Hurt my elbow

[Aly9029]

Hi everyone! I am a figure skater and fell doing a spiral. (The one leg up while being parallel to the ice thing) I fell right onto my left elbow and it really started to hurt. The whole thing is swollen and the spot where I hit is red. I'm icing it now and it hurts a little when I bend it but not super badly. Normally, I wouldn't be concerned, but I'm competing with my synchronized skating team at nationals at the end of the month, and if it's really hurt, I won't be able to skate with them and I don't want to let my team down :( What do you guys think? Bruised? fractured? Broken? Please let me know what you think, thanks!

[NancyW]

Get it xrayed.

I fell on ice, hit my elbow, it was swollen but not very painful.

I had a displaced olecranon fracture and it required surgery.

[Aly9029]

Get it xrayed.

I fell on ice, hit my elbow, it was swollen but not very painful.

I had a displaced olecranon fracture and it required surgery.

Oh boy...If it gets much worse I'll definitely get it checked out tomorrow.

[NancyW]

Oh boy...If it gets much worse I'll definitely get it checked out tomorrow.

Please do. At this point it's either not broken or it is broken nothing is going to change that reality.
I thought the pain would be excruciating and it wasn't.
The swelling was bad though.
I only waited about an hour after I fell, my husband encouraged me to get it xrayed.

[NancyW]

Been thinking about you today, how's it feeling? Hopefully better. :-)

[Aly9029]

Been thinking about you today, how's it feeling? Hopefully better. :-)

It feels a lot better! It's still swollen but it's gone a bit, and the bruises are starting to show up now. My aunt works at a hospital and she was able to check it out, looks like I just hit it pretty hard, she doesn't think there is a break. Thank you so much for your response!

[NancyW]

Oh good! I'm glad you were able to get it checked out. :-)