You two are awesome
I can't tell you how much this video saved me. I would wake up in the middle of the night to an intense pain/ burning on the inside of my elbow and it burning went down into my ring finger which felt numb but a painful numb if that makes sense. I almost threw up a couple times. No matter what I did it wouldn't calm. It felt like I hit my funny bone but that pain wasn't go away. I was looking for information online and narrowed it down to having a pinched nerve. Your video came up when I was about to wake my husband to take me to the ER. I tried ice which was the WRONG thing to do. I tried splinting it straight again wrong move. When I seen your video and the tests to tell where the origin was and that s slight bend and support would help. It finally calmed and hasn't flared again but my fingers ache and I have a shooting pain from up near my shoulder ask the way to my pointer finger.... I'm just a mess!!
Aren't you Gillian Anderson's daughter?
How are you now...
I feel this in both of my arms since yesterday morning when I decided to do some pushups without warming up also I always feel my neck being strained and I can never find a good ppsition to relieve the pressure on it while im sitting up straight
Thanks for the video. How often should I do these exercises?