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Originally Posted by austro1
But the interesting thing is, the one Dr. said it can't be Ulnar because my Nerve Conduction test came out fine....ie no compression of the nerve.
I also don't have any symptoms of numbness or tingling in the hand.
My only symptom is a little pinch of pain right at the Ulnar Tunnel.
So, my big question was does a negative on the nerve conduction test really completely rule out a problem with the Ulnar nerve.....or can it mean that they Ulnar may just be irritated but not necessary compressed, damaged, etc?? Thanks much for your help!
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I don't know the answer to your big question, but I'll just say that I have a mild ulnar nerve problem that started as tingiing and numbness, and pain only when resting a particular point of my elbow on armrests (in the car and on an office chair). I didn't have any regular pain. So it sounds different from what you have.
I stopped resting my arm on the armrest while driving (or at least the elbow), and I removed the arms from my office chair, and that helped. I also slep with a soft brace to keep me from folding up my arm too much when I was sleeping. I still have a seemingly permanent mild numbness but it's not terrible. I had some PT that was mostly massage and some flossing and wrist-based stretching.