The flexor tendons run from the elbow to the fingers and allow the hand to perform its many functions. Doctors and hand therapists designate five "zones" of the flexor tendons depending on their location in the hand and forearm. Zone 5 flexor...
Golfer's elbow, or medial epicondylitis, refers to discomfort near the medial epicondyle--a part of the humerus bone of your upper arm on the inside of your elbow--according to William Prentice, author of "Essentials of Athletic Injury...
1. A Lot of Bones to Break It is difficult to lump all the types of fractures around the elbow together in one group. There are fractures of the radial head, olecranon, lateral condyle, medial condyle, medial epicondyle, supracondylar humerus,...
Little League elbow is the name given to the condition caused by repetitive motion that affects the joint of the elbow in the point at which the upper arm bone, the humerus, meets the two forearm bones, the ulna and radius. According to the...
