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What is a medical name for a sports injury affecting the elbow?
It depends on the type of injury. There are several structures that make up the elbow joint and the injury would be a description of injury and the structure affected. For example: Golfer's elbow/Little leaguer's elbow - affects the medial ligaments Tennis elbow - affects the lateral ligaments
Injury to elbow?
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What kind of doctor should you see for elbow pain caused by a prior injury?
You can see an orthopedist or physiatrist for post-injury elbow pain.
Is it better to get an mri or ct scan of your elbow?
It depends on what the problem with the elbow is. If it is a bone related injury then the CT scan will show more detail but if the problem is with the muscles or ligaments, then the MRI Scan will be more useful.
Is tennis elbow a chronic or acute injury?
it is a chronic injury because it happens overtime; result of over-stretching of the muscles in the forearm (such as the extensor carpi) acute injuries to the elbow are generally recognized as less than 2 weeks in duration and may or may not be associated with direct trauma. Acute trauma to the elbow is likely to involve a fracture, dislocation or tendon rupture. Pain is typically well localized and a mechanism of injury is apparent. The climber may experience swelling, bruising and/or loss of elbow function Chronic elbow injuries are typically the result of repetitive injuries, general inflammatory conditions and/or post trauma. They are recognized as greater than 2 weeks in duration. Patients often describe recurrent pain, stiffness and/or loss of elbow range of motion. watch this video http://video.about.com/orthopedics/Tennis-Elbow.htm anonymous PhD
If an injury caused damage to the insertion of the biceps brachii muscle the injury would be nearest?
the elbow
What causes stiffness in your elbow and tenderness with pain into the muscle above the radial bone?
cold weather, or a strained muscle
If you have raynauds syndrome and a workers comp elbow injury should the raynauds also be covered if it was brought on by the elbow injury?
In the UK this depends totally on whether a medical expert can verify that the Reynauds syndrome was connected to the elbow injury - so long as injuries are verified to be caused by the negligence of an employer you can claim compensation for all the injuries caused. This is known as causation. To see an example of hoe to claim for Reynauds Syndrome in the UK please see the related link entitled "Reynauds Syndrome".
What injuries did Dirk Nowitzki have in basketball?
It was a knee and elbow injury.
What is the average workers comp elbow injury settlement?
150,000
What is the cause of golfers elbow?
Tennis Elbow aka Epicondylitis, often occurs as a result of strenuous overuse of the muscles and tendons of the forearm and around the elbow joint. These Tendons attach to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus.
Is a hamstring injury also known as tennis elbow?
what'S a hamstring
