Question 278

'X", or medial epicondylitis, is an inflammatory condition of the elbow which in some ways is similar to tennis elbow.The flexor muscles of the forearm, the muscles responsible for bending the fingers and thumb, clenching the fist and supinating the hand excluding biceps brachialis, come together in a common tendon which is inserted in to the medial epicondyle of the humerus at the elbow joint. In response to minor injury, or sometimes for no obvious reason at all, the point of insertion becomes inflamed.
Causes : The condition is called " X's elbow" because in making a swing in a particular sport this tendon is stressed; many people, however, who develop the condition have never played that game. It is also sometimes called Pitcher's elbow due to the same tendon being stressed by the throwing of objects such as a baseball, but this usage is much less frequent.

Answer:Golf Elbow