Elbow Pain
Elbow pain is a common ailment that typically affects a person’s dominant arm due to the number of bones, muscles and tendons that meet in the area. Elbow pain generally results from overuse injuries as many sports, hobbies, and jobs require repetitive hand, wrist, and arm movements. It not only keeps you from enjoying sports like golf and tennis but can be extremely disruptive to normal daily activities as well. The most common types of elbow pain are “tennis elbow” and “golfer’s elbow.”
Symptoms
- visual changes to the elbow, such as swelling and discoloration
- inability to move the joint
- pain in the area
- Numbness and tingling
- Pain with movement of arm or hand
Causes
- Broken arm
- Bursitis (joint inflammation)
- Dislocated elbow
- Golfer’s elbow
- Osteoarthritis (disease causing the breakdown of joints)
- Osteochondritis dissecans
- Rheumatoid arthritis (inflammatory joint disease)
- Sprains
- Stress fractures
- Tendinitis
- Tennis elbow
- Throwing injuries
- Trapped nerves ( ulnar neuropathy)