Why Does Elbow Bump Feel Like an Electric Shock?

That bone we sometimes talk about even when we just innocently want to put our arm on the table, numbness and electric sensation in the hand doesn’t it create?

But why? our elbow Where exactly are we hitting? Does it feel like this?

This spot is called the “funny bone,” but it’s not exactly a bone, nor will it make you laugh.

Funny bone; starting from the neck, along the shoulder, biceps and forearm to the wrists, then to the tip of the ring and little finger extending is the ulnar nerve.

Every nerve in our body is protected by the muscles it innervates. Same situation also for the ulnar nerve valid.

Border; It is protected by the muscles that form the biceps, forearm, ring finger and little finger. However, between the upper arm and forearm, the nerve a space where one is most vulnerable has.

This space is called the cubital tunnel. and as the nerve passes through here, it is protected only by skin and some fatty tissue.

When you hit your funny bone, the unprotected nerve is pressed against the bone.

Compressed or irritated ulnar nerve, It emits waves of pain and gives the feeling of an electric shock. The waves affect the areas innervated by the nerve, namely the forearm, little finger and half of the ring finger.

The ulnar nerve gets compressed every time we fold our arms while sleeping. Even if you don’t hit it, you feel it, right? Angle, It causes a strange sensation and slight numbness.

However, progressive irritation Even after the arm is opened may cause the effects to persist. Constant pain and numbness weaken the muscles of the forearm, often causing the little and ring fingers to curl.

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