Golfers Elbow: Medial Elbow Pain due to Elbow Tendonitis, or Elbow Tendinosis?

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Golfers Elbow Pain:
Inflammation, Degeneration or Tear
of the Common Flexor Tendon.

Elbow Injury at the Medial Epicondyle

Golfers Elbow (GE), also known as Elbow Tendonitis or Medial Epicondylitis, is an elbow injury on the outside of the elbow joint, which affects the Common Flexor Tendon of the Medial Epicondyle.

Where and what is the Medial Epicondyle and what is Epicondylitis?

The Medial Epicondyle is located towards the centerline of the human body, at the inside aspect of the Humerus, the upper arm bone that extends from the shoulder to the elbow. A Condyle is an articular prominence of a bone. An Epicondyle is a projection on a bone above a condyle serving for the attachment of muscles, tendons and ligaments. The “itis” suffix denotes inflammation; therefore, Epicondylitis translates to inflammation of an epicondyle.

What is Golfers Elbow?

What Muscles and Tendons are affected by Medial Epicondylitis?

Muscles connect to bones via Tendons. The Forearm Flexor Muscles attach to The Medial Epicondyle by way of the Common Flexor Tendon. The Forearm Flexor Muscles related to Medial Epicondylitis are:

Flexor Carpi Radialis
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
Flexor Digitorum Profundus
Palmaris Longus
Pronator Teres

Initial symptoms of Medial Epicondylitis could be more severe

Elbow Tendonitis Inflammation of the Common Flexor Tendon, with Elbow Tendonitis Symptoms of medial elbow pain and tenderness upon hand shaking and inward wrist movement, is usually the initial onset of pain, although the acute stage of Medial Epicondylitis as a severe condition has also been thought to be a Tenoperiosteal (Tendon to Bone) tear.

Progression from Medial Epicondylitis

The progression from Epicondylitis to Tendinosis-chronic tendon collagen degeneration, in combination with or addition to Enthesopathy–disorders of peripheral muscle attachments has been identified by the medical community as the later stages and more appropriate causes of GE.

A Repetitive Stress Injury that can heal slowly

It is known as a repetitive stress injury that commonly affects Golfers. Elbow pain and tenderness, oftentimes radiating into the forearm especially in the morning, is usually felt with hand shaking and inward wrist flexion. Because of our dependency on our hands and arms, elbow injuries such as GE are debilitating and can sometimes take months or up to a year or longer to heal properly.

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Golfers Elbow Pain: Inflammation, Degeneration or Tear of the Common Flexor Tendon.

Golfers Elbow Pain:
Inflammation, Degeneration or Tear
of the Common Flexor Tendon.