newshound wrote:

The pain did originally start on bending or straightening after
lifting stuff (i.e. a box of A4 paper), and about a month ago it felt
like it was starting to "lock" if I straightened it out - around the
same time I started to get a bad burning sensation in the elbow, but
it felt like a really nasty chemical burn, not the normal sort of pull
/ twist.

I've just had to kinda dangle it for the last few days, I can't move
it by itself, i'm having to flop it around with my good arm :-}

The worrying bit is the "good" arm has started to give that burning
sensation too...

Apart from the location, this all sounds somewhat like the symptoms of a
frozen shoulder.

Ah, I remember it well. You don't know how you did it, but it takes a
year to go away.

While I am highly reluctant to promote a magnetic
bracelet, they do actually work on *my* symptoms (I still get some
intermittent pain, but the mobility came back as predicted over a period
of a year or so). Being a rational scientist who knows that they can't
possibly work, I came up with three theories.

1: the bracelet acts as a counter irritant (i.e. distracts the
processing software)
2: magnetic field means there are fluctuating lateral forces on the
nerves in the wrist, and the mechanical stimulation affects the software
3: magnetic field acting on blood flow (electrical conductor) induces
electrical charge which affects something?

or maybe the placebo effect works even on unbelivers?

They say animals are super sensitive to that kind of thing. At certain
times our cat will only sleep on the spaghetti junction of cables behind
the tele, which has to be the most uncomfortable spot in the house. Then
he won't go near it for months. I assume he derives some benefit from
the vibes