The causes generally depend on the location of the entrapment. Bending your elbow stretches your ulnar nerve. This can irritate the nerve as it stretches and slides back and forth behind the bump ...

Medically reviewed by Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS Ulnar nerve entrapment occurs when there is too much pressure on the ulnar ...

What Is Ulnar Tunnel Syndrome? Ulnar tunnel syndrome is pain, tingling, or numbness in your hand, caused by a pinched nerve in your wrist. It isn’t pleasant, but treatments and simple changes to ...

The ulnar nerve runs close to the inner elbow crease; pressure or stretching can cause numbness, tingling, or pain in this ...

The ulnar nerve is a “electrical cable” which transmits motor and sensory function down the arm to the hand and therefore compressing or stretching the ulnar nerve can cause loss of motor ...

Patients who suffer from ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow should not bend their elbow at night and those who sleep in a fetal position are particularly at risk of stretching the nerve through ...