This skilled pastry chef experienced an unfortunate injury to the flexor tendons of her fourth and fifth fingers on her dominant hand.

This patient is an active young professional who enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and surfing. Due to the nature of her injury, MRI results revealed a tear of the triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFC). Given her goal to return to surfing—which involves forearm pronation and weight-bearing for push-off, both of which are painful with a TFC injury—she and her excellent surgeon discussed the potential benefits of surgery.

Medial Epicondylitis

Not all cases of golfer’s elbow occur in golfers. However, in this case, the patient presented with a severe case of medial epicondylitis, commonly known as golfer’s elbow.