What causes elbow bursitis?
Your elbow bursitis may have been caused by one or more of the following: • Constant pressure on your elbows. This includes leaning on or bumping your elbows a lot. • Direct, hard hit to your elbow. • Infection (in-FEK-shun). • Medical problems such as rheumatoid (ROO-ma-toid) arthritis (ahr-THREYE-tis) or gout. • Overusing your elbows. This is caused by doing activities or sports that use the same motions (movements) over and over again. Examples of repeating motions are swinging a pick or hammer, vacuuming, and playing tennis. • Sometimes people do not know how they developed elbow bursitis. What are the signs and symptoms of elbow bursitis? Bursitis may be a long-term problem that comes and goes over time. Your bursitis may happen suddenly if it is caused by things like infection or a hard hit to the elbow. You may have one or more of the following: • Lump or goose-egg type swelling in the back of your elbow. • Decreased movement. You may not be able to move your elbow as much as yo
Your elbow bursitis may have been caused by one or more of the following: • Constant pressure on your elbows. This includes leaning on or bumping your elbows a lot. • Direct, hard hit to your elbow. • Infection (in-FEK-shun). • Medical problems such as rheumatoid (ROO-ma-toid) arthritis (ahr-THREYE-tis) or gout. • Overusing your elbows. This is caused by doing activities or sports that use the same motions (movements) over and over again. Examples of repeating motions are swinging a pick or hammer, vacuuming, and playing tennis. • Sometimes people do not know how they developed elbow bursitis.
