Elbow Pain

Elbow Pain

Elbow joint is a joint that provides the connection between the shoulder and the hand and contributes greatly to the functional use of the hand. Therefore, elbow problems cause important problems that affect the use of the hand and affect daily life activities.

Elbow problems are frequently encountered especially after traumas or in people who use wrist intensively and athletes. The most common cause of elbow pain is trauma. The elbow joint is one of the most common dislocations in the body.

The most common painful conditions in the elbow are known as tennis elbow and golf elbow, both of which are caused by excessive strain or trauma of the wrist. Tennis elbow is a clinical picture characterized by pain in the outer side of the elbow, which is seen in people who have just started tennis or use the wrong technique, rather than playing tennis, or when the wrist is overstretched or forced by turning the wrist in and out. The golfer’s elbow is likewise a clinical picture characterized by pain in the inner side of the elbow, which is seen by excessive strain of the wrist in the internal direction or by forcing the wrist to be turned in and out continuously. The clinical picture characterized by a swelling in the elbow in the form of a ping-pong ball as a result of inflammation of the pillow in the outer bump of the elbow due to a single acute injury or, more frequently, due to minor traumas, is called olecranon bursitis.

Cubital tunnel syndrome, which causes sensation defects such as pin stinging and numbness in the little finger of the hand and the ring finger as a result of compression of the ulnar nerve in the tunnel inside the elbow, is one of the most common nerve compression.

Although the diagnosis of elbow pain can be largely made by physical examination and neurological examination, laboratory, radiological and electrophysiological examinations may be required if necessary. Although the treatment varies according to the underlying cause, successful results can be obtained with pharmacological treatments, injection treatments, exercise options and physical therapy methods in the vast majority of cases.