A 3.5-mm anchor with internal brace and suture was placed in the medial epicondyle (b). The suture was passed and the UCL was repaired while leaving the limbs of the internal brace free (c). 4.

If the medial head of the triceps remains posterior to the epicondyle with flexion (type 1), no intervention is recommended.

Attachment of the medial collateral ligament at the medial epicondyle is identified. From Healy WL, Iorio R, Lemos DW. Medial reconstruction during total knee arthroplasty for severe valgus deformity.

Unlike lateral epicondylitis, Romeo said treatment with corticosteroid injection may be valuable at least once for medial epicondylitis.

• A number of braces and supports are also available to help reduce the load on the elbow enabling it to heal. • See a sports injury professional who can advise on treatment and rehabilitation.

It usually gets better with rest. The medical term is medial epicondylitis. Golfer’s elbow isn’t as well-known as tennis elbow.

In semi-aquatic species like the sea otter and giant otter, this knob of bone is quite large and has a squared-off outline, but the medial epicondyle is relatively reduced in size in the bear otter.

As your husband is a golfer it is possible that the cause of the pain is medial epicondylitis (golfer’s elbow).