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What Causes Pain In Head And Elbows After 3 Weeks Of Injury?

I fell down a hill three weeks ago, landed hard on both elbows and hit the top of my hand. Elbows and hand were very bruised and swollen. Swelling went down after about week and half bruising about two weeks. Still have quite a bit of pain when I rest my elbows on anything, and pain when I hit my bump my hand even the slightest bit. Had X-rays showed no break. Why do I still hurt so much?
Tue, 14 Mar 2017
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Hi...

The reason for your pain in your elbows is the inflammation of the covering of the bone... there will be swelling and tenderness and will need time and care to heal..
What we call as perioteal inflammation... need lot of icing frequently...
Careful enough not to bang on anything as it would cause more pain and delay the healing of the tissue...as it has poor blood supply needs longer time to heal..
Apply some topical Anti inflammatory ointments over the painful area...

Hope this is helpful to you
Kindly revert back incase you need further clarification...
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What Causes Pain In Head And Elbows After 3 Weeks Of Injury?

Hi... The reason for your pain in your elbows is the inflammation of the covering of the bone... there will be swelling and tenderness and will need time and care to heal.. What we call as perioteal inflammation... need lot of icing frequently... Careful enough not to bang on anything as it would cause more pain and delay the healing of the tissue...as it has poor blood supply needs longer time to heal.. Apply some topical Anti inflammatory ointments over the painful area... Hope this is helpful to you Kindly revert back incase you need further clarification...