Jul 13, 2016

For the past 3 months, I've been having really irritable pains in my elbows on both arms as well as shoulder pain. I can't even throw a Football for more than 5 minutes without it flaring up really bad and it gets to the point where I have to go and just lay down because it hurts so bad.

It never flares up when I'm lifting at the gym but only when I'm throwing a Football around and sometimes when I'm playing some pickup Basketball games. Anyone else have something similar happen to them? It flared up real bad again today and it's just beginning to get annoying. I'm too young to have this s--- lol.

 

Jul 13, 2016

tell me bout it man. been having stomach problems for 5 months now, 18 y/o shouldn't have this s---. been to every doctor there is and I can't find out s---.

have you seen a specialist?

 

Jul 13, 2016

nah not yet, like I said, it's only been happening for the last 3 months. kinda stubborn and don't like going to the doctors but i don't want to aggravate it anymore. i was thinking maybe it could be tendinitis? not sure though.

 

Jul 14, 2016

21 and under joint pain fam we outchea

 

Jul 14, 2016

Don't go to a doctor. They're just going to give you a shot of cortisone which will mask the pain and set you up to damage it more, or send you to a specialist. Look up a physical therapist in the area. They can check you out and let you know exactly what the deal is. I f----- up a nerve in my elbow over the winter and started losing strength in my left hand and has numbness in two of my fingers, could barely grip a barbell. Went to my regular doctor who said to stop working out for two weeks and then get a cortisone shot if it didn't feel better. After two weeks I went to a physical therapist and they knew what was wrong immediately and I had to go three times a week for a few months but they fixed it and I was still able to work out. They also showed me what I was doing wrong to prevent it again

 

Jul 14, 2016

Alright thanks for the heads up, gonna look into it later this week. I threw my arm out pretty bad a few months ago and ever since then, I've had this problem. Just weird that it's in both of my elbows. Maybe not getting enough calcium contributing to it? Just a thought.

 

Jul 14, 2016

Make sure that your insurance covers the physical therapy though. My place switched halfway through and became out of network and now my dads fighting them over a 10k bill. They were charging me 600-800 a session 3 times a week for 3 months.

 

Jul 14, 2016

I get really sore in the inside of both my elbows sometimes. It's from working out. I'm not sure exactly where your pain is, but elbow pain is usually tendon/joint/nerve issue which I wouldn't think calcium would contribute to...but obviously I'm not a doctor

My place was out of network but told me that immediately. They said they'd just bill my insurance for the visits and take whatever money they could get from them and I just had to pay the copay of $25 every time I went in . The place you went to are a bunch of scum bags it sounds like. Most of my visits were billed aroun $400. If I were you I'd take a baseball bat to every one of their knees so they need physical therapy

 

Jul 14, 2016

It's so f----- man. I went for 3 months prior to surgery last summer and I used to do 20 dollar copays and my dads insurance would cover the rest. At the time it was owned by the main therapist and his wife, they had 2 places all together. During my last couple of weeks there they were changing names or some s--- and giving out free shirts. I went back this February after surgery and my dad and I couldn't find them in the main therapist in the network, only his wife. Anyways, they tell my dad that they work with his insurance all the time, and that they'll bill the insurance and then the insurance company will send us checks, no co pay, no nothing. A few weeks pass and we don't get any checks from the insurance or anything. My dad calls the insurance and speaks with the PT place and basically what happened was that the owner of the two places sold them to a chain PT place that has locations all over the county. b------s went out of network but the b---- at the front desk told my dad that it would still work. I feel bad cause I shoulda just looked for something in network but I felt comfortable going there since I'd gone there pre-surgery. I told my dad if anything I'd take on the bill since I'm a student and don't make a steady income yet so I'm sure they'd do payment plans for me, but he doesn't want me taking on more debt on top of my student loans so he's trying to make them bill it in his name

 

Jul 14, 2016

That's grounds for a lawsuit man

 

Jul 14, 2016

Honestly don't think it's worth it man. It's basically a he said/she said scenario. My dad spoke with his insurance and they just told him when it comes down to it, it's all on us for going to a place that was out of network. Insurance companies s--- bro. My aunt is lawyering up cause my cousin got apendicitis and the surgeon who performed the surgery wasnt in the network. Like, the f---. They expected her to just lay there dying in the ER until they found someone in the network, smh.

 

Jul 14, 2016

Yeah sounds like you may have "Thrower's Elbow", a form of Elbow Tendinitis?

Elbow pain when throwing a football is often simply diagnosed as elbow tendinitis. However, there are different types of elbow tendinitis. Pain that occurs when throwing a football is called "thrower's elbow." Whereas most forms of tendinitis only affect one side of the elbow, thrower's elbow -- common in football players -- affects both sides of the elbow.

Thrower's Elbow

Thrower's elbow affects both the medial and the lateral sides of the elbow. Pain on the medial, or inside of the elbow is commonly called golfer's elbow while pain on the lateral, or outside of the elbow is commonly called tennis elbow. Elbow tendinitis that affects football throwers inflames the tendon's connections between the pronator teres muscle, the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle and their corresponding bone joints: the medial epicondyle and the lateral epicondyle.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/477406-my-arm-hurts-from-throwing-a-football/

 

Jul 14, 2016

Ah yeah good point
And that's f----- up

 

Jul 14, 2016

Yeah I was nervous going out of network but owner of my gym said it was a good place. The f----- up thing is the insurance company takes over a month to even send you anything so I could've been on the line for over 10k after a month and wouldn't have even known if they had screwed me over.

 

Jul 14, 2016

We should start a section 80 insurance company. If you're a s-----y poster you have a higher deductible. It will make bad posters better and save lives.