Do I have Ulnar Nerve Entrapment?

[Randy_Mar]

It all started on Feb 17, 2014 (about 6wks ago)

I was doing really heavy 1-arm preacher curls (which is nothing unusual for me to do.) But Once i started my 3rd set, i felt this pain through my right elbow. It was like it was very deep or in the back side of the elbow. I couldn't really finish my bicep workout...just continued with very light light weight.

The pain has been identical since that day, no worse or better. Day to to day activities i don't feel it. Nor do i feel it when I workout out triceps. I do feel it some when i workout back, but that's due to bicep flexing inward. It's really only when I tighten up my bicep (basically in a position where i try to touch my shoulder.) If I bend my elbow up, i don't have much pain....but if I start to flex my bicep as my elbow is bent, that's when the outer elbow pain greatens.

After weeks of trying to research, i came across Ulnar nerve entrapment. All signs seem to point to the this, except i don't have any tingle or numbness in my bottom 2 fingers. I'm thinking the nerve compressed during the heavy weight on my elbow during 1-arm preacher curls?

I press around on the elbow , but can't really pinpoint a painful area.

Any ideas if this might be Ulnar Nerve Entrapment? Any other tests i can do to verify?

[30blue03]

Doesn't sound like ulnar nerve. Ulnar nerve is basically the shooting pain that you get when you hit your "funny bone", you can test the tinel's sign on the ulnar nerve by lightly tapping it.

The elbow is complex joint, nerve pain is usually a burning shooting pain. Nerve glides are another test to see if it replicates the pain. The ulnar nerve root runs from the neck, so if you put your Right arm straight out to the side, wrist extended against the wall, And slowly bend your left ear to left shoulder, that will put tension on the ulnar nerve.... if that replicates the pain than it is possible that it is nerve, if its not the pain but its just a normal nerve sensation then its gliding fine. Its hard to diagnose online, but it doesn't sound like nerve entrapment