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Ulnar Nerve / Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Success Story

Hi gx92. Like I said before, I still get nerve 'snapping' in my left elbow because I didn't do the surgery in that one. If it bothers you that much, can you try the exercises with different range of motions and different arm positions? For example, if I do close grip bench press, I can feel my nerve 'snap' in my elbow a lot more. If I do wide grip, it's much less frequent. Like I said before, I still lift weights every week, 3x a week and I don't have any issues.

If you want more research, there are medical articles that determined about half of healthy asymptomatic people have their ulnar nerve snap over their elbow. That might make you feel better.

This study shows most of the people with ulnar nerve subluxation (what you and I have) are asymptomatic:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6704215/#:~:text=Ulnar%20nerve%20instability%20(UNI)%20in,neuropathy%20or%20in%20the%20asymptomatic (Ulnar nerve instability in the cubital tunnel of asymptomatic volunteers - PMC)

This study shows half of healthy elbows have ulnar nerve movement:
https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2016150173?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub 0pubmed

This study shows 76% of male college athletes have hypermobility of the ulnar nerve.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8304120/ (Ulnar Nerve Dislocation and Subluxation from the Cubital Tunnel Are Common in College Athletes - PMC)

How I interpreted these studies is that it's normal to have your nerve 'pop' or 'snap' over your elbow. Even more so if you participate in sports.

I hope this helps.
Thanks, I tried to do less range of motion but i cant do it, doesnt feel like im working out then, close grip is a nightmare for me too, feels like the nerve is squeezed out , rly uncomfortable. Wider grip is a bit better but still a slight snap, but doable. Its such a weird condition, how can 50% have that an never notice. Still having no pain but even the snapping is unpleasant...ah idk what to do, ill wait till next year and maybe get it done
 
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