Spot Dx — A painful elbow that’s just not cricket
Jim is a 63-year-old retired, right-handed labourer who presents with 12 months of a progressively painful right elbow.
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Jim is a 63-year-old retired, right-handed labourer who presents with 12 months of a progressively painful right elbow. He also reports intermittent locking, and cannot completely straighten his arm.
This is impacting his golf swing, which is a worry because he has already given up weekly club cricket, because he cannot throw due to the pain.