Elbow Complaints

The elbow is the joint you barely notice — until it hurts. Then you realise how much you need it: for gripping, for lifting, for bracing, for rotating the forearm. Every movement of your hand runs through it. Every cup you lift, every door handle you turn, every embrace you give — all of it passes through this one point.

Medically speaking, elbow complaints are usually tendon irritations, bursitis, or overuse injuries. Tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, stiff joints. Treatment targets the tissue. But the question BodySignal asks goes deeper: Why does this particular joint become the focal point? What is blocked at the place where strength and precision meet — at the seam between what you want to hold and what you would need to let go?