Your humerus is the only bone in your upper arm. A humeral shaft fracture is a break to middle portion of your upper arm bone. You may also break it at the top where it meets your shoulder (a proximal humerus fracture) or at the bottom where it meets your elbow (a distal humerus fracture).
Your distal humerus is the lower end of your upper arm bone (humerus) where it joins the elbow. A fractured distal humerus is a very painful injury that can make it difficult to move your elbow. This type of fracture – which has a risk of long-term complications – is relatively rare, accounting for only…
As the peak of the summer holiday season approaches, we’re seeing growing numbers of people with elbow injuries caused by playing sport.
A fracture is a break (full or partial) in one of the bones. Fractures are often caused by some kind of traumatic high-impact injury, or as the result of stress due to overusing the bone. Some medical conditions – such as cancer or osteoporosis – cause weakening of the bones which can result in pathological…
Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a painful condition that affects the bony bump on the outside of your elbow where the tendons of the forearm muscles attach to the bone. You may also experience pain and weakness in your wrist and forearm, particularly when performing movements like gripping, shaking hands or turning a doorknob.
If you are experiencing pain centring on the bony bump on the inside of your elbow, you may have a condition called golfer’s elbow. Sometimes the pain also spreads into the forearm. Although golfer’s elbow is less well-known and less common than tennis elbow, both are forms of tendinopathy and can be debilitating.
Tennis elbow – also called lateral epicondylitis – affects the tendons in your elbow. It is a painful condition that can develop when the tendons become overworked, often due to making repetitive arm and wrist movements. Tennis elbow is one of the most common causes of persistent elbow pain, affecting around 1-3% of the population.…
Your biceps muscle is located at the front of your upper arm. When the muscle contracts it pulls the forearm up and rotates it outwards. Tendons attach the biceps muscle to the shoulder blade (scapula) and the radius bone of the forearm. There are two proximal biceps tendons, of which the long head of biceps…
Certain nerves are particularly prone to becoming compressed due to the way the surrounding bones are structured. The ulnar nerve is one of these. It runs over one of the elbow bones very close to the surface of the skin. People often refer to this area as “the funny bone” because of the strange sensation…
The ulnar nerve carries sensation from the ring finger and little finger, and part of the palm and the back of the hand. It travels down inside of the arm to the hand and is used to control certain movements of the fingers and wrist.
