Easy Solutions for Tennis Elbow and Golfer’s Elbow

Have you ever seen those straps that people wear around their forearms just below the elbow? The kind of people that wear these straps work hard with their hands and never stop. There’s no time to stop so they slap on a tennis elbow strap, eat a few ibuprofens, and get to work. Tomorrow is the same routine and so is next year.

Tennis elbow is pain due to damage in the tendons that work the hands on the outside of the elbow. Golfer’s elbow is the same but the pain is in the inside of the elbow. Repetitive damage to this area adequate time heal up causes severe pain. The common solution for elbow pain is ibuprofen which is highly effective but it can cause a variety of health problems. You should always let your physician know if you are taking any over-the-counter medication on a regular basis.

The problem with pain medications like ibuprofen is that they have anti-inflammatory effects which blunt your body’s healing response. That’s why they make you feel good for a while. Research shows that consistent use of anti-inflammatories in the first week after a muscle or tendon injury results in up to 30% weaker healed tissue. This weakness dramatically increases your risk for further injuries because your body never healed correctly.

Warroad Physical Therapy uses precise and highly effective treatments to trigger your body to heal the injured tissue which stimulates healing in damaged tendon and muscles. One treatment uses a very thin needle to pierce the tendons in multiple locations in a treatment called dry needling. Nothing is injected into your body. Your body is stimulated to heal and restore the tissue just as it was designed to do.

Over time, the muscles and tendons can work harder without pain because you’ve triggered your body to heal. You can get rid of those elbow straps and a lot less medication. Your body will be happier and so will your physician.

Warroad Physical Therapy leads the area with the best conservative treatments available to get you on the road to recovery…for good! Before you know it your next job will be pain-free and you’ll be able to get more done.

You don’t have to live with that annoying elbow pain for weeks, months or years. Warroad Physical Therapy is here to serve you today!

Dr Benjamin Bleess, Physical Therapist 

Owner, Founder of Warroad Physical Therapy