Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis): An irritation of the tissue connecting the forearm muscle to the elbow.
Tennis elbow can be caused by the repetitive wrist and arm motions.
Pain is the primary symptom. It usually occurs on the outside of the elbow and sometimes in the forearm and wrist. Treatment includes rest, pain relievers, and physical therapy.
Golfer’s Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis):
A condition that causes pain on the inner side of the elbow. The cause is excess or repetitive stress, often by forceful wrist and finger motions. The elbow may feel stiff. Hands and wrists may feel weak. Treatments include rest, ice, pain relievers, stretching or physical therapy, and elbow bandaging.
OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS:
Osteochondritis Dissecans of the elbow is most commonly seen in the sporting adolescent population (ages 12-14) in particular throwing sports or upper limb dominant sports such as baseball or hockey. Hence the common term “Little league elbow”. In the elbow, the most common area affected is the capitellum, although it has been reported to affect the olecranon and the trochlea. OCD can mean one or more flakes of articular cartilage have become separated. Which form loose bodies within the joint. The separated flakes can then ossify due to nourishment by the synovial fluid. The cartilage is damaged and can form a loose body. In the long term OCD can lead to subsequent degenerative arthritis or osteoarthritis.
MEDIAL/ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT SPRAIN:
Instability, or looseness, of the elbow is the result of an injury to the ulnar collateral ligament, or UCL. The UCL is on the inner side of the elbow and attaches the bump (medial epicondyle) of the arm bone to the bigger of the two forearm bones (ulna)
LATERAL/RADIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT SPRAIN:
Elbow lateral collateral ligament injuries are usually caused by a fall on an outstretched hand. If you dislocate the elbow as a result of the fall, the LCL may tear. A less serious fall can still cause an LCL sprain. In general, elbow LCL injuries occur most often in sports where players often fall during the game.
CAUSES OF ELBOWN PAIN
- Osteoarthritic
- Golfers elbow
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- Osteochondritis dissecans
- Dislocated elbow
- Fracture of any arm bone
- Tennis elbow
- Pinched nerve
- Trapped ulnar nerve
SYMPTOMS OF ELBOWN PAIN
- Numbness, tingling, burning, or pins and needles
- Cubital tunnel syndrome typically manifests as hand pain
- Numbness and tingling in the ring or pinky finger
- Elbow stiffness
- Crepitus
- Aching
- Spasms
- Weakness of hand or arm