Overuse injuries of the elbow
Elbow pain is generally related to tendinopathies in the muscles that control the wrist and hand. On the inside (ventral surface) of your arm the wrist and hand flexors originate on the medial epicondyle. On the outside, the dorsal surface, the extensors of the wrist and hand attach on the lateral epicondyle.
As well as the strategies in the members section the biomechanics studies of the wrist and hand are relevant for most soft tissue injuries of the elbow due to the location of flexor and extensor tendon attachments.
Cumulative Trauma Disorders of the elbow
| Medial Epicondylitis (golfers elbow) | Pain on the medial side (inside) of the elbow |
| Lateral Epicondylitis(tennis elbow) | Pain on the lateral side (outside) of the elbow |
| Radial tunnel syndrome | Nerve compression at the elbow with similar symptoms to lateral epicondylitis |
| Cubital tunnel syndrome | Compression of the ulnar nerve over the medial epicondyle |
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