It's either lateral epicondylitis or cubital tunnel syndrome or a combination of both.
The ulnar nerve goes through a relatively narrow channel in your elbow, the cubital tunnel. If you compress it too much, you get tingling, numbness, and potentially pain. (If you've ever hit your "funny bone", you've managed to hit the nerve in that spot.) Epicondylitis is an inflammation of the tendons and muscles in that area which can also cause nerve compression.
Holding your cell phone to your ear too much can stress the elbow in a way that causes either. You could also get those conditions (I had lateral epicondylitis which they thought was cubital tunnel) from leaning too much on your elbows while typing, gaming, etc.
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Date: 2006-01-27 09:34 pm (UTC)The ulnar nerve goes through a relatively narrow channel in your elbow, the cubital tunnel. If you compress it too much, you get tingling, numbness, and potentially pain. (If you've ever hit your "funny bone", you've managed to hit the nerve in that spot.) Epicondylitis is an inflammation of the tendons and muscles in that area which can also cause nerve compression.
Holding your cell phone to your ear too much can stress the elbow in a way that causes either. You could also get those conditions (I had lateral epicondylitis which they thought was cubital tunnel) from leaning too much on your elbows while typing, gaming, etc.