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Elbow and lower arm injuries

General Advice

Many elbow and lower arm injuries can be effectively self managed with the help of expert advice from a Chartered Physiotherapist / Physical Therapist.

The most common elbow injury is tennis elbow. Read the Physiobench article on tennis elbow

Other elbow injuries include golfers elbow, elbow fractures, or an elbow dislocation.

Every injury is unique, so self managing your elbow or lower arm injury doesn't necessarily involve following a standard set of exercises. However we encourage you to first explore our general advice

To greatly improve your chance in succeeding to self manage your injury, our expert team of Chartered Physiotherapists / Physical Therapists can help. You can choose a physio with the right specialist skills who can provide you with a personalised treatment programme


Articles

  • Tennis elbow and neck

    by Jane Hodgson 3 July 2008

    You don’t have to play tennis to get tennis elbow and neck. Any repetitive action that uses the muscles which pull back and/ or turn the wrist can set it off such as using a screwdriver, a computer keyboard or playing a musical instrument.


Useful links

Editors Choice 

  • Cricket Info An explanation of the link between tennis elbow and cricket written by an Australian Physiotherapist

Personalised treatment

For the inclusive package of £28, you receive a personalised injury self management programme comprising exercises and expert advice from your chosen physio.

Included in this price is a follow up assessment, which you can choose to take at any time within 3 months folllowing the initial assessment.


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Specialist physios

Scot McAllister - Chartered Physiotherapist Scot McAllister Scot is currently physio for Yorkshire County Cricket club with many years experience in cricketing, sporting and in particular shoulder injuries. Read about Scot's work as physio at Yorkshire County Cricket Club