introduce
wash hands
speack with patient – ? pain
gain consent after explaining the procedurs
exposure
Look / inspection –
swelling, scars, skin changes , wasting or deformity
Feel – Palpate –
olicranone
joint line by the sides of olecranone –
then the lateral and medial epicondile – look for tenderness
Move –
Range of motion –
passovely – flex and extend actively (look at angals ) +pronation and supination
Actively –
then against pressure ( hold the elbow)
check for lateral epicondilitis – with wrist flexion and extention )
lateral epicondilitis
Medial epicondilitis
