Lateral and medial non-articular elbow pain

Lateral and medial elbow pain is frequently encountered in daily practice. Clinical assessment is essential to make the right diagnosis and formulate the appropriate treatment plan. Extra-articular causes for medial and lateral sided elbow pain often have overlapping symptoms with articular pathology, which can make discrimination between different causes difficult.In this paper the possible causes of extra-articular medial and lateral sided elbow pain will be discussed and an overview is given to help make the right diagnosis and apply the right treatment.