So my elbow was sore after punching a heavy bag (poorly). The next day, it popped in jits class when posting for a hip bump sweep. This was last weekend.

Its been sore since then but getting better and not sore enough to keep me from doing stuff. I rolled this past sunday and it did fine. Last night rolled for three classes and today its sore again.

For those of yall who have popped your elbows, how long does it take to heal? Should I be worried about permanent damage? it doesn't feel that bad just sore at either extreme in the range of motion.

First, go to a doctor and have him or her look at your arm.

Second, a human arm makes a distinct popping sound six or seven times before it fully breaks. Each pop signifies more damage. There is no way for us to know where you fall along that spectrum without more data from you.

Third, take a minimum of a week off from all training and then, very carefully, test your arm. If it's still sore, take a half week off and repeat the process.

Mostly though, seek out qualified medical advice first.

just adding onto this, i rolled, dont remember an arm bar attempt even being put on me but it must have at some stage, next day went to work the bag, hooks hurt like hell and when it flares up pretty difficult to even post up or monkey paw on hip if they put any pressure on. had this before?

I may be able to see a doctor next week.

I would like get info for myself first.

what kind of data would be useful for diagnosis?

do you have a resource describing each pop and what it signifies? I suspect this is the first pop, as its not that painful and doesn't feel like I shouldn't be doing stuff.