Elbow Pain Relief in Croydon
Your Technique Might Be Causing Your Pain
When it comes to elbow problems, the way you’re using your arm often creates the issue. You might be dealing with persistent pain on the outside of your elbow that makes gripping a tennis racquet or even opening a jar agonising. Perhaps it’s inner elbow pain from your golf swing or throwing motion. Whatever your specific condition, here’s what makes our approach different: we don’t just treat the painful elbow. We investigate what’s causing the pain in the first place.
Dr. Roddy Knight, chiropractor, takes time to understand the activities contributing to your elbow problem. Are you playing tennis? How’s your backhand technique? Do you play golf? What does your swing look like? Do you throw for sport—cricket, baseball, javelin? The forces traveling through your elbow joint during these activities depend entirely on your technique. Poor mechanics create excessive stress on tendons and ligaments that weren’t designed to handle those forces. Correcting your technique often proves just as important as treating the inflamed tissues.
The Power of Video Analysis
Here’s something that sets Croydon Sports Injury Clinic Ltd apart in treating elbow pain: bring video footage of yourself performing the activity that’s causing problems, and Dr. Roddy Knight, chiropractor, will analyse it with you. This isn’t just interesting—it’s often revelatory. You might discover you’re gripping your tennis racquet too tightly, creating excessive forearm muscle tension that stresses your elbow tendons with every stroke. Perhaps your golf swing involves improper wrist position at impact, forcing your elbow to absorb shock it shouldn’t be handling.
Maybe your throwing motion includes an awkward elbow angle that places tremendous strain on the medial collateral ligament. These technical flaws aren’t always obvious to you while you’re performing the activity, but they become clear when reviewed on video. Once identified, they can be corrected—and correcting them eliminates the repetitive stress that’s been causing your pain. Combined with treatment that addresses the damage already done, technique correction provides lasting relief rather than temporary symptom management.
Tennis Elbow: The Most Common Culprit
Lateral epicondylitis—commonly known as tennis elbow—involves inflammation and degeneration of the extensor carpi radialis brevis tendon. This tendon, which helps extend your wrist, attaches on the outside of your elbow. When it becomes inflamed from repetitive stress (whether from tennis, manual labor, computer work, or any activity involving repetitive wrist extension), you experience pain that can be debilitating. Simple activities like shaking hands, turning doorknobs, or lifting a coffee cup become painful reminders of the problem.
Dr. Roddy Knight, chiropractor, employs specialised cross-friction massage techniques that target this specific tendon. Unlike general massage that moves with the tissue fibers, cross-friction massage works across the fibers, breaking down scar tissue and adhesions while stimulating proper healing. This targeted approach, combined with other therapeutic modalities, addresses tennis elbow at its source. You’ll also receive guidance about modifying activities, strengthening exercises to prevent recurrence, and honest assessment about whether equipment changes (different tennis racquet, ergonomic modifications at work) might help.
Beyond Tennis Elbow: Other Elbow Conditions
Medial epicondylitis (golfer’s elbow) affects the tendons on the inside of your elbow, often from throwing motions or golf swings that place excessive stress on these structures. Olecranon bursitis can develop from repetitive pressure or impact to the point of your elbow. Some people experience nerve compression issues like cubital tunnel syndrome, where the ulnar nerve gets irritated as it passes through the elbow. Others deal with general elbow tendinitis from occupational activities—repetitive lifting, computer work, manual trades.
Whatever your specific diagnosis, the treatment approach remains comprehensive. Dr. Roddy Knight, chiropractor, doesn’t rely on a single technique but instead integrates multiple therapeutic approaches. specialised massage releases tension in the forearm muscles that attach near your elbow. Physiotherapy modalities reduce inflammation and promote tissue healing. Chiropractic adjustments optimise joint function in your elbow, wrist, and even shoulder—because dysfunction in these related joints often contributes to elbow problems. When appropriate, shockwave therapy can accelerate healing in stubborn tendon conditions that haven’t responded adequately to traditional treatment alone.
Treatment That Respects Your Activities
We understand that your elbow pain isn’t just a medical problem—it’s affecting activities you love or need to perform. You can’t just stop playing tennis for six months. You can’t avoid using your arm at work. You need treatment that respects your real-life obligations and interests while still prioritising proper healing. That’s exactly what you’ll receive here.
Dr. Roddy Knight, chiropractor, works with you to develop realistic treatment plans that might include activity modification rather than complete cessation. You might need to reduce playing frequency temporarily, adjust your technique, or modify how you perform certain movements. But you won’t be told to simply stop everything and hope for the best. Instead, you’ll receive specific guidance about what you can safely continue, what needs to change, and what timeline you’re looking at for full recovery. This practical, collaborative approach respects your life while protecting your long-term elbow health.
Schedule Your Appointment
Stop letting elbow pain limit your activities. Call Croydon Sports Injury Clinic Ltd today to schedule your assessment with Dr. Roddy Knight, chiropractor. Bring video of your technique for comprehensive analysis—two convenient Croydon locations available.
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