Golfer’s Elbow

Golfer’s elbow is an injury to the muscles that flex your wrist and fingers. The location of the injury is generally the medial epicondyle, where the muscles attach, characterized by a bony bump on the inside of the elbow.

Symptoms of Golfer’s Elbow

• Pain during gripping tasks or resisted wrist/finger flexion
• Tenderness on palpation (directly over the bony epicondyle)
• Pain radiating in the wrist flexor muscles
• Headaches, neck stiffness, and tenderness (in some cases)
• Loss of pinch and grip strength
• Painful elbow movements

Causes of Golfer’s Elbow

Golfer’s elbow is caused by damaged muscle tissue at the point it anchors to the arm bone at the elbow. In some cases, chronic golfer’s elbow results from poor soft tissue health, making it more susceptible to injury, swelling, and pain.

Treatment of Golfer’s Elbow

Physiotherapy is not only effective in preventing but also in the long-term management of Golfer’s Elbow. The aims of physiotherapy include:

• Reduction of pain
• Facilitation of tissue repair
• Restabilizing normal joint range of motion and its function
• Restoration of functional muscle length, strength, and movement patterns
• Normalizing upper limb neurodynamics
• Normalizing elbow joint function