Pain From Golfer's Elbow

Golfer’s Elbow is also called Medial Epicondylitis. Medial refers to the inside of your elbow and Epicondyle refers to the bumpy part at the end of a bone on your inner and outer elbow.

Golfer’s Elbow is a term used to describe this condition, when a patient experiences extreme pain  inside of their elbow.

This pain feels worse with any movement, usually motions that involve some strength to straighten or bending their wrist.

It is not caused by a golf injury. The name is often misleading. Many patients who have Golfer’s Elbow do not play golf.

Golfer’s Elbow is more of a chronic condition than an injury. Most patients feel pain on the inside of their elbow, especially when they do different motions with their wrist. Most patients notice that their elbow is feeling sore and will not move like it did before. use it like they could before. Pain can start gradually, then becomes more frequent and increases over time.

Golfer’s elbow can often be treated by non- surgical methods such as:

• Resting, refrain from movement that puts stress on your elbow
• Appy moist heat where it hurts
• Elbow wraps
• Mild massage to the painful area
• Stretching exercises

Tennis elbow vs. Golfer’s elbow. Different conditions.

Tennis elbow and Golfer’s elbow are opposite because of the location of the pain. Although they are similar conditions, both causing pain along the forearm and elbow. Patients with a tennis elbow have pain on the outside of their elbow while patients with golfer’s elbow have pain on the inside of their elbow.