Elbow

Tendons

• Common extensor tendon

  The shared tendon that anchors several wrist and finger muscles to the outer elbow. How it is built, how it breaks down in tennis elbow, how symptoms change over time, and what loads it.

• Common flexor tendon

  The shared tendon that anchors forearm muscles to the inner elbow. How it is built, how it sits beside the inner-elbow ligament, what studies of golfer's elbow found, and what loads it.

• Distal biceps tendon

  The tendon that joins the biceps to the radius just below the elbow. How its two parts attach, why it may be weak in the middle, how and in whom it tears, and what studies record afterwards.

• Distal triceps tendon

  The tendon that joins the triceps to the point of the elbow. How it is built, what pressing studies measure around it, how and in whom it tears, and what outcomes studies report after repair.

Ligaments

• Ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow

  The thick band on the inner side of the elbow that holds the joint against sideways opening. How it is built, how throwing and contact load it, and what scans show of how it changes.

Joints

• Elbow joint

  The hinge between the upper arm and the forearm, with two more joints in the same capsule. How it moves, what steadies it, the loads it carries, how it gets injured, and what studies report about recovery.

Nerves

• Ulnar nerve

  The nerve that runs past the inner elbow to the little-finger side of the hand. Where it runs, how elbow bending loads it, where it gets squeezed, and what trials of surgery at the elbow report.

Conditions

• Cubital tunnel syndrome

  Squeezing of the ulnar nerve at the inner elbow. How a 2025 expert panel defined it, who it affects, and what studies of splints, injections and operations found.

• Elbow dislocation

  The bones of the elbow forced out of place, with or without a fracture. How reviews define it, who it affects, and what trials of early movement, plaster and ligament surgery found.

• Elbow stiffness

  Lost elbow motion, most often after an injury or surgery. How reviews define it, who it affects, and what studies of stretching, splints, surgery, machine-driven movement and drugs found.

• Elbow UCL tear

  A tear of the ulnar collateral ligament of the elbow, described most often in throwing athletes. How studies grade it, who it affects, and what studies of care without surgery, reconstruction and repair found.

Exercises that load this area

Filed under another area, but connected to an entry here.

• Bench press

  A barbell pressing exercise. What studies measured it working, from the chest and triceps to the shoulder, how bench angle and grip width change that, what ten weeks of training changed, and how studies progressed it.

• Biceps curl

  An exercise that bends the elbow against a weight. What the studies measured it loading, where they disagree about grip, and how the arm muscles changed with training.

• Deadlift

  A lift driven by the muscles that straighten the hip, knee and back. What the studies measured it loading, from the back and thigh muscles to the lower spine, and what is known about how the body adapts.

• Dip

  Lowering and raising the body on the arms, from a bench, bars or rings. What two small laboratory studies in men measured, the injuries case reports describe, and what one training trial found.

• Overhead press

  A pressing exercise that pushes a weight from the shoulders to overhead. What the studies measured it loading, how seat, bar and bar path shift the work, and what is and isn't known about training it.

• Pull-up

  Pulling the body up to a bar from a hang. What studies measured it loading, how grip and kipping shift the work, what changed with training, and what injury reports recorded.

• Push-up

  A bodyweight pressing exercise done face down on the hands. How much body weight studies measured on the hands, which muscles work, how hand position and unstable surfaces change that, and what training trials found.

• Triceps extension

  An exercise that straightens the elbow against a weight. What the studies measured it loading, how arm position and range change the work, and where training studies disagree.

• Wrist curl

  Bending the wrist against a load. What studies measured it working in the forearm and around the carpal tunnel, how the wrist flexors changed with training, and what studies of inner-elbow pain found.

• Wrist extension

  Lifting the back of the hand against resistance. What studies measured it working in the forearm, what one hard bout did to the muscles, and what studies of people with outer-elbow pain found.