# medial epicondyle tear **URL:** \ **Category:** Medical Q&A \[Moderated\]\ **Created:** [October 6, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265 "2017-10-06T13:24:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![goclarke2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/goclarke2/32/958_2.png) [@goclarke2](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/goclarke2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/1 "2017-10-06T13:24:48Z")
Orthopod diagnosed me with grade 2 tear of medial epicondyle after months of pain. Told me I could still squat and deadlift but to avoid all other lifts and shuffled me off to PT. PT gave me a bunch of rubber band exercises to strength muscles in forearm. Are the PT recommendations worth the time or should I just give it 4 to 6 weeks to heal. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/2 "2017-10-07T14:47:37Z")
Are you sure you understood the diagnosis correctly? I’m not familiar with this injury. ---
**Author:** ![goclarke2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/goclarke2/32/958_2.png) [@goclarke2](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/goclarke2)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/3 "2017-10-08T18:08:08Z")
He said it was essentially golfers elbow with a torn tendon, if that helps. His electronic medical records mentioned all the medical jargon with diagnosis codes of M77.01 and M25.521. ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/4 "2017-10-08T20:52:53Z")
How was the tear diagnosed? MRI? Physical exam? ---
**Author:** ![goclarke2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/goclarke2/32/958_2.png) [@goclarke2](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/goclarke2)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/5 "2017-10-08T21:33:37Z")
Did an X-ray and physical exam ---
**Author:** ![goclarke2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/goclarke2/32/958_2.png) [@goclarke2](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/goclarke2)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/6 "2017-10-08T22:48:13Z")
x ray and physical exam ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/7 "2017-10-09T02:06:57Z")
Unless you actually had a medial epicondylar avulsion fracture, some sort of extensor tendon “tear” would be rather difficult to diagnose through X-ray and physical exam alone, unless it was a catastrophic injury. Sorry we can’t be more helpful here. ---
**Author:** ![goclarke2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/goclarke2/32/958_2.png) [@goclarke2](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/goclarke2)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/medial-epicondyle-tear/265/8 "2017-10-09T14:01:43Z")
Thanks for trying. I will see if the PT helps; if not the orthopod wants an MRI done in about 6 weeks.