Sports doctor talks about ‘golfer’s elbow’

Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist Edgar Michael Eufemio named golfer’s elbow as the most common injury in golf caused mainly by a bad swing.

Golfer’s elbow is mainly characterized by pain on the tendon medial epicondyle located inside the bump of the elbow. Most of the wrist flexors (muscles of the forearm that pull the hand forward) are attached to the medial epicondyle. Overuse of the muscles and tendons of the forearm and elbow are the most common cause of golfer’s elbow.