When assessing discomfort or pain in the elbow it is important to identify the rotational orientation of both sides of the pelvis and shoulder girdles. Typically it could be discovered that in serious cases of pain in the elbow the opposing side girdles do not have the same rotational orientation. This may be part of a dysfunctional asymmetry that is permeated throughout the clients’ body or isolated to this side of the body because of an inclination for the structure to change from a “functional” asymmetry to a “dysfunctional” asymmetry.
When a structure is inclined to flip its’ structural disposition or preference it is usually the result of an acute injury or chronic over usage with irregular movement patterns that have moved the structure along the structural spectrum from the functional side towards the dysfunctional side. The radius and ulna may attempt to rotate in the same direction as the humerus which will most likely manifest as pain and discomfort in the proximal/distal head of the humerus or the proximal/distal heads of the radius and ulna.
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