Locking elbow/arm greif!!

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bubbadog
bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
edited 5. May 2016, 06:11 in Living with Arthritis archive
Hi everyone, I was up this morning at just gone 5am with a locked up left elbow/arm! I must have slept with my elbow bent into my body as when I went to straighten it for some reason while asleep the most excruciating pain shot up my arm and woke me! Then I realised my arm had locked up and I had to unlock it to straighten my arm. It took a good half an hour to unlock it by that time I was wide awake and had a painful arm and shoulder to deal with. Not the greatest alarm call to wake up to!!

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  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,712
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Ouch! I hope it's easing up by now.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright
  • bubbadog
    bubbadog Member Posts: 5,544
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Eased off during morning but happened again early hours of this morning!! Hope this isn't going to be a regular thing if I move arm during sleep!! :(
  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,712
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
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    Put a pillow or something under your arm or next to it so's you can't move it into a bad position. Hope it helps.
    If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
    Steven Wright