- What is it?
- Common flexor tendon at the medial epicondyle of the humerus inflammation due to overuse
- Common flexor : flexor carpi radialis, plamaris longus, flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum superficialis
- Causes
- repeated forceful wrist and finger movements
- Weak shoulder and wrist muscles
- Weight lifting
- Golf – swinging clubs forcefully
- Frequent use of other hand tools on a continuous basis
- Symptoms
- Stiffness in your elbow
- Tenderness and pain, usually on the inner side of your elbow or the inner side of your forearm
- Pain when flexing the wrist and fingers
- Tingling or numbness in your fingers (usually the ring and little fingers)
- Weakness in your hands and wrists
- Treatment
- Massage
- Trigger point : biceps brachii
- Friction : common flexor tendon at medial epicondyle
- Joint play : G3 distraction on humeroulnar joint
- Remedial exercise
- To strenghthning the flexor muscles : maxresdefault.jpg (1280×720) (ytimg.com)
- To stretch the flexor muslces : Golfers-elbow-stretch.png (376×284) (hitlongandprosper.com)
- To increase grip strenthening
- Massage
