Chiropractic Treatment for Elbow Pain in St. Louis
Chiropractic care is a fantastic way to treat elbow pain, reduce swelling, and increase your range of motion. We specialize in helping you get to the bottom of your elbow pain and performing chiropractic adjustments to help get your elbow feeling great again.
You don’t have to live with elbow pain. We’re here to help.
Common Causes for Elbow Pain
The elbow is one of the more frequently used joints in your body. It’s very common to feel aches and pains in this area, especially if you experience even the slightest injury. Here are some common reasons you might feel pain in your elbow:
This is very common for people who perform repetitive tasks. Tennis players (Tennis Elbow), golfers (Golf Elbow), desk workers, factory workers, etc. that do the same motion over and over with their elbow can experience pain, stiffness, and soreness in their elbow.
Any time there is an impact on your elbows, such as a fall, car accident, or contact sport, you can injure the ligaments, tendons, muscles, and bones in this area. The pain can be immediate, or it can appear later down the road and linger for long periods of time.
This is a condition that affects the joints, causing them to become inflamed and stiff. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis and it can occur in any joint in your body, including your elbow.
Symptoms of elbow pain include:
- Aching, stiffness, and soreness in the elbow
- Pain that radiates down your arm
- Difficulty moving your elbow
- Swelling and inflammation in the elbow
How do Chiropractors Treat Elbow Pain?
First, we’ll work on finding the underlying cause of the pain in your elbow. We’ll want to pinpoint what is actually causing the pain in the first place, so we can make sure our treatment plans are tackling the problem head-on.
In most instances, your elbow pain can be treated by using our gentle adjustment techniques. This is where we will make small gentle adjustments to your joints and alignment. This helps make sure the infrastructure to your joints, ligaments, and muscles are exactly where they are supposed to be. Usually, we see good results with this type of treatment and you can experience pain relief relatively quickly.
Once you’re back in alignment, your body can naturally start the healing process.
There are also a few other things we might recommend to help with your elbow pain. We might suggest you use ice or heat therapy, depending on the source of your pain. You might also need to start doing some exercises and stretches to help improve the range of motion in your elbow and keep the muscles around it strong and flexible.
The best part is that Chiropractic care is an all-natural way to treat pain and discomfort in your elbow. No invasive surgeries, no addictive medications. We focus on providing you with the best natural way to resolve the pain in your elbow so you can get back to feeling great again.
Get Chiropractic Care for Elbow Pain in St. Louis
If you’re dealing with elbow pain or discomfort, we’d love to help. Get started with your care so you can find the underlying cause and eliminate the problem before it gets worse. You don’t have to live in pain.
Book your appointment to get started with care today!
