01 · Source hierarchy
Clinical guidance before generic advice
Priority goes to orthopedic society guidance, peer reviewed clinical reviews, systematic reviews, and primary studies. Hospital education pages are used when they are physician reviewed and clear about scope.
Every medical article shows its source list. Claim level citations appear directly after the sentence or action they support.
02 · Direct vs indirect evidence
Do not turn tennis elbow research into golfer’s elbow proof
Medial elbow research is thinner than lateral elbow research. When a brace, injection, or exercise claim comes mainly from lateral elbow or from Achilles and patellar tendon research, the source is labeled “indirect evidence.”
General load management ideas can still be useful. They are not presented as a medial elbow trial.
03 · Golf specificity
Separate plausible mechanics from proven causes
Golf literature supports impact, rapid forearm activity, gripping, and upper limb loading as relevant mechanisms. It does not support pretending that one swing fault explains every case. Golf specific pages therefore discuss ball count, surface, grip, speed, and next morning response as variables to test, not diagnoses.
04 · Images
Supporting art is not anatomy evidence
Editorial illustrations help readers orient to the inside or outside of the elbow. They are not diagnostic images, scans, or proof of exact tissue damage. Written landmarks and linked clinical sources control the claim.
05 · Medical boundary
Self care stops when the pattern changes
Prompt medical evaluation is the right next action after significant trauma, visible deformity, fever, major swelling, progressive hand weakness, or persistent numbness or tingling. A quiz cannot clear neurological, traumatic, infectious, or rapidly worsening symptoms.
Site tools sort common patterns and next steps. They do not establish a diagnosis, prescribe treatment, or clear a golfer to play.
06 · Review status
Reviewer profile is not automatic sign off
Pages awaiting physician sign off say “physician review pending.” They do not use “medically reviewed” in visible copy or Article schema. After sign off, the status, reviewer, and review date can be published together.
07 · Corrections
Changes leave a visible date
When guidance, a source, or safety language changes, the page date is updated and the evidence list is rechecked. A monitored public correction inbox is not yet published. Until it is, this page does not pretend to offer a working submission channel.