I've been having pain in my left elbow since 2009...

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Since 2009 I was playing the marimba for 3 1/2 years in the Centerville Jazz band. And In winter of 2009, my elbow started hurting me pretty bad due to playing percussion for 7 years. I might either have Tendinius or tennis elbow. I've been icing my elbow and taking ibroprofen and it still kind of hurts. What's worse is that my elbow wants to "crack". on the May 21st, I was suppose to be helping out unloading flowers for our band flower sale to reduce our band fees, and As i was getting my orders for the people who ordered them from me, my elbow "cracked" at least 3 times whenever I picked up a hanging basket. And It done that once in a while. My elbow almost cracked today but I slowly put my elbow down. It hurts really bad when it does that! I'm trying to take it easy, and we're starting the beginning of band season next week by having band camp for 2 weeks and then manadtory band rehearsals throughout august for the afternoon and evening until school starts again.

I've been wearing a arm brace to help my elbow from cracking and kind of hurting me and my friends tells me that it won't really help but idk i've just been wearing it. So any suggestions?
 
Several arthritic diseases can go along with autoimmune hearing loss.

You should probably get that checked with your doctor to see if it is causing the problem.
 
Connective tissue disorders hit the ligaments and joints. If there's a family history, you might want to see a specialist.
 
Bottesini said:
Several arthritic diseases can go along with autoimmune hearing loss.

You should probably get that checked with your doctor to see if it is causing the problem.
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hmm i never really knew that autoimmune would do this, usually i just thought it was my 7 years of experience in percussion. I thought that the autoimmune would just disappear after i lost my hearing.
 
coolgirlspyer90 said:
hmm i never really knew that autoimmune would do this, usually i just thought it was my 7 years of experience in percussion. I thought that the autoimmune would just disappear after i lost my hearing.
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No, sadly you are stuck with it for life.
 
Bottesini said:
No, sadly you are stuck with it for life.
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this is interesting...because I researched autoimmune when my parents told me about it because i thought that after i lost my 50% hearing in my right ear last year, and all of my hearing in my left ear when i was like i think 6 years old i thought it was gone and i'm not really quite sure how autoimmune would affect my tendons.
 
You might consider changing musical instruments and try something different.
 
Beowulf said:
You might consider changing musical instruments.
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I can't change any musical instruments, it takes a while to learn how to play on one specific instrument and you have to be able to play that kind of instrument. like for example; if you play the flute you can't really have your bottom lip tucked into your mouth and your top lip over in the hole of how you're going to play that. and playing on the wind instruments/ brass/ woodwinds are really hard for me because you have to be note-wise and be able to tell what note you're playing and I can't do that because I can't tell what note i'm playing. That's why i picked percussion in the first place because I can see what i'm doing and keep in tempo,etc
 
You probably have a form of arthritis from excessive use of your elbow...Not sure if you have coverage but try physio if not get a good joint cream like Rub A535 or myoplex or something along those lines..it can help a lot..also try ice and heat a combo of the two may help you more than just the ice
 
coolgirlspyer90 said:
I can't change any musical instruments, it takes a while to learn how to play on one specific instrument and you have to be able to play that kind of instrument. like for example; if you play the flute you can't really have your bottom lip tucked into your mouth and your top lip over in the hole of how you're going to play that. and playing on the wind instruments/ brass/ woodwinds are really hard for me because you have to be note-wise and be able to tell what note you're playing and I can't do that because I can't tell what note i'm playing. That's why i picked percussion in the first place because I can see what i'm doing and keep in tempo,etc
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I'm no doctor, but I must warn you that the condition could be permanent. I sure hope not because I know you are musically inclined, but I cannot help but notice that you are very young. Just listen to your heart on what to do next. I wish you all the luck in the world, and let us know how it goes!
 
coolgirlspyer90 said:
this is interesting...because I researched autoimmune when my parents told me about it because i thought that after i lost my 50% hearing in my right ear last year, and all of my hearing in my left ear when i was like i think 6 years old i thought it was gone and i'm not really quite sure how autoimmune would affect my tendons.
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They are connective tissue too. Try researching both together. THere is quite a lot of information on it.
 
Bottesini said:
They are connective tissue too. Try researching both together. THere is quite a lot of information on it.
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i'm researching autoimmune again, and they have the main risks listed:

Risk Factors for Getting AIED

There are several factors that increase your chances of getting AIED. Those already identified include:
Another Autoimmune Disease

The main risk factor for developing AIED is already having an autoimmune disease in another part of your body. Autoimmune diseases such as Addison’s disease, ankylosing spondylitis, Cogan’s disease, dermatomyositis, Graves’ disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes mellitus, pernicious anemia, polyarteritis nodosa, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, Sjoegren’s syndrome (dry eye syndrome), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), ulcerative colitis, and Wegener’s granulomatosis can cause or be associated with AIED.
 
Are you being treated by a rheumatologist? If you have inflammation in your joints, you need to see a rheumatologist to stop bone erosion in your joints. She will take an xray and/or MRI of your elbow. You can have bone erosion even as a teenager. Even if a rheumatologist doesn't find anything, it's good to be monitored because you're a high risk.
 
alot of the risk factors with AIED that they have listed says like organs, death, etc including joint pain.
 
sallylou said:
Are you being treated by a rheumatologist? If you have inflammation in your joints, you need to see a rheumatologist to stop bone erosion in your joints. She will take an xray and/or MRI of your elbow. You can have bone erosion even as a teenager. Even if a rheumatologist doesn't find anything, it's good to be monitored because you're a high risk.
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no, all i really know is that i had autoimmune since i was 3 when i started losing my hearing and that i'm allergic to cats and i started having elbow pain since I was a sophmore in winter drumline and I just assumed it was playing percussion for 7 years because when you play percussion you tend to get tendinius in your writs because you're moving your muscles alot with mallets or drumsticks.
 
Don't worry too much about that death part. I inherited my connective tissue disorder from my grandpa who lived to almost 97 years old! :D
 
I remember my grandparents is something issues bones probably older :lol:
 
sallylou said:
Don't worry too much about that death part. I inherited my connective tissue disorder from my grandpa who lived to almost 97 years old! :D
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I'm not really quite sure of what I might have... alot of them say like organ stuff and joint pains,etc. I just did a search on google by saying Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease + connective tissues

does anybody else might know what might help?
 
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