Hitting your funny bone is anything but funny — and here's exactly why it feels the way it does. 😬 That shooting pain isn't coming from a bone at all. It's your ulnar nerve getting smashed as it passes through a groove on the medial side of your elbow. When compressed, it sends that signature jolt of shooting pain down the forearm and into the hand — with that unmistakable tingling sensation landing specifically in the pinky finger and half of the ring finger. The ulnar nerve is responsible for
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Hitting your funny bone is anything but funny — and here's exactly why it feels the way it does. 😬 That shooting pain isn't coming from a bone at all. It's your ulnar nerve getting smashed as it passes through a groove on the medial side of your elbow. When compressed, it sends that signature jolt of shooting pain down the forearm and into the hand — with that unmistakable tingling sensation landing specifically in the pinky finger and half of the ring finger. The ulnar nerve is responsible for
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