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If you have pain pooping I'd suggest talking with your proctologist. Particularly if you notice any irregularities in your stool.

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Dude you're screwed! Nerves do not heal...ok some healing can happen to the milen sheath around it but for the most part once you hurt a nerve it's going to be something to deal with for the rest of your life. Some have success with surg. But... not that many.

To clear it up a little the popping is not a problem. the problem is the nerve being damaged somewhere along it's path. Do you have feeling in both pinky's? rub them on a table at the same time and see if you notice a little loss of feeling in the hurt one? Do you have muscles in your hand forearm firing at random times? Or just pain? Pain is enough and it's important to keep a log/journal of it on a day to day basis. it will help you later if you have to decide on surg. or not.

Good luck and get many Doc's to look at it and a few PT's if you can. I went to "the best" I could find all 4 of them. Have lot's of questions and remember you PAY THEM and they work for YOU! So get what you want or go somewhere else!

Definitely check out the post that EMT linked to, if I recall there's some good info in there.
Also, PLEASE, schedule something w/ an orthopedic surgeon. If the nerve itself is truly sliding/popping over the medial epicondyle you need to get the situation fixed, it will not resolve on it's own and the nerve will only continue to become more irritated. The Ulnar N. is responsible for innervating most of the intrinsic hand muscles, so you really do not want it injured because it will effect hand dexterity/coordination in the long run.
Good luck w/ this problem,
BA

I feel obliged to say that if you've got an ulnar nerve issue or any other medical problem, Mountain Project is not the optimum place to seek help. See a doctor as soon as possible.

Having said that, I'll repeat my post from the other thread referenced by EMT -- ulnar nerve relocation surgery was a complete success for me. My issue was not "popping" of the nerve, just general inflammation from repetitive stress, but I'm guessing the symptoms are similar. You'll have a better idea of what's happening and your treatment options when you go to the doctor.

EMT wrote:Dude you're screwed! Nerves do not heal...ok some healing can happen to the milen sheath around it but for the most part once you hurt a nerve it's going to be something to deal with for the rest of your life. Some have success with surg. But... not that many.

EMT, I don't know your background, so maybe you're speaking as a medical professional; but I think you should reconsider your statement. As I noted above, my personal experience with ulnar nerve surgery has been 100% positive, and my orthopedic doctor who performed the procedure told me this is typical. So telling the OP that he's "screwed" isn't very helpful.

JL

i've had an ulner nerve injury/issue at the elbow, as well as a cervical spine injury that affected the ulner nerve. the elbow required going in and actually moving the nerve so as to avoid the point of impingement. the neck thing was a peice of disk that bad fragmented, landing on the nerve, causing the same symptoms loss os strength and feeling). it's a slow process, but i did regain both strength and feeling. they say that the nerve heals/regenerates at approx. one inch per month... that said, a friend had a very similar neck injury, but has had a much slower recovery. doesn't sound like you are in deep yet, but probably worth getting looked at...

I've had this same problem since approx. one year ago. I started to notice the pain in my elbow after doing some pullups without warming up first. After that, I noticed the nerve popping over my right elbow (it doesn't do it on the left elbow), and it was very painful. I had to completely stop climbing. Since then, I was able to start climbing routes again but whenever I start bouldering or doing a lot of pullups, the nerve is easilly reaggravated and gets extremely painful. I don't know what to do about it either. Just this week I've started having issues with it again. Thanks for the post and I also welcome any good advice on this subject. - Amanda