Painful and arthritic elbows have been treated with a wide range of measures, ranging from medications to joint replacement. Currently, although primary degenerative arthritis of the elbow is not common, arthroscopic management of the problem is an interesting option for treatment.

Tennis elbow is also known as lateral epicondylitis. Lateral means the outside of the elbow is tender and/or painful. Tennis players are most often affected by this condition because of the way they use repetitive force to swing the racquet.

Golfer's elbow affects the inside (medial portion) of the elbow. The symptoms are the same. The difference is the location and the motions that lead to one or the other developing.

Tennis elbow (also known as epicondylitis) has become better understood now that we have more advanced technology available. What was once thought of as a chronic condition of inflammation (tendonitis) is now understood to be tendon degeneration (tendinosis).

You may have injured the medial collateral ligament (MCL) along the inside of the elbow. It is the main stabilizer of the elbow in the bent position. Without it, the elbow may dislocate.

Microtrauma to the MCL can occur from repetitive load such as occurs during throwing activities. The ligament suffers tiny tears and starts to elongate or stretch out. The tissue loses its stiffness as well as its ability to withstand load and force during the pitching motion.

Weakness from injury of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) is a common cause of inner elbow problems for the throwing or pitching athlete. Sometimes rest and rehab can take care of the problem. But when pain and loss of motion and function interfere, then surgery is often the treatment of choice.

Studies consistently report that pitch volume is still a major risk factor for shoulder and elbow injuries. Some things have changed in the last few decades that might help you prevent such injuries.

For example, overuse of the throwing arm is accomplished by keeping a log of number of pitches thrown for each practice, game, season, and year. There are recommended guidelines and standards for maximum number of pitches allowed.

Studies show that ultrasound can be used to diagnose lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow). But what about medial epicondylitis (golfer's elbow)? Can ultrasound be used as easily with as good of results?

The results of this study say, Yes. Ultrasound is informative and accurate in identifying signs of tendon degeneration along the inside of the elbow. In fact, ultrasound was a sensitive, specific, and accurate test for this condition.

Pain and impaired function of the medial (inside) elbow are common symptoms in the throwing athlete. A tear or rupture of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) along the inside of the elbow can cause these symptoms. Surgery to repair the ligament often uses the palmaris longus tendon as a donor graft.

Hi, I am having no luck finding information about the injury for my elbow. I don't know if it is common or not; I can't find the right words in searching for it. It keeps coming back with info on entrapment; and that isn't my problem. So far, I have found no name for it.

A terrible triad elbow injury is a fracture and dislocation of the elbow joint. In particular, the elbow has dislocated in a posterior (backward) direction (away from the hand). The coronoid bone is fractured.

The coronoid is a curved, triangular piece of the ulna (forearm bone). It is along the upper and front part of the ulna and fits around the bottom of the humerus (upper arm bone) to form the hinge joint of the elbow.