Radial Nerve Injuries
There are three main nerves that travel from your neck and down your arm.
If any of these nerves get compressed or pinched, you may experience a variety of problems, including sensory or motor loss.
One of these nerves is called the radial nerve and compression or injury to this sensitive tissue can result in the loss of movement down your arm.
This is often called "radial nerve syndrome".
Many people confuse this syndrome with tennis elbow because it runs down the back of the arm, over the elbow, and around your forearm to the hand.
When the nerve passes around the elbow, it goes through a space called the radial tunnel.
Like carpal tunnel syndrome, if the tissues around this narrow tunnel become inflamed, they can compress the radial nerve, causing pain and loss of motion.
Injuries to this nerve can be the result of repetitive motions or even direct trauma to the elbow.
Movements like pushing, pulling, pinching, twisting, and gripping can slowly cause the tissue to inflame.
These injuries are often associated with assembly-line work.
Additionally, if you suffer a fracture to your humerus, especially a Holstein-Lewis fracture, the pressure from the fracture or the bone callus that forms during healing can also interfere with the radial nerve.
If your nerve is affected by an injury such as a fracture, you can suffer from radial nerve palsy.
With this condition, you may be unable to extend your arm or wrist, sometimes called a "wrist flop" or "Saturday-night palsy.
" Radial nerve damage from repetitive motion injuries, however, typically feel similar to tennis elbow.
You may have pain and feel tenderness along the lower forearm near the elbow.
Tennis elbow, on the other hand, usually starts right at the bony protrusion of the elbow.
As with carpal tunnel syndrome, most cases of radial nerve syndrome require rest and avoidance of the activities which caused you pain.
However, if your condition is work-related, you may have difficulties in getting the time off that you need to recover.
To discuss your case, contact an experienced New Jersey worker's comp attorney from Levinson Axelrod, P.
A.
, today.
If any of these nerves get compressed or pinched, you may experience a variety of problems, including sensory or motor loss.
One of these nerves is called the radial nerve and compression or injury to this sensitive tissue can result in the loss of movement down your arm.
This is often called "radial nerve syndrome".
Many people confuse this syndrome with tennis elbow because it runs down the back of the arm, over the elbow, and around your forearm to the hand.
When the nerve passes around the elbow, it goes through a space called the radial tunnel.
Like carpal tunnel syndrome, if the tissues around this narrow tunnel become inflamed, they can compress the radial nerve, causing pain and loss of motion.
Injuries to this nerve can be the result of repetitive motions or even direct trauma to the elbow.
Movements like pushing, pulling, pinching, twisting, and gripping can slowly cause the tissue to inflame.
These injuries are often associated with assembly-line work.
Additionally, if you suffer a fracture to your humerus, especially a Holstein-Lewis fracture, the pressure from the fracture or the bone callus that forms during healing can also interfere with the radial nerve.
If your nerve is affected by an injury such as a fracture, you can suffer from radial nerve palsy.
With this condition, you may be unable to extend your arm or wrist, sometimes called a "wrist flop" or "Saturday-night palsy.
" Radial nerve damage from repetitive motion injuries, however, typically feel similar to tennis elbow.
You may have pain and feel tenderness along the lower forearm near the elbow.
Tennis elbow, on the other hand, usually starts right at the bony protrusion of the elbow.
As with carpal tunnel syndrome, most cases of radial nerve syndrome require rest and avoidance of the activities which caused you pain.
However, if your condition is work-related, you may have difficulties in getting the time off that you need to recover.
To discuss your case, contact an experienced New Jersey worker's comp attorney from Levinson Axelrod, P.
A.
, today.
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