I was in a small motorcyle accident two nights ago. I was going fast just ended up in gravel and lost control and laid it down on the right side. I landed mostly straight down on my right elbow. I didn t slide any because my elbow had no marks or scratches just ached. Later that night, pain was tolerable but was also in upper inside forearm and could barely move my arm below elbow (really stiff). After a few days, pain has almost sweet away from elbow but now is more in upper inside forearm. It still hurts severely when I try to move my arm more than it s allowed but I can move it more today than of the night the incident occurred. My question is if it s a sprain muscle is it safe to try and stretch and move it? I was worried of it getting too stiff from not moving. Also, today I have started getting nausea with the pain, this the first occurrence of this since incident.
Hello, I have studied your case and would recommend you to get an x-ray of the elbow joint to make sure that you do not have any hair line fracture. If there is such fracture or any ligament damage then you should not move your elbow.  If there is no ligament damage then you can safely move your elbow. If it is a sprained muscle then there is no harm in moving the elbow. It is not going to hurt you.  I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions. Thanks