Elbow Pain Treatment by Physiotherapy

The elbow joint is where the long bone at the top of your arm, known as the humerus, meets the two bones in your forearm – called the radius and the ulna. It’s a hinge joint, and it allows you to bend your arm. The upper part of the radius can rotate so you can twist your forearm.

Most elbow pain has a very simple cause and clears up within a few days. There are so many reasons as to why one feels pain at his or her elbow, it could be as a result of lack of strength in the shoulder muscles, sometimes it could be from a hit by a moving vehicle side mirror, maybe a fall and bad landing, it could be a fracture or dislocated elbow

It’s important not to rest for too long as lack of movement causes your joint to stiffen and the muscles around your elbow to weaken, which increases the chance that you’ll have further symptoms. Simple exercises can help to reduce the risk of future problems. Long-term elbow pain can be caused by arthritis.

Physiotherapy for elbow pain

Physiotherapy may be useful to help build up the strength in your elbow and prevent the condition returning, elbow pain among many is one of a physiotherapist specialty

The following methods maybe applied in the cause of the therapy session

Ice therapy: To reduce inflammation and pain, especially in the acute phase.

Heat therapy: To improve blood flow and reduce muscle stiffness in chronic conditions.

Ultrasound therapy: To stimulate healing and reduce pain

Electrical stimulation: May be used to manage pain

Exercise can also be prescribed by the physiotherapist

Wrist flexion/extension: Bending and straightening the wrist with the elbow bent at a 90-degree angle

Wrist pronation/supination: Rotating the hand palm up and down with the elbow bent

Towel twists: Holding a towel with both hands and twisting it to work the forearm muscles

Elbow flexion/extension with light weights: Bending and straightening the elbow while holding a light weight

Palm up wrist lifts: Lifting the hand with the palm facing upwards while keeping the elbow bent

If you feel any discomfort or possibly develop a fracture or dislocation either from sport or as result of a fall, Effective physiotherapy and fitness clinic is the place to be with an assurance of full recovery in no distance time, please give us a call today

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