Can cubital tunnel syndrome be caused by a car crash?
I would say it’s very easily possible. While in the crash your arms can get thrown around or you use them for bracing and a quick push into them causes muscles/tendons to tighten up. When they do that they can easily trap the nerve while in that position. That is going to make it painful to move it. Even in reading about it they call it a trapped nerve and would do surgery on it if bad enough. What is there to trap a nerve? only muscles as far as my elbows are concerned. So if you release the muscles in your arm you should be free of this pain. Here is how to release those muscles: With the arm resting in your lap so the muscles are relaxed, press on muscle or two in your forearm and hold the pressure there for 30 seconds. Then slowly open your arm up all the way, release the pressure but hold your arm open for another 30 seconds. Rest you arm back in your lap and repeat to another muscle or two until you have done them all. Of course sometimes you can find the muscle that is in need o
