r/CubitalTunnel

Has anyone had a successful outcome after cubital tunnel surgery? I am weighing th pros and cons.

I have been dealing with cubital tunnel symptoms for 6 months now. It started with golfer elbow then after doing skullcrushers once i started feeling clicking in my elbows. After that the night symptoms started. I tried all different tactics. I tried lowering the volume, frequency, got into physiotherapy. It had ups and downs. Sometimes i don't feel night symptoms for a week then again for a few days. I work in medicine so i do a lot of work with my hands. When i stopped working out for a week it almost completely went away. But i couldn't stop. I'm mostly into calisthenics. For the past 2 months i have been doing a push legs pull split just 3 times a week with limited exercises. Just 1 pushup variantion on push and 1 pullup and row variation on pull. I stopped isolations for biceps and triceps. The problem still persists. I'm thinking of completely stopping training but this is very depressing. Even leg days where i was holding heavy dumbells caused problems. I don't feel any pain or problems during the exercises or the workout. It starts the next day or 2 days after. Physio told me i have very tight scapula and it doesn't move right so that may be the cause of the problem. I'm doing the physio exercises every day and we will see. What would you recommend i do? I don't want to stop training but i also want to be without problems. I have tried stopping training and that solved the problem but i DO want to train. I'm frustrated. I have already lost a lot of gains.

3-4 years battling stiffness and pain in my hand, shoulder, neck, upper back all on my left side. When I wear a cubital brace on my elbow my symptoms immediately loosen up by about 50%.

So do I need surgery or can I heal this on my own? My hunch is my nerve keeps slipping without the brace causing chronic tightness and refered pain into these areas but any advice would be great.

Former bad posture gamer.

Hi everyone,

my doctor thinks I might have cubital tunnel syndrome and is sending me to see a neurologist. They're going to do Nerve Conduction Studies with electricity but I'm worried they're also gonna want to do an EMG.

I'm incredible scared of needles and have trauma surrounding it, so I'm not sure I'd be able to do it without severe panic attacks.

Is an EMG always necessary or is it possible to do other tests instead (MRI, etc.)?

I'm starting to get really scared of my appointment, so I'm hoping someone here can calm me down a little :D Thank you.

I'm suffering from pain and dryness sensation in the upper side of my elbow since 1.5 year ago I met many surgeons, they've told me there's no need to surgery but I'm irritated. Should i take risk and go through a surgery?