The outside lateral bump just above the elbow is called the lateral epicondyle. Most of the muscles that straighten the fingers and wrist come together and attach to the medial epicondyle, or the bump on the inside of your arm just above the elbow. These two tendons are important to understand because they are common locations of tendonitis. All of the nerves that travel down the arm pass across the elbow. Three main nerves begin together at the shoulder the radial nerve, the ulnar nerve and the medial nerve.
These nerves are responsible for signaling your muscles to work and to also relay sensations such as touch, pain and temperature. Nerves are responsible for carrying signals back and forth from the brain to muscles in our body, enabling movement and sensation such as touch, pain, and hot or cold. The main vessel of the arm is the brachial artery. This artery travels across the inside of the elbow at the bend and then splits into two branches below the elbow.
Radial Artery: The radial artery is the largest artery supplying the hand and wrist area. Traveling across the front of the wrist, nearest the thumb, it is this artery that is palpated when a pulse is counted at the wrist. It supplies blood flow to the front of the hand, fingers and thumb.
Bursae are small fluid filled sacs that decrease friction between tendons and bone or skin. Bursae contain special cells called synovial cells that secrete a lubricating fluid. When this fluid becomes infected, a common painful condition known as Bursitis can develop.
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Night time splinting is achieved with a custom made long arm splint that the patient will wear at night time and as often as possible during the day. Unfortunately it is cumbersome to keep the arm out straight all the time and therefore this is usually used only at night.
If the patient has persistent complaints despite conservative treatment surgery would be recommended. There are three types of procedures, one is to cut the medial epicondyle which is the bone pinching the nerve or the other two operations are to actually move the nerve out of the cubital tunnel either above or below the muscles of the forearm.
This can be performed as an outpatient procedure with an axillary block where only the arm is put to sleep and it has a high success rate. From Locally, active COVID cases have increased over the last few weeks, but hospitalizations continue in the downward trend since our last update. Linda, a patient and former nurse at Baxter Regional, donated the funds necessary for a life-sized skeleton anatomy model. Earlier this month, Linda This eighth annual It is encouraging to see that active COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to trend down statewide and locally.
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Anatomy of the Elbow The elbow is a hinge joint made up of the humerus, ulna and radius. Tennis Elbow Lateral Epicondylitis Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is one of the most common elbow problems seen by an orthopedic surgeon. Golfer's Elbow Medial Epicondylitis Medial epicondylitis is inflammation of the tendon attachment of the flexor pronator muscles in the forearm.
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