Elbow Problems

Question 1

golfer’s elbow is epicondylitis of the medial/lateral epicondyle

Answer 1

medial

Question 2

tennis elbow is epicondylitis of the medial/lateral epicondyle

Answer 2

lateral

Question 3

what causes epicondylitis of the elbow

Answer 3

repetitive stress at the muscle-tendon junction

Question 4

true/false golfer’s and tennis elbow are degenerative conditions

Answer 4

true

Question 5

what muscles groups attach to the medial epicondyle (i.e. golfer’s elbow)

Answer 5

flexor muscles (how’d ya flex? play golf.)

Question 6

treatment of epicondylitis

Answer 6

local corticosteroid injection

platelet rich plasma

Question 7

what is platelet rich plasma and how does it work

Answer 7

sample of patient’s blood centrifuged and heaviest layer of plasma taken off and injected in and around tendon. Utilises body’s natural healing

Question 8

complications of epicondylitis treatment

Answer 8

injection –> ulnar nerve damage

Question 9

what things are innervated by the ulnar nerve

Answer 9

sensory of pinky side of hand, motor of intrinsic hand muscles, felxor carpi ulnaris and digitorum profundus