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Pain lifting the kettle, gripping the shopping, or every time you play.
It started with something small. A weekend of decorating, a new racket, a heavier gym programme. Now you feel it lifting the kettle.
You've swapped hands for the shopping. You've stopped playing, or you're playing through it and paying for it the next day. There's a point where you realise you're avoiding shaking hands with people, which is a strange thing to have to think about.
Elbow pain is one of those problems people put up with for months, largely because it seems too minor to book an appointment for.
Tennis elbow and golfer's elbow are tendon problems. The tendons that attach your forearm muscles to the elbow have been asked to do more than they can currently handle, and they have become sensitive as a result.
Despite the names, most people who get them have never picked up a racket or a golf club. Decorating, gardening, gripping tools and desk work all load the same tissue.
They can be stubborn, and they respond well to the right loading. What they don't respond to is rest, which is unfortunately what most people try first.
This is more than physio - its a partnership. We will be with you every step of the way and this becomes a toolkit for life to look after your body, understand what it needs and how to build lasting strength for the things you love.
First we work out what's actually going on, and why. You'll leave the first appointment with a clear understanding of the cause — not just the symptom — and we settle things down enough to start moving properly again.
Hands-on treatment where it helps, and a programme built around you — your week, your goals, what you can actually keep up. This is where strength and capacity get built back properly, and progressed as you go.
The stage that stops it coming back. You'll understand your own body and have a way of training that's practical, simple and actually enjoyable — so you stay fit and out of pain for life, doing the things you love.
Whatever brings you in, the approach is the same — find what's driving it, treat that, then work with you to build lasting strength and resilience.
