Elbow Conditions

Physiotherapy for Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)Tennis elbow is also known as lateral epicondylitis or lateral epicondylalgia and is a condition that affects the tendons of the forearm wrist extensors where they attach on the outside of the elbow joint. This is primarily an overuse injury that is common in people who do alot of gripping …

Golfers Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)Golfers elbow is also known as medial epicondylitis or medial epicondylalgia and is an injury caused by overuse to the forearm flexor muscles and presents with pain on the inside of the elbow joint. It is a similar injury to tennis elbow, whereby it is an overuse injury of gripping and moving …

The term “ulnar nerve instability” describes the chronic conditions of subluxation and relocation of the ulnar nerve at the elbow with flexion and extension of the elbow, respectively. Recurrent subluxation of the nerve at the elbow results in a tractional and frictional neuritis and is not to be confused with common compression neuropathy. Ulna nerve …

Physiotherapy for Cubital Tunnel SyndromeCubital tunnel syndrome is a peripheral neuropathy at the elbow in which the ulnar nerve is compressed, pinched and irritated in the cubital tunnel. Cubital tunnel syndrome can also be known as ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow. When the ulnar nerve is compressed, it doesn’t get enough blood flow to …