Unable to get full extension at elbow

[masonjarz]

Hi,

I've had an ongoing problem for as long as I can remember. I suspect it happened during high school weight lifting (10 or so years ago), but I can't be sure. My problem is that I can't fully extend either of my arms at the elbow. There is no pain, but it's very noticeable (to me anyway), and actually quite limiting in some things. Now, I am not sure what the cause of it is, but people have said that it's either low bicep flexibility, or bicep/tricep imbalance (tricep not being able to pull the arm straight). To describe the severity , if i lay my arms flat on a desk, with the triceps against the table and extend the forearms down, the back of my wrists end up about 4-5 inches off the desk at full extension. Again, there is not any pain when I try to extend my elbow (also I do not really feel much of a stretch, but maybe I'm not stretching correctly), and I have had no injuries.

My questions are:

- Does anyone have insight as to what could cause something like this?
- How can I gain back full range of movement to my arms?

As a side note, my shoulders, wrists and fingers are very very inflexible as well. I'm not sure if all of those are related, but maybe someone would find the information useful in regards to my question. Thanks for any replies.

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