Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis is a very common injury that can create significant and persistent symptoms that limit performance. Here at Bodies Under Construction our physiotherapist’s are equipped with the most up to date evidence in the medical field that can help relieve your symptoms to allow you get back to your chosen sport and more importantly, give you the tools to prevent this from re occurring.
What is Tennis Elbow?
It is an overuse injury that occurs in the muscles and tendons on the outside of your elbow. It is 2-3 times more common in people who participate in strenuous activities more than 2 hours per week. It is more commonly seen in people from the age of 35-55. Having said that, it is not just a sporting injury and can occur from general daily overuse.
Signs and symptoms
Pain in the outside of your elbow. Most common in activities such as
- Gripping
- Opening doors
- Lifting
- Shaking hands
- Tennis
How Can We Help You Hear at Bodies Under Construction?
The key is early diagnosis – if you feel any of the above symptoms then come in and see us!!
We will provide you with an in depth clinical examination and subjective history to ensure we understand what is causing your pain. From this we will then be able to work with you as the patient the create the best plan of care to help treat and relieve your symptoms.
The different treatment modalities we can offer are:
- Manual Therapy techniques
- Accupuncture
- Dry Needling
- Kinesio Taping
- Strengthening exercises
- Flexibility Exercises
- Self Management advice to prevent re occurrence
