06/12/2025
🏌️♂️ Golfer’s Elbow: More Than Just a Sports Injury!
Pain on the inner side of your elbow? It might be Golfer’s Elbow—and no, you don’t need to play golf to get it! ⛳
✔ What Actually Happens?
Repetitive gripping & wrist-flexing strain the flexor–pronator tendon attached to the medial epicondyle → leading to micro-tears, inflammation, and pain.
📌 Key Facts:
• Only 10–20% of cases are actually caused by golf.
• Most patients are manual workers, racquet-sport players, gym-goers, or people using long hours of typing/mouse work.
• Pain may radiate down the forearm and worsen with lifting, squeezing, or wrist flexion.
• Early treatment leads to 90% successful recovery without surgery.
💡 How to Manage It?
• Relative rest (don’t stop life—just avoid aggravating movements).
• Ice & anti-inflammatory measures.
• Forearm stretching + eccentric strengthening exercises.
• Correct your technique & ergonomics.
• Persistent cases may need PRP injections or surgical release.
🏥 Remember:
Ignoring the pain can turn a simple tendon irritation into a chronic disabling condition. Early evaluation = faster return to your game & work.
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