I've watched the episode of The Vampire Diaries today, and here's the question: what does it mean "to blow out one's arm" in the following context?
So guess who came into the hospital for a shoulder arthroscopy this morning. Lady Whitmore, the girl from the bonfire, the one you miraculously saved from certain death and I can't figure out how. Turns out she was here on a tennis scholarship before she blew out her arm last year. Now she needs to get her cartilage cleaned out every 6 months.
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Best Answer
It means to sustain an injury (tendons, ligaments, cartilage) usually at the elbow. The injury comes from using the limb, not from an accident, e.g. not from a collision. Athletes in sports that involve heavy use of the arm (such as tennis, or sports that involve throwing), often sustain shoulder injuries as well (e.g. at the rotator-cuff).