burning sensation in elbow - possible diagnosis??

[evosy1978]

just an update to say the doctor said it is tennis elbow straight away. I wasnt happy with this diagnosis and i explained that i think its a neck trapped nerve and he said no deinately tennis elbow. I argued that it could not happen in the same place in BOTH elbows upon the same day so i just surely cant have tennis elbow in both arms especially when i dont really use the left arm for anything repetative, he failed to answer that and just proceeded to give me a prescription of anti-inflammatories for 3 weeks.

meanwhile he has got me on the list for the physio for my back problems so ill be talking to them about my elbows when that comes around.

[orthoped]

Well I do agree with you about the fact that your symptoms are not JUST related to Tennis elbow.

But you could have both trapped nerve and tennis elbow.

The episode you said about not being able to workout indicates that as the cause of your tennis elbow (definitely u must have worked out both your forearms).

Your numbness and tingling can be attributed to trapped nerve (actually its not trapped as such so dont worry about relieving it)
Trapped nerve or nerve root pain is generally due to irritation of the nerve by a bulging intervertebral disc. This is not something u need to worry unless it causes weakness of grip or loss of sensations, which indicate a progressive nerve damage and need immediate treatment.

So as of now go ahead with something for your tennis elbow, like physiotherapy, and not just anti-inflammatory medications.