---
title: Medial Apophysitis (Little Leaguer's Elbow)
description: This is an injury of a growth plate on the elbow's inner side. Growth plates are places where new bone tissue forms. They are found near the ends of the long bones of growing children. But growth plates are weaker than the surrounding bone. That makes them easier to injure.
date_modified: "2023-09-15T11:03:47-04:00"
---

 

#####  Medial Apophysitis (Little Leaguer's Elbow) 

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This is an injury of a growth plate on the elbow's inner side. Growth plates are places where new bone tissue forms. They are found near the ends of the long bones of growing children. But growth plates are weaker than the surrounding bone. That makes them easier to injure.

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