Elbow Injuries and Disorders—Arm Injuries and Disorders

Of the 206 bones in your body, three of them are in your arm: the humerus, radius, and ulna. Your arms are also made up of muscles, joints, tendons, and other connective tissue. Injuries to any of these parts of the arm can occur during sports, a fall, or an accident.

Types of arm injuries include

• Tendinitis and bursitis
• Sprains
• Dislocations
• Broken bones
• Nerve problems
• Osteoarthritis

You may also have problems or injure specific parts of your arm, such as your hand, wrist, elbow, or shoulder.

• Arm CT scan (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Brachial plexopathy (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Radial head fracture – aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Radial nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia)

Your elbow joint is made up of bone, cartilage, ligaments and fluid. Muscles and tendons help the elbow joint move. When any of these structures is hurt or diseased, you have elbow problems.

Many things can make your elbow hurt. A common cause is tendinitis, an inflammation or injury to the tendons that attach muscle to bone. Tendinitis of the elbow is a sports injury, often from playing tennis or golf. You may also get tendinitis from overuse of the elbow.

Other causes of elbow pain include sprains, strains, fractures, dislocations, bursitis and arthritis. Treatment depends on the cause.

• Elbow pain (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Elbow replacement (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Elbow sprain — aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Medial epicondylitis – golfer’s elbow (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Nursemaid’s elbow (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Tennis elbow (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Tennis elbow surgery (Medical Encyclopedia)