Golfer's Elbow
Non-traumatic elbow pain can be of various causes. Although tennis elbow is the commonest but other problems like golfer's elbow, student's elbow ( olecranon bursitis ), j avelin throwers elbow ( sprain injury of the ulnar collateral ligament of the medial elbow ) and writer's elbow ( ulnar nerve entrapment ) are the other leading causes apart from Rheumatoid arthritis and referred pain. Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War. He lost his lower limb during the war and started playing lawn several outdoor games in a wheelchair, lately became a famous golf player. Famous author Mr A A Gill mentioned in his writing that he is suffering from golfrr's elbow which he found similar with Douglas Bader. Same like tennis elbow, it not only occurs to golf players but can also seen in bowling players, rock climbers (Climber's Elbow) and baseball players (Pitcher's Elbow) or any other game which is very gr...