Pain on the inside of the elbow — the mirror image of tennis elbow, and treated on the same principle.
Golfer's elbow (medial epicondylalgia) is a tendon problem where the wrist flexor muscles attach on the inside of the elbow. Like its better-known counterpart, it usually has nothing to do with the sport it is named after and everything to do with gripping.
Identify and reduce the provoking load, then progressive loading for the wrist flexors and the whole arm. Shockwave therapy is a reasonable addition when it has been present for months and has not responded.
Several months is normal for tendon at the elbow. Progress is steady and the usual setback is returning to full load too early.
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Acoustic pulses for tendon pain that has not settled. Read more.
Same principle, opposite side. Tennis elbow affects the outside of the elbow and the wrist extensors; golfer's elbow affects the inside and the flexors.
Reduce and modify rather than stop. Tendons need load to adapt, and complete rest leaves you weaker when you return.
A counterforce brace can reduce symptoms enough to keep working while the tendon rebuilds. It manages the symptom; the loading does the work.
Not sure this is what you have? That is exactly what an assessment is for — and if it turns out to be something else, we will tell you.
Related: Tennis elbow · Physiotherapy at Forge West End
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Unit 4, 249 Montague Road — a short run from South Brisbane, Highgate Hill, Dutton Park, Woolloongabba and South Bank, and from the CBD across the river.
Can’t get to the clinic? We also offer physiotherapy home visits across the same area, with travel included in the fee.
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