What is the cause of pain in arm?
Patient: I work out and life weights recently I've had a really bad pain in my right arm along the ulna, one of the muscles in the area seems to be a little bigger than the same area on my left. I was wondering if the pain is coming from a pinched nerve there, the pain can go down into my palm but never travels up. thanks you Doctor: Hello,You lift the weight. its more possibilities of there is muscle injury or strain or ligament sprain with nerve stretch. Improper weight lifting causes arm pain. And your right hand is looking slight heavier than left so it may be swelling due to strain or sprain. When ever you push the affected area the pain goes down it means nerve is also affected. But the other causes are rotator muscle injury, it occurs when over head weight lifts as bench presses, shoulder presses etc. in this case the pain radiates up to elbow. Other reason is tear of rotator cuff, patellar tendonitis, back sprains and strains, herniated disc.Do some stretching before weight lifting. For the swelling reduction take pain killers like ibuprofen and naproxen. Apply hot and cold fomentation. Although you don't get the relief get MRI and consult the ortho.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.Regards,Dr. Ankur