Hey DrG and boognish!
Update: I went to see that specialist, and took him DrG's write-up.
The orthopaedic specialist said your write-up was very good and he agrees with your approach (cautious skepticism regarding surgery, treatment plan, 2 different injuries).
He did some physical tests and told me that the first injury from my wrestling days is probably a chipped piece of cartilage, or possibly a fracture. The chipped piece of cartilage is stopping my arm fully extending by 1-2cm compared with my right arm. I had an x-ray and go back in 2 weeks to see about that. He said that if it is a chipped piece of cartilage then it is probably not a good idea to operate (since it would have healed over during these 4 years), and the way forwards is with physical therapy. Surgery is a last resort.
When I banged my elbow 1 year ago, he says this is scholars elbow and that the tingling/aching I feel, is where the nerve is regenerating itself. And that nerve damage takes a *really really* long time to heal.
I think it is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olecranon_bursitis (not sure)
Overall I'm really happy! Could've been worse! Feel free to chip in with your own diagnostics doctors. Just putting this out there so everyone can see you're the real deal and did such a good job. The specialist liked your write-up. I stopped twice while reading it, but he asked for the whole thing and said it was good.
Keep it up! This is the future and you are doing good by providing people with easy access medicine. Of course, an online doctor is not a replacement for a real specialist, but it is a good supplement that can only help make people more healthier if used in a correct ethical manner.
Hugs & kisses,
Genjix
Sorry for the late reply, got a couple of sick babies really keeping me busy at home
The chipped cartilage sounds about right from my minimal ortho knowledge. Usually if it's a very acute injury (less than 1 month) they can try to remove the chip or stitch it back in the right place. Obviously athletes have access to this more often and it's a common procedure for them. Now it's an old injury so it's probably just scar tissue. You can use rehab to regain some of the mobility back.
It's hard to say what is causing the deep ache in the arm. If I could examine you it would be easier since one would just need to map out where the nerve is being impinged. From what I heard so far it sounded like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulnar_nerve_entrapmentUlnar Nerve entrapment. The easiest way to confirm this would be to do nerve conduction studies but those are both expensive and painful (I had them done myself and it's not fun).