The common causes of pain on the inner side of the elbow are physiological factors, such as over-exercise, and may also be due to pathological causes such as elbow-tube syndrome, lateral epicondylitis of the humerus, and trauma, etc. If the symptoms persist, it is necessary to consult a doctor in time.
1. Excessive exercise: If the patient engages in strenuous elbow exercise, such as playing badminton or baseball, it is easy to cause fatigue of the arm muscles, which produces lactic acid and then causes pain.
2. Elbow canal syndrome: usually the ulnar nerve is compressed in the elbow canal, mostly related to elbow joint lesions, elbow joint trauma, elbow pain and numbness, and finger muscle weakness in patients with severe symptoms.
3. Epicondylitis of the humerus: this is what we usually call tennis elbow, which leads to damage to the tendons connecting the forearm and elbow, and can also cause pain on the inner side of the elbow.
4. Trauma: If the patient’s elbow is hit on the inner side, it will cause local soft tissue damage, and in serious cases, fracture will occur, which will cause pain and difficulty in movement, and timely X-ray examination is needed.
Causes of pain on the inner side of the elbow are more reasons, may also be related to cervical spondylosis, osteoarthritis, fasciitis, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases, after resting, if there is no relief, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner for examination, by the doctor targeted treatment.