The Elbow

Technique

• The patient in a half-sitting position, with his forearm resting on his thigh so that the muscle is well relaxed. The elbow is slightly flexed and the lower arm halfway between supination and pronation.
• The therapist stands at te painful side, fixes the distal part of the lower arm and asks for a supination.
• He can now easily see and feel the lateral border of the tendon as a hard string that can be hooked with the fingertips.
• Also the musculotendinous junction can easily be palpated.
  When the elbow is brought in full supination, even the tenoperiosteal insertion deeply on the radial tuberosity can be felt.