Medial Elbow Pain in Climbers

Dr. James Lee PT, DPT, FAAOMPT
1 min readJan 28, 2021

Chronic medial elbow pain (aka: medial epicondylitis, golfer’s elbow, medial epicondylopathy) is a very common issues among climbers. They may initially begin to develop it simply due to learning how to climb and the forearm muscles are under developed. So there is a bit of a learning curve. But the longer one climbs there may be certain…

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Dr. James Lee PT, DPT, FAAOMPT

Owner of Lee Physical Therapy. We serve the Chicago community and are dedicated to quick recovery in order to safely return to activities you enjoy the most.