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Well....google didn't help me in answering this, so I'll ask here.


Is it normal for my arm muscles to look completely different? In the area between where my elbow bends, and my wrist, my left arm muscle is well rounded where as my right arm muscle points straight up (Literally almost to a point).

Furthermore, my right arm is stronger than my left arm and I'm left handed.

I can't help you with your question but if you have the resources I'd suggest checking with a medical professional who deals with this type of thing, for example, either a physician or chiropractor who specialises in sports medicine. Alternatively, a physiotherapist or acupuncturist might be able to help.
Just don't go to a regular GP.. in my personal experience, unless they are exceptionally skilled and well trained, they tend to be a bit useless in any situation where they can't just write a prescription.

BTW.. your choice, but you might have better luck with responses from people who know about this kind of stuff if your thread title is a bit more descriptive.

I wish I did have the resources, but unfortunately with working for minimum wage, I had to cut certain expenses and Health Insurance was one of them. Thankfully I work at a place that's right near a string of doctors offices, and they all love Subway. So I might get the chance to ask them.


And yeah...I've noticed that any "generic doctor" in the world be it at a hospital, free clinic, or even worse, a friggin grocery store; unless they're asking you to piss in a cup or turn your head and cough, they're generally useless.

It's ironic that in this town there's usually a high demand for doctors and nurses for the work force, and yet only about 30% of them I could legitimately trust.

I would pass the question along to some med students for the same reasons DW stated. They're much more likely to go like: 'Oh, let me grab my muscle pictures book' or something and look it up for you, out of pure curiosity.

Personally I think it's a safe bet all is well so long as moving it in a certain direction, or putting pressure on it from a specific angle doesn't cause you physical pain. Doctors usually don't want get in there and fix things unless it does.

I know that something like this can occur if you've suffered a muscle related injury, such as ripping a tendon. As such, during the time of injury, the muscle heals and develops faster than the healthier one, often resulting in one being larger than the other.

No no, it doesn't cause me any pain and if it's just how it came out after a tendon ripping or something (maybe it's because the weird arm is the one I broke my wrist on and had in a cast preventing me from rotating my elbow in any direction for 2 months), then no biggie.

EDIT: And apparently changing the title of my thread didn't reflect on the forum board SYM....weird.

Siberys wrote: EDIT: And apparently changing the title of my thread didn't reflect on the forum board SYM....weird.

Yeah, that always used to irritate me.
I fixed it for you though.