Extensor carpi radialis brevis

Looks like

A forearm muscle from the outer elbow bump to the base of the middle finger's hand bone.

What it does

Straightens the wrist and steadies it during grip.

Keeping it well

The main site of tennis elbow; eases over months with load management and graded exercise.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Compartment syndrome
• De Quervain's tenosynovitis
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Lymphangitis
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus