Medically reviewed by Laura Campedelli, DPT The hip flexors are muscles that lift your thighs and help move your legs forward ...

These muscles are divided into three layers, and the five in the outermost (superficial) and middle layers all attach at the inner elbow in what is known as a common flexor tendon.

These muscles are divided into three layers. The five in the most superficial and middle layers all attach at the medial (inner) elbow in what is known as a common flexor tendon.

Golfer’s elbow occurs on the inside of the elbow (medial side). This condition is an enthesopathy of the common flexor tendon and the associated attachments of this tendon.

A flexor-pronator strain of the elbow is a common source of pain in the elbows of pitchers. The flexor-pronator muscle are a source of medial elbow pain in throwing athletes.

By Baltimore Sun PUBLISHED: March 10, 2015 at 2:23 p.m. | UPDATED: August 19, 2019 at 9:28 a.m.

Lynne Sladky / AP A second opinion of Cliff Lee’s MRI images has confirmed the pitcher has a tear of his left common flexor tendon. By Orlando Sentinel UPDATED: August 19, 2019 at 9:28 a.m.