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What should i do i have tennis elbow and woke up and can't straighten my arm i have been wearing the braces and therapy for three days?

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Dr. Bradley Butkovich answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

See an Ortho doc : And get an injection of cortisone should help.

Dr Michalski and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/12/2013

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