Non-Surgical Orthopedics
TENNIS ELBOW TREATMENT
Serving the greater Pima County Area including Oro Valley, Catalina Foothills, Picture Rocks and beyond.
Dedicated to Medical Excellence for Over 15 Years.
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OVERVIEW
ABOUT TENNIS ELBOW TREATMENT
The name throws people off. Most folks who come in with tennis elbow have never picked up a racket. It's painters. Plumbers. Cooks. Mechanics. New parents hauling a baby up the same way forty times a day. Anyone whose hands and wrists grind through the same motion over and over.
What you feel is an ache on the outside of the elbow that won't quit. Shake somebody's hand and it stings. Lift a full mug, turn a screwdriver, and back it comes. A lot of people notice the grip going soft too, like the arm doesn't quite trust itself to hold on.
Underneath, it's the tendons. The ones anchoring your forearm muscles to the outside of the elbow get overworked and irritated from all that gripping and wrist motion. Nothing snaps in a dramatic way. They just wear down and quit handling the load they used to shrug off.
Tennis elbow is stubborn, but it does come around with the right care. The mistake is gritting your teeth and pushing through, which mostly keeps it going for months. At Modern Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine of Oro Valley, AZ, we settle the tendon down and figure out what overloaded it.
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Getting in is easy. Call our office to set up a visit, or fill out the online booking form whenever it works for you. We'll match you with the right provider and get your elbow looked at soon.
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Pick a time by phone or online. We work around your week and get you in without a long wait.
DIAGNOSE
EXAM & IMAGING
We find the tender spot, test your grip and wrist, and ask about the tasks that set it off. Imaging is rarely needed for this one.
TREATMENTS
CUSTOM TREATMENT PROGRAM
We calm the irritated tendon, then load it gradually with the right exercises while sorting out the grip and wrist habits feeding it.
FOLLOW UP
WE CALL TO CHECK IN
We track how the elbow responds, adjust the plan as it settles, and give you exercises so it doesn't flare back up.
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At MODERN, we take tremendous pride in making our customers happy above and beyond their expectations. We invite you to read what a few of our customers have to say about their MODERN experience.
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Effective and efficient, very friendly staff, safe environment - never overly crowded but still a good vibe from employees and patients alike.
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The staff is very friendly. I feel like I'm right at home excersizing and getting those therapeutic massages.
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Great environment here. Using friendly, professionalism and trustworthy techniques, these physical therapists work on making each session a beneficial experience toward healing. They also provide the best fortune cookies in town.
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What Are You Experiencing?
Most people know something is off before they know what to call it. Just describe what daily life actually feels like right now and the team will follow up, talk through what might be driving it, and discuss what a realistic path looks like.
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SEVERE PAIN
Sudden and extreme pain that is stopping you from functioning needs immediate attention. Call 911 or go straight to a hospital. Only once the situation is handled can the team help with what recovery looks like after.
MODERATE PAIN / DISCOMFORT
Pain that gets in the way without completely shutting the day down. Builds through a long shift, shows up during certain movements, or just sits there in the background. Share what is going on and the team will work through what is likely behind it.
MINOR PAINS & ACHES
Do you have a hip that tightens up on longer hikes but feels fine otherwise? A wrist that aches after racket sports and takes a day to settle? These so-called “minor” issues can start off small, and then become bigger when left unaddressed.
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Answering Your Questions
Do I have to stop using my arm completely?
No, and total rest tends to backfire. It quiets things for a while, but leaves the tendon weak, so it flares right back the minute you get going. What works better is easing off what aggravates it while slowly loading the tendon so it gets stronger.
Why does tennis elbow take so long to heal?
Will a strap or brace help?
For a lot of people, it takes the edge off. A strap just below the elbow takes some load off the sore tendon while you're using the arm. It's a helpful piece, not the whole fix, so we pair it with exercises that go after the cause.
Can it come back after it clears up?
It can, if the habits behind it don't change. That's why we dig into your grip, your wrist positions, and the tasks that set it off, then build the strength so the tendon handles your daily load without complaining.
Is it the same thing as golfer's elbow?
They're cousins, not twins. Tennis elbow hits the outside of the elbow, golfer's elbow the inside, but both come down to overloaded tendons doing repeated gripping. The approach overlaps, though where we load depends on which side is sore.
"Our goal is to help you solve some of your most painful life experiences."
Josh Adams
MODERN PHYSICAL THERAPY & SPORTS MEDICINE
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WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT
CHOOSING THE MODERN WAY
What sets MODERN PHYSICAL THERAPY & SPORTS MEDICINE apart from pretty much every other practice is that our physical therapists and orthopedists use advanced imaging to actually SEE what they're doing. Everyone else is working blind.
ADVANCED IMAGING + TREATMENT = MODERN
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