Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow: Treatment with Dr. Ralph Santonastaso at Livingston Chiropractic and Rehab in Livingston, NJ

If you are like millions of other active Americans, you know how painful tennis or golfer’s elbow can be. These similar conditions cause pain, stiffness, and other symptoms at the elbow. Pain from tennis and golfer’s elbow increases with movement, making it difficult to work, go to school, or enjoy your favorite sports.

Medical professionals classify tennis and golfer’s elbows as overuse injuries, which occur as a result of repetitive motions. Dr. Ralph Santonastaso at Livingston Chiropractic and Rehab in Livingston, NJ, specializes in providing noninvasive, effective treatments for these conditions, helping patients regain strength and mobility without needing surgery or medications.

About Tennis Elbow

Doctors refer to tennis elbow as lateral epicondylitis. It causes pain and burning on the outer side of the elbow and may also weaken grip strength.

Tennis elbow is often the result of damage to a specific muscle in the forearm, the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) muscle. This muscle helps stabilize your wrist when your elbow is straight, like when you hit a groundstroke in tennis. Overusing this muscle can lead to microscopic tears in the tendon, attaching the ECRB muscle to the elbow bone, resulting in inflammation and pain.

About Golfer’s Elbow

Golfer’s elbow, or medial epicondylitis, causes pain and tenderness inside the elbow.

This condition is characterized by inflammation of the tendons that attach your forearm muscles to the bone on the inside of your elbow. Repetitive motion, such as swinging a golf club, can strain the forearm flexor muscles at a common insertion point inside your elbow. Straining these muscles and tendons repeatedly causes painful inflammation.

Chiropractic Care for Tennis and Golfer’s Elbow

Chiropractic adjustments can ease the symptoms of these elbow conditions and correct many underlying mechanical problems that increase the risk of developing tennis or golfer’s elbow. Unlike other treatments that focus solely on the elbow, chiropractic care at Livingston Chiropractic and Rehab addresses mechanical problems in the wrist and shoulder as well as the elbow.

Dr. Santonastaso’s approach effectively treats muscle tightness and spasms often associated with tennis and golfers’ elbows. He may perform muscle and soft tissue therapy techniques that frequently relieve dramatic and immediate pain. By focusing on the cumulative trauma caused by repetitive use, chiropractic care helps patients recover faster and more effectively.

Muscle release therapy is a chiropractic technique that reduces inflammation and relaxes muscle knots. This method involves active and passive stretching exercises combined with direct pressure, which helps break up adhesions binding muscles and tendons.

Chiropractic adjustments can also help loosen the elbow joint to relieve pain, restore proper joint movement, and increase your elbow’s range of motion. In many cases, Dr. Santonastaso also adjusts the spine, wrist, and elbow to address any misalignments contributing to the pain.

Schedule Your Appointment

If you’re suffering from tennis or a golfer’s elbow, chiropractic treatment at Livingston Chiropractic and Rehab may be your solution. Dr. Ralph Santonastaso will work with you to develop a personalized treatment plan that reduces pain and promotes healing.

Contact Livingston Chiropractic and Rehab in Livingston, NJ, to schedule a consultation and take the first step toward relief.