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Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Updated: Mar 15, 2022


Cubital tunnel condition develops when the ulnar nerve becomes inflamed, bloated, and agitated as it passes through the cubital tunnel (a muscle, ligament, and bone tunnel underneath the elbow).

Cubital tunnel syndrome produces discomfort that feels similar to hitting the "funny bone" in your elbow. The "funny bone" in the elbow is the ulnar nerve, a nerve that runs through the elbow. The ulnar nerve travels from the side of your neck to your fingertips


Causes


  • Elbow is bending the nerve in some persons slips out from behind the medial epicondyle. This back-and-forth sliding may irritate the nerve over time

  • Long durations of bending on your elbow might create strain on the nerve.

  • Fluid accumulation in the elbow can create swelling, which might compress the nerve.

  • Pain, electric shock feeling, and tingling in the little and ring fingers might result after a direct strike to the inside of the elbow. This is typically referred to as "hitting your funny bone."


Factors of Risk

  • Some factors increase your chances of acquiring cubital tunnel syndrome. These are some examples:

  • Previous elbow fracture or dislocation

  • Elbow arthritis and bone spurs

  • The elbow joint is swollen.

  • Cysts around the elbow joint

  • Activities that demand the elbow to be bent or flexed repeatedly or for an extended period


Signs and symptoms


  • Below are the most prevalent cubital tunnel syndrome symptoms. However, each person may uniquely experience symptoms. Symptoms might include:

  • Numbness and tingling in the hand and/or ring and little finger, particularly when the elbow is bent

  • Grip weakness and incompetence as a result of a muscular weakening in the affected arm and hand

  • The inside of the elbow is aching




Treatment

Resting

Physiotherapy

Splinting

Medications

Surgery

Ergonomic improvements

Hot pack

Elbow pad

Electro-modalities

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