2nd Radial head replacement

[steve 1971]

hello mate. i know this thread is a couple years old but like you were at the time i am clutching at straws. i've had the same surgery and like you in lot of pain and just been told nothing more can be done and i have to live with it at 41 and get on with things......Until i will eventually need a total elbow replacement. just wondered what stage you are in at present with pain and mobility as looks like we pcjed an awkward surgery to have to us....
Regards steve

[Webbydoc]

I too am dealing with the same issue. I broke my left radial head on 3 June 2012 and had to have a radial head replacement on the 8th since it was way too crushed to save. I even took a chunk of the ball off the humerus. I am prior military and have always been quite active, was doing P90X and Insanity just before accident. So when I was cleared for full activity I went right back to push-ups and attempting pull-ups. This was an epic fail! I think it was too much too fast. That was in September of 2012 and I stopped all arm activity one month later because of severe pain. Here it is mid January and I am no better. I start occupational therapy again tomorrow for e-stem and ice to hopefully help with the pain. Also in February I will start going to a pain management clinic. Not quite sure what they do there and how they will help, I am looking for anything that is non pill related, can't stand that stuff. I can't even sleep at night because my elbow gets so stiff and sore!
~ Webbydoc

[KakiWo]

I too am dealing with the same issue. I broke my left radial head on 3 June 2012 and had to have a radial head replacement on the 8th since it was way too crushed to save. I even took a chunk of the ball off the humerus. I am prior military and have always been quite active, was doing P90X and Insanity just before accident. So when I was cleared for full activity I went right back to push-ups and attempting pull-ups. This was an epic fail! I think it was too much too fast. That was in September of 2012 and I stopped all arm activity one month later because of severe pain. Here it is mid January and I am no better. I start occupational therapy again tomorrow for e-stem and ice to hopefully help with the pain. Also in February I will start going to a pain management clinic. Not quite sure what they do there and how they will help, I am looking for anything that is non pill related, can't stand that stuff. I can't even sleep at night because my elbow gets so stiff and sore!
~ Webbydoc

My injury is old, but the treatment is the same. I broke my L elbow almost 40 yrs ago. I lost most ROM in the elbow at the time of injury, so I became accustomed to it. I had the radial head removed 6 years ago due to severe arthritis and pain. I did help for a while. Now the forearm is unstable and the pain is back. I sure there is more arthritis in there top. My doctor is recommending a radial head implant to start. If that doesn't work, then a one-bone forearm. I'm trying to hold out as long as I can, because there seems to be no great answers.

Ice is my best friend. I have 2 that I can wrap around my elbow and still do other things. I can't take NSAIDs, and I don't like the narcotics either. I hope you have found some help for the pain.