Elbow Pain Treatment

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Elbow Pain involves nerves, joints, and ligaments

Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Physiotherapy & Massage Can Help Elbow Pain!

Does your elbow have pain each time you lift something or use your hands to grip something? Do you experience discomfort in your elbow(s) that you cannot seem to find and won’t go away? Is your pain reducing your enjoyment of life and making routine chores more challenging to complete? Our Healthcare Providers  at Axis Health Center in Saskatoon can help you find elbow pain relief.

We understand how pain in your elbows can have a negative impact on your entire life, and even more importantly, we can help you resolve your pain and help you get the relief you need!

 
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Why Does My Elbow Hurt?

Let us find and resolve your elbow pain today!

There are many reasons why you may be experiencing pain in your elbow. Regardless of the circumstances behind the injury, these pathologies should be evaluated by chiropractors, acupuncturists, and massage therapists to ensure quick resolution and no long-term damage occurs.

If there is an underlying condition that is worsening the problem it should be ruled out.

If you’ve had a sudden onset of elbow pain that is not usual for you, please have our healthcare team at Axis Health Center assess and correctly diagnose the cause of your elbow pain today. Without a proper diagnosis it cannot be effectively treated and therefore pain will likely relapse.

Common Causes Of Elbow Pain:

We treat elbow pain from several different causes

ELBOW SPRAIN & STRAIN

Sprains and strains are often confused with one another! A sprain happens when a ligament is overstretched or torn, whereas a strain occurs when a muscle or tendon is overstretched or torn.

Sprains and strains in the elbow are common. An unexpected overstretching of the tissues can cause a tear and result in swelling, pain, and difficulty moving.

Both of these conditions can cause pain and inflammation in the elbow joint. Reducing the inflammation is key to recovery.

 

Pain on the INSIDE of the elbow joint. This is one of the most common overuse injuries experienced, often in athletes in baseball/softball. Young athletes are skeletally immature, and the effects of repetitive overhand throwing cause the inner elbow growth plate to become inflamed.

The pain is typically felt while throwing or immediately after. The pain is usually worse with more innings pitched or games played. In severe cases, motion loss can occur in either the bent or extended position.

When left untreated, some athletes may experience an avulsion fracture (i.e., a small chunk of bone attached to a tendon or ligament gets pulled away from the main part of the bone). Reducing the pulling forces on the muscles and bone are needed to repair the damage caused from overuse.

Tennis elbow is pain on the OUTSIDE of the elbow is called tendinitis or tendonosis. If there is inflammation in the tendons of the outer elbow (lateral epicondyle), it is considered tendinitis. Whereas, if it is related to repetitive tasks, it is more commonly tendonitis and will not respond to anti-inflammatory medication.

Examples of tasks commonly associated with tennis elbow include holding a tennis racket, a paintbrush, or a hammer. Tenderness around the outside of your elbow will be severe, causing pain when gripping, lifting, or twisting your forearm.

Our clinic at Axis Health Center is ready to assist you recover from a muscle or ligament injury.

Several nerves run from the upper arm through the elbow to the forearm and hand. The ulnar, radial, median, medial antebrachial cutaneous, and lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerves are subject to nerve injuries.

The most common nerve injuries include traction and compression, especially in athletes who place forceful, repetitive stresses across their elbow joint.

Nerve injuries are commonly felt as numbness, tingling, or burning/icy feelings. Nerve injuries resulting from overuse are accompanied by swelling that reduces the nerve’s ability to function correctly. Muscle function is disrupted in cases of severe nerve injury, and paralysis can occur.

If you’ve felt these symptoms it’s crucial to have it treated as soon as possible to reduce permanent disability or injury. Please book your apointment today!

The ligaments on the inner side of your elbow are stretched or torn due to a throwing motion. In professional baseball, injuries to the UCL account for 10% of all injuries and can be devastating to a player’s career.
These injuries are effectively managed with chiropractic and acupuncture treatment at Axis Health Center.

Tendonopathy is a diagnosis that describes any problem with a tendon, including disease, injury, or disorder. The most common types of injuries to a tendon include:

Tendonitis: Tendinitis is defined as an inflammation of the tendon. Acute injuries, including small or partial tearing, can result in an inflammatory response and pain, particularly when the affected area is moved.

One way to identify this condition is how quickly it heals. These types of injuries heal quickly as they move through inflammation to tissue repair.

Tendonosis: Tendinosis describes a dysfunctional tendon and typically does not specify the pathological process. It is generally used to describe overuse-type conditions. Recent research has concluded that most overuse tendon pathologies do not have inflammatory cells.

It is important to note that overuse tendon disorders often take a long time to heal and are a slow process. In some cases, treating degenerative collagen with anti-inflammatory medication, such as corticosteroid injections or oral medications, can impair the healing process!

Falls are the most common causes of upper extremity fractures, including elbow fractures. This is because the natural reaction is to try to catch yourself when falling and lead with the arm to absorb the fall.

Often immobilization is needed to allow the bones to mend and may result in stiffness, weakness, and persistent pain. Fortunately, our Healhcare Providers at Axis Health Center on 8th Street in Saskatoon have experience helping people of all ages restore their function after a fracture and immobilization!

Elbow pain can be caused from a problem in the neck by either the joints, muscles or nerves. When this happens there can be pain travelling from the neck to the shoulder, elbow and hand.

Often times when the problem is in the neck it must first be assessed at the neck to determine the correct diagnosis and treatment for it to treated effectively.

Unless the neck and elbow pain are correctly identified the treatment may not work and suffering may continue until the proper treatment is administered.

Our Healthcare Team at Axis Health Center are experts in treating the neck and elbow anatomy and injuries. Please schedule an appointment today!

There are many causes of elbow pain and this is a very short list, however, these are the most common and surgery is rarely necessary to successfully treat it. If you have elbow pain we encourage you to book an appointment with our chiropractic doctor or physiotherapist to discover the cause and begin treatment right away!

Physiotherapy & Chiropractic For Elbow Pain

Misalignment, spasm, and over-use all contribute to elbow pain

Chiropractic and Acupuncture are especially effective at relieving elbow pain. Axis Health Center our doctors use hands-on treatment to reduce pain, increase circulation and restore range of motion naturally. Our therapy programs can also help improve strength, nerve function, and the ability to use your elbow to your maximum potential. Physiotherapy can also help to reduce or eliminate the need for costly medications and invasive surgical procedures.

Our  chiropractor and acupuncturist are experts at treating elbow pain and injuries and will find the cause and solutions to bring you relief.

We offer cutting-edge treatment solutions to help you relieve pain, increase your range of motion, restore your strength, and return to your everyday activities.

During your appointments with your Axis Health Center Healthcare Provider, they will assess your condition and conduct a thorough history to determine the underlying causes of your situation and any other factor that may contribute to your rehabilitation goals.

Next, your therapist will create a customized treatment plan  to relieve your pain, improve your motion and strength, and restore your function back to normal.

Each treatment is one step in a journey to healing because healing is a process not a one-time event. Your therapist will send you home with exercises you can do to manage discomfort as you heal. These exercises will also allow you to continue making progress outside the clinic.

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