Horrible elbow inflammation, can't fully extend my arm. Anyone else have this?

My biggest problem the last 6 months since getting lyme has been inflammation in my elbows. When I try to open my arm all the way I get a horrible sharp pain and usually after a couple of days it doesnt hurt as bad to try an open it but it's just locked up and won't open. I've been going to a very good physical therapist for months and no one seems to be able to completely figure out why this keeps happening. He told me I have neural tension which is when your nerves are really tight and the nerve glides are helping and sometimes can get it to open up but then as soon as I stand up, I can't open it again. It has happened at least a dozen times and last less than 2 weeks and then completely goes away. I had it happen the last two weeks and then it finally went away and now I wake up today and my other elbow has the same problem. I don't understand why it's just happening to my elbows. My doc is sending me to a neurologist to get an emg done but the chiropractor said it doesn't seem to be a nerve impingement or anything but just inflammation. I'm so frustrated with this happening over and over. It puts everything physical I do with my arms on hold.

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Even though you have a chiro and PT looking at this, there are so many techniques that they probably aren't aware of Active Release. And anything similar is just not the same. Many will try to do some form of this,but like many things, there is no substitute for the original.

The inside of the elbow has many muscles intersecting there,, its ground zero for inflation. The "meaty" part, top side of inside of the elbow where the forearm muscle stops is probably hard to the touch when pushed into with the other thumb. When that happens these overlapping muscles get stuck on each other called adhesions, and like glue, they wont move. Lyme can turn usual movements into repetitive motion injury, another name for what you possibly have going on. ART peels these layers apart so they move correctly, regaining motion.

Yes to this one!
My elbows have been taking turns for many years, sometimes both at once. 2014 and the beginning of 15 have been the years of the left elbow... three months of abx and still no resolution on it. I start PT in a few weeks, will see how that goes-

I've had this chronically, so it comes and goes, accompanied by whole arm to hand issues. Do you have hand weakness too?-its all connected. Carpel tunnel too? Shoulder issues?

Not many practitioners that do this, thats the problem, and some are better than others.

25 min would be enough time for the practitioner to feel the muscles and you will see if it helps then. Yes, they must feel deep in your arm to tell. And pay attention to what they are doing.

I help my self along between appts by rolling my forarm hard on a lacross ball. For inside the elbow, I "roll" on a low sturdy table corner. Creativity counts.

I roll my shoulders on a hard foam roller too- once again its all connected.

Might be some you-tube info on this. But see the ART person to get evaluated. The ART site also show the "level" the practitioner has reached or what body part their specialty is. You cant fix things by guessing what the issue is, if you know what I mean.

I hope this helps you.