Dear Doctors: I’m having radial nerve problems whenever I use my triceps, like pushing the lawn mower, opening doors or pushing up from the recliner. It’s making my thumb and pointer finger very weak.

DEAR DOCTORS: I’m having radial nerve problems whenever I use my triceps, like pushing the lawn mower, opening doors or pushing up from the recliner. It’s making my thumb and pointer finger very weak.

The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

This week we are going to talk about one of the great imitators of more common elbow problems, the posterior interosseous. The posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) is a nerve that is a deep motor branch ...

The elbow is a complex hinge whose basic range of motion occurs in a single plane. Pronation and supination of the forearm result from motion of the radius on the capitellum and at the radioulnar ...

A case is reported of high radial nerve palsy in an elite bodybuilder caused by an extrinsic mass effect of muscular hypertrophy. Surgical decompression resulted in complete clinical resolution.

The radial nerve runs all the way down the arm. It controls movement of the triceps muscle and wrist extension. In addition, it assists with sensation in the hand and wrist. The triceps are located on ...

Dear Doctors: I’m having radial nerve problems whenever I use my triceps, like pushing the lawn mower, opening doors or pushing up from the recliner. It’s making my thumb and pointer finger very weak.

What is entrapment of the radial nerve? The radial nerve passes just below the bony bit on the outside of the elbow (lateral epicondyle). The symptoms of this injury are very similar to those of ...