We've talked a lot about different joints and various things that can happen to them.

We've discussed the bee's knees. We've even talked about elbows when it comes to golfers and

tennis players. But recently I had a friend call me and tell me that both of their hands were going numb and they started freaking out while they were at work.

Now if you're not in health care, the first thing you're going to do is start googling your symptoms which this person actually

couldn't do so they asked Siri hey what's going on with my hands and of course

everyone's favorite digital assistant that doesn't really do that much

responded you're probably dying and so therefore my friend

had a panic attack but what really happened they compressed their elbows while

they're typing and suddenly they developed numbness in their pinky and ring fingers and on that side of the hand by the ulnar nerve.

Now everyone's initial instinct is to call this carpal tunnel, but it turns out that when it has to do with the elbows,

it's called something very, very different.

This is ulner neuropathy at the elbow, also known as Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.

So I'm Dr. Nakeet-Sonpal, your friendly neighborhood internist and

gastrantrologists. We're leaving all kinds of nutrients and vitamins behind

and we're going to be talking again about the elbow with ulnar nerve entrapment. Now before we get started with talking about the ulnar nerve and how it gets entrapped and freaks people out,

let's go ahead and talk a little bit about anatomy.

And what we're going to do is take you back to the brachial plexus.

I know many of you are having nightmares right now to think about your days in anatomy during basic science years.

The ulnar nerve arises from the brachial plexus within the excella region.

We know this.

It is a continuation of the medial cord and contains fibers from the spinal roots of C8 to T1.

After arising from the plexus it then descends between the

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