Elbow pain is definitely not welcome in our day-to-day life. But what if the pain becomes a problem that prevents you from holding a pen, lifting a cup of coffee in the morning, carrying your groceries or considerably impedes performance of other tasks? If you recognized yourself in any of the above-mentioned scenarios, then this article is for you and you should read it; and after you have finished reading, we advise that you contact the Rudenko Clinic in Zaporizhia and make an appointment to see an orthopedist-traumatologist. Be sure, you will find yourself in the hands of the city’s best physicians in the European-level medical centre!
Elbow pains: diagnostics and treatment
Elbow joint pains are most often experienced by professional athletes - weight lifters, tennis players, volleyball players and other whose job requires prolonged static forearms position or monotonous, repetitive movements - ultrasound physicians, piano players, house painters and seamstresses. Almost all elbow joint disorders are posttraumatic and inflammatory in their genesis. It means that elbow joint conditions and pains come as a result of chronic traumas, excessive payloads applied to a joint or exposure to constant strain and pressure.
- Swelling
- Pain
- Redness of tissues covering the joint
- Elbow restricted movements
- Muscular weakness in a hand
- Forearm numbness
- Creeps and needles feeling
- Small nots or tissue hardening that can be palpated under the skin surrounding the joint
Those are the signs that will be experienced by a person with elbow joint disorders. If you have a swollen elbow and you feel pain trying to flex or extend an elbow then you need to be urgently examined by a traumatologist.
How to diagnose an elbow joint problem?
If you experience any of the symptoms listed above you should contact the Rudenko Clinic in Zaporizhia and sign for an appointment with an orthopedist-traumatologist. He will do all the rest: examine a joint, collect anamnesis, carry out physical examination, assign necessary laboratory tests and instrumental diagnostics and will prescribe adequate treatment.
In most cases, elbow pain diagnostics point to:
- elbow joint arthrosis/arthritis
- elbow joint bursitis/inflammatory bursitis
- epicondylitis
- synovitis
- ulnar nerve neuritis
- elbow joint gout
Elbow joint arthrosis/arthritis
This condition develops in a form of a degenerative-dystrophic disorder as a result of aging processes in the body or as a posttraumatic condition: it starts with development of an arthritis in place of a former trauma, which later transforms into an arthrosis.
Treatment of elbow joint arthrosis normally consists of pain relief and prevention of disease progression. Some complex cases might require an elbow joint replacement procedure.
Elbow joint bursitis/inflammatory bursitis
Inflammation of a synovial bursa of an elbow tip. Elbow joint bursitis develops as a result of regular, repetitive pressures and elbow joint traumas. Most prone categories include tennis, golf and hockey players. A healthy synovial bursa, smooth and solid in its structure, will provide smoothness and softness to elbow movements.
Epicondylitis
The condition develops as a result of dystrophy of tissues in places where muscles anchor to epicondyles of an upper arm bone, which leads to a local inflammatory process. There are several types of this condition:
- Lateral epicondylitis or a “tennis elbow”
The condition most often afflicts persons who, by their line of duty or otherwise, perform repetitive, stereotypical movements by their upper arms of a flexion/extension nature: ultrasound examination doctors, carpenters, house painters, plasterers, etc. Men are considerably more likely to suffer a “tennis elbow” than women. When acquired, the condition becomes chronic and progressive.
- Medialis epicondylitis
Most likely to occur after a prolonged static position of an upper arm, which is typical for such occupations as seamstresses, piano players, etc. Clinical manifestations are similar to lateral epicondylitis, however, in case of a medialis, pain will be located in the inner side of an elbow joint.
Gout of an elbow joint
A chronic metabolic disorder that develops as a result of increased levels of uric acid in blood and deposition of sodium salts in joints. A gout manifests in sharp pain in an elbow, increased local temperature, hyperemia and swollenness of paraarticular tissues.
Why choose Rudenko Clinic in Zaporizhia?
Because fast, quality and effectiveness are the words that best describe our medical centre and our highly professional doctors. With as little worries for you as possible, in our centre you will receive fast and effective results relieving you from symptoms, and soon you will be able to enjoy a freedom of movement. We wait for your call; you will find the phone number in the Contacts section. We invite you to a consultation with the best orthopedists-traumatologist doctors.