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Back Pain And Elbow Pain - Articles
Understanding Elbow Pain - Part 6: Elbow Pain in Lifters
by
Eric C.
Posted
Wed 02 Jun 2010 5:26am
and stay on top of your stretching in the area to maintain adequate length of these tissues.
We’ll also see a fair amount of “underside” elbow pain in lifters, in most cases...’t miss a beat with training.
So, as you probably inferred, it’s very rarely a lack of strength that causes elbow pain in lifters. Rather, it’s generally poor tissue quality
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How To Reduce Computer-Related Elbow / Tennis Elbow Pain
by
Nicole M.

Posted
Thu 15 Jan 2009 8:42am
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Contour RollerMouse PRO Reduces Computer-Related Elbow Pain:
Computer-users frequently suffer from elbow pain due to poor ergonomic set-up. The most common elbow pain... of the wrist and finger extensor tendons as they attach or originate on the lateral epicondyle of the elbow. Please read more on our elbow anatomy and elbow pain conditions page.
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Understanding Elbow Pain - Part 5: The Truth About Tennis Elbow
by
Eric C.
Posted
Tue 25 May 2010 3:37am
” is used to describe pain on the lateral aspect of the upper arm near the elbow, tennis players often experience medial elbow issues as well (golfer’s elbow) secondary to the valgus... that movement.
The logical question for many is why does the pain occur at the elbow when the forces are applied so much further down the arm? The answer rests with the zones
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Healing Elbow Pain
by
Dr. Debbie Wright
Posted
Wed 10 Jun 2009 12:20am
to properly heal before they are stressed again – a typical repetitive strain injury.
Symptoms of this condition include pain over the outer or inner elbow, point tenderness over... must be done to differentiate this problem from a nerve or joint irritation in the neck that is referring pain to the elbow.
In my office, I tend to see more of these conditions
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5 Simple Tips to Prevent Computer Related Elbow Pain
by
Nicole M.

Posted
Fri 22 May 2009 11:56pm
is elbow pain and swelling at the back of the elbow.
Radial Nerve Entrapment: The radial nerve passes just below the bony bit on the outside of the elbow (lateral epicondyle... of the humerus bone (vist our elbow anatomy page) . There is commonly localized inflammation at this site and tenderness with resistance and touch.
Bursitis: The elbow pain originates
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Elbow Pain in Pitchers
by
Eric C.
Posted
Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:00am
One of the most common causes of elbow pain in pitchers - and even some folks in the regular population - is a loss of elbow extension range-of-motion over time. With pitching, there is extremely high-velocity elbow extension that must be decelerated (eccentric action) by all the elbow flexors (biceps, brachialis, etc).
Because eccentrics
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A Somewhat Overlooked Cause of Elbow Pain
by
Eric C.
Posted
Tue 04 May 2010 6:02pm
I have written a bit in this blog about elbow pain - both in throwers and lifters - but will be devoting some very specific, detailed articles to it in the near future. In the meantime, however, here is an interesting population-specific fact. Many baseball players wind up with elbow issues secondary to shoulder range of motion deficits. Most lifters run
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Understanding Elbow Pain - Part 3: Throwing Injuries
by
Eric C.
Posted
Sun 16 May 2010 5:59pm
of baseball guys, I see a lot of elbow issues come through my door. The overwhelming majority of those folks are medial elbow pain, but we also see a fair amount of lateral elbow pain... much always leads back to the valgus and extension forces (termed valgus-extension overload by many) that combine to wreak havoc on an elbow during throwing.
At late cocking
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Understanding Elbow Pain - Part 1: Functional Anatomy
by
Eric C.
Posted
Sun 09 May 2010 5:29pm
symptoms. Different pathologies take place in different athletic populations, too. We’ll have more on this in Understanding Elbow Pain - Part 2: Pathology.
Related Posts...
Today’s piece kicks off a multi-part series focusing specifically on the elbow. I’m going to start off this collection by talking about the anatomy of the elbow joint
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