Thanks for the update! That is so frustrating to just finish PT and now need to start OT, and of course not to be believed in the first place.

But I feel encouraged your PCP listened and thought things through. I hope your radial nerve is irritated like you said and will calm down in time. Most of the OTs I’ve met have been wonderful, so I hope things go smoothly with OT.

Similarly, well, it wasn’t as traumatic as what happened with your surgery, but I developed an ulnar nerve injury (the nerve on that runs down the other side of the elbow) because an overzealous PT didn’t believe something was wrong with the movements and manual therapy he was doing. Nothing showed up on my EMG either, which is a good thing I guess.

It did take months for it to mostly resolve though. It could be because I take longer to heal because I have chronic pain, but they also told me nerves can take longer to calm down. Fingers x’d your recovery will be quicker and there’s nothing else going on. Hope you feel better soon.