Once the acute pain subsides, perform gentle stretches and strengthening exercises to improve flexibility and support the elbow—this may help prevent future issues.

The result: tennis elbow (formally, lateral epicondylitis), an acute pain on the outside of my forearm just below the elbow every time I lift something. My error? I failed to warm up properly.

Radial head fractures are common injuries occurring in about 20% of all acute elbow injuries. Many elbow dislocations involve fractures of the radial head. Radial head fractures are more frequent ...

What is the best treatment for acute tennis elbow? Physiotherapy? Cortisone? A combination? Or might you just as well forego treatment?

You're doing yard work when out of nowhere, pain begins radiating through your inner elbow. Or perhaps you go to sleep feeling fine and wake up the next morning, barely able to bend your arm. What ...

Patients with a history of elbow trauma can present with lateral elbow pain due to fracture of the radial head, disruption of the lateral collateral ligament, or dislocation.

It starts with a persistent, localized pain on the outside of your elbow (or inside, in the case of the closely related golf elbow), and slowly gets more debilitating.