Medial Epicondylitis

Diagnosis/Definition

• An overuse injury of the medial aspect of the elbow involving the epicondyle of the humerus, the wrist and finger flexor muscles, and the pronator muscles.

Initial Diagnosis and management

• History of sudden overload to contractile units of the medial elbow.
• Physical examination.
• Tenderness over medial epicondyle of humerus.
• Pain with flexion of wrist or fingers.
• Pain with resistance to flexion of wrist or fingers.
• Loss of function or palpable gap in muscle.
• History of chronic use of wrist flexors or pronators.

Ongoing Management and Objective

• Flexibility exercises for wrist and finger flexor muscles and pronator muscles
• Strengthening exercises for wrist and finger flexor muscles and pronator muscles.
• Physical therapy procedures
• Proper conditioning

Indication a profile is needed

• Any limitations that affect strength, range of motion, and general efficiency of upper arms.
• Slightly limited mobility of joints, muscular weakness, or other musculo-skeletal defects that may prevent hand-to-hand fighting and disqualifies for prolonged effort.
• Defects or impairments that require significant restriction of use