Elbow pain / Golfers / Tennis Elbow

Elbow pain, whether on the inside or outside of your elbow can be a real nuisance. It often flares up during racket sports, golf, weight training, or HIIT/circuit classes, but can also make everyday tasks like dressing, washing, or opening jars surprisingly uncomfortable. Most elbow pain comes from overuse and is classed as a repetitive strain injury. Figuring out what caused it is half the battle; the other half is reducing or pausing the activity that triggered it (often the hardest part for many!).

Tips to help speed up recovery:

• Stop or reduce the aggravating activity – Pushing through will likely delay healing and extend your recovery time.

• Ice the area in the evening – Since the pain is usually due to inflammation, icing helps calm things down.

• Stretch the involved muscles – Tendons become irritated when the attached muscles are overworked. Regular stretching can reduce tension and give that tendon a break.

Elbow pain is something that I've experienced as I'm so hands on and physical on a day to day basis. I'd strip through both flexors and extensors of your forearm and I've got some really good manual 'lock and release' stretches that I'll do with you which you'll instantly value from. I might Rocktape depending on whether you need to be back on court tomorrow! 

I find Rock tape / kinesiology tape really helps as it can offset the tension in the elbow by compressing the muscle along it’s direction. That alongside a 45 min deep tissue forearm release which I pride myself on! Forearms always tend to get overused as we spend most time using our hands to grip and carry stuff.