The grip on the golf club when addressing the ball flexes or bends the wrist, bringing the little finger side of hand closer to the forearm. That action uses the ulnar wrist flexors that attach the pinkie side of the wrist to the inner elbow (medial epicondyle of the humerus), flexing and deviating the wrist […]
This is a series on arm and hand pain. If you missed the beginning, go back to the “Checklist of Causes.” Golf elbow, medically known as medial epicondylitis, is pain at the inner elbow, usually from inflammation of the tendons that attach to it. The muscles that hurt are mostly local: 1) the tendons of […]
Cubital tunnel symptoms include inner elbow pain, and pain, tingling, numbness, burning, and weakness down the ulnar forearm and hand to the pinkie and ring fingers. The cubital tunnel is at the inner elbow (medial epicondyle) formed by the dog bone knob of the upper arm bone (humerus). The ulnar nerve goes around it like […]
This is a series on arm and hand pain causes. If you missed the beginning, go back to the Checklist. Treating arm and hand pain is an important part of my Neuromuscular Therapy practice near Boston. The flexor muscles are on the fleshy belly side of the forearm and attach to the bony prominence of […]