The common causes of elbow pain are elbow trauma, rheumatoid arthritis, muscle strain, gout, etc. When elbow pain occurs, you should consult a doctor in time, and choose general treatment, physical therapy or surgery according to the cause. 1. Elbow trauma: acute injury can be iced, there are open injuries need to go to the hospital to clean up the wound, fracture or ligament rupture need to be operated. After treatment, it is recommended to reduce the activity of the affected limb and pay attention to rest. 2. Rheumatoid arthritis: take methotrexate and other anti-rheumatic drugs to slow down the progress of the disease, take ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics to relieve the pain, but also with the baking of electricity, massage, fumigation and other physical therapy to relieve pain. 3. Muscle strain: activities should be reduced, pay attention to rest, hot compresses can be applied to the elbow to promote blood circulation, and in severe cases, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs such as ibuprofen can be taken to relieve pain. 4. Gout: you can take colchicine, febuxostat and other drugs to control the level of uric acid in the body. If gout stones appear in the elbow joint, surgical removal of stones is necessary. Epicondylitis of the humerus, cervical spondylosis, etc. can also cause elbow pain, elbow pain should be promptly to the hospital for examination and diagnosis, according to the cause of the choice of treatment under the guidance of the doctor, remember to take their own medication.