Can't straighten elbow

[aju]

I have had a problem with my right elbow for a few weeks now. I can't straighten my arm without a shooting pain. It doesn't cause problems until it's almost completely straight and then it really hurts. It's gotten progressively better, but still isn't right.

I work at a computer. I cycle 5 or 6 days a week. I lift weights a couple days a week (I stopped all tricep/pushing exercises once this started).

Any idea what this is and how to treat it? I don't remember any trauma like hyperextension that could have caused this.

[award_boy]

It sort of seems like it might be from some kind of repatitive motion strain. Keyboarding, weight lifting and cycling have the same wrist motion. Perhas a tendon has been strained. In any case...I'd see a doctor at a walk in or something if the pain persists.