Impingement

Repeated overhead movements can squeeze and inflame your rotator cuff and bursa. Through the arthroscope, the doctor may see torn or swollen soft tissue of abnormal bone formations. I had the swollen soft tissue. Surgery helped clear space within my joint. Dr Springmeyer at the Highland Clinic in Shreveport performed the arthroscopic surgery. He removed the thickened bursa and trimmed the acromion bone to open up space.

Medial Epicondylitis

Medial Epicondylitis is the fancy word for tendon inflammaton that occurs at the inner elbow. It can be caused by a movement that pronates the arm and flexes the wrist, such as a golf swing. Note that my bowling swing has had a semi figure 8 motion with a cupping of the wrist which probably caused my injury. You should try to avoid an extracurricular motion in your bowling swing.

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