Took a spill a few weeks back - hit some loose cravel making a turn and bike went out from under me. Ended up landing on the right side of my body - mainly upper body. Ended up having a stress fracture in my shoulder blade - out 4-6 weeks. Doc also xrayed my forearm/elbow and there were no fractures/breaks. They could only xray the outer part of my forearm/elbow as the pain was so bad i couldnt do anything but keep my arm bent across my stomach. Saw an sports orthopedic surgeon and he agreed stress fracture was only issue. It's been 3.5 weeks since the accident and I am still in a sling - per doc guidelines. But I do take it out for an hour or two each day just to let the arm hang to the side. I still keep the arm close to my body - per doc orders. But I wanted to get the arm moving below the elbow so it doesn't stiffen up.

Even after a couple hours I still can't put my arm completely straight down. When my palms are to my side - my arm goes mostly straight. When the palms face out in front of my body I can only get it down about 90-95% before it just stops. And then if i were to twist my palm from facing out in front of my body to facing outside of my body - you can see a gap where my elbow bends away from my body. Where as my left side (non-injured) touches my body.

I go back to the Ortho Surgeon next week, but wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on what the issue might be. I dont know if i broke something on the inside of my elbow that's causing the issue or if it's tendon related and/or just bruised/inflamed still. I had some swelling for about a week or so in the elbow, but a lot of my arm was swollen/internally bruised. Hoping it's just bruised. I have the HIM WCs in 2.5 weeks - clearly not going to 'race-race' it, but want to complete it. The HIM WCs have a little more meaning to me than just a race - it's been a long journey to make it back.

Any help/thoughts would be great!