Elbow & Wrist Pain

Are you getting pain on the inside or outside of your elbow? Pain in your forearm? Soreness or pain around the wrist joint or thumb? Or even pins and needles or tingling in certain fingers in your hand. These symptoms could all be indicative of an underlying elbow or wrist problem.

Wrist & elbow pain can be a challenge to settle as they are difficult to rest. Often gripping, particularly for prolonged periods, twisting movements of the wrist and opening things, like jars or bottles can be painful.

You may be worried about the impacting it is having on work? Manual jobs that involve lifting and carrying tools and equipment or even more sedentary jobs that involve prolonged periods of typing or using a mouse can be painful. Sporting activities like racket sports and golf are also commonly painful.

Your symptoms require an in-depth assessment. We'll often start with you telling me about your experience, followed by a few questions about your problem.

At this point we should have a good idea about what is causing your problem. We are then likely to complete a physical examination. During the physical examination we will work together to really pinpoint your area of pain. Importantly, we will go through the activities you struggling with to see if we can adapt them in some way to improve your pain in your first session. This should also mean you can keep you doing the activity rather than stopping completely.

Once we've done this we can consider a bespoke treatment plan, tailored exactly to your needs. This can be done both in person and online.

In most cases, physiotherapy will be an appropriate first line treatment prior to considering more invasive action like injection or surgery.

• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis)

• Golfers elbow (medial epicondylitis)

• Osteoarthritis of the wrist, hand or thumb

• Bicep/triceps tendinopathies

• Ulnar nerve entrapment (cubital tunnel)

• Median nerve entrapment (carpal tunnel)

• Fractures

• Repetitive strain injuries

• De Quervian’s Tenosynovitis

• Post surgical conditions