Distal biceps/triceps tendonitis

1. What is the mechanism of distal biceps/triceps tendonitis?
2. What is seen clinically in distal biceps tendonitis?
3. What is seen clinically in triceps tendonitis?
4. What is the treatment of biceps/triceps tendonitis?

Answers:
1. Repetitive overuse.
2. Insidious onset of pain in antecubital fossa, usually after eccentric overload. If avulsion, may be audible snap with obvious deformity, swelling, and ecchymosis.
3. Posterior elbow pain with tenderness over triceps insertion, pain with resisted elbow extension.
4. Rest, ice, NSAIDs, PT with modalities, possible surgical reattachment for avulsion.