Tennis Elbow
One-on-one physical therapy for outer elbow pain, restoring comfort, strength, and confidence in everyday movement.
Tennis elbow—also called lateral epicondylalgia—is a painful condition on the outer aspect of the elbow. Despite its name, only 5% of people affected by this condition play tennis.
Understanding Tennis Elbow
Tennis elbow often occurs with repetitive use of the arm, especially with a clenched fist. Pain may arise from the forearm tendons that attach at the outer elbow, one or more elbow joints, or the radial nerve near the elbow joint. Pain may also be referred from the neck.
Local tenderness and pain with resisted or passive wrist extension are common. Our experienced physical therapists provide compassionate, individualized care to help identify the contributing factors and restore function.
What your care can focus on
- Reducing pain and improving tolerance for daily activities
- Improving elbow, wrist, and forearm range of motion
- Building muscle strength, power, and endurance
- Supporting self-care and reducing the risk of recurrence
A Progressive Plan for Recovery
Most cases can be helped with activity modification, ice, and progressive stretching and strengthening. At San Tan Physical Therapy, your program is carefully developed around your symptoms, function, and goals.
Thorough Evaluation
We evaluate the elbow, wrist, hand, and related areas to understand your symptoms and create an individually designed therapy program.
Hands-On Care & Modalities
Care may include elbow joint mobilization, soft tissue mobilization, thermal and electrical modalities, and pain-management strategies when appropriate.
Movement, Strength & Prevention
Progressive active and resistive range-of-motion work, isometric exercise, flexibility training, and written home programs help build lasting capacity.
Personalized Elbow & Wrist Therapy
Our elbow and wrist therapy services are provided by experienced, skilled physical therapists who work one-on-one with patients using compassion, creativity, and advanced therapy techniques in a comfortable environment.
San Tan Physical Therapy has served the Queen Creek and San Tan areas since 2006. We offer immediate appointments when available, direct insurance billing, and no physician referral is necessary.
Ready to get back to the activities that matter to you? Request your appointment today.