Golfer’s elbow – Kinesiology tape

Applying CureTape kinesiology tape can reduce the pain and to promote a faster recovery during golfer’s elbow treatment. Clients with golfer’s elbow, indicate that they have pain on the inside of the elbow around the medial epicondyle. Repeated wrist movements and/or movements that require forceful gripping, can cause inflammation to the attachment point of the forearm flexors. The injury is similar to that of tennis elbow, with the symptoms most common in people between 40 and 60 years of age.

With the term golfer’s elbow, you expect this injury to come from practicing golf, however, the complaints often arise from other activities. Activities such as bodybuilding, chopping, water skiing, bricklaying, carpentry, squash and computer work are often precursors to this injury. The symptoms can also be referred from the neck or shoulder, a qualified professional can examine and if necessary treat this.

Golfer’s elbow symptoms

• Pain on the inside of the elbow (often 1 to 2 cm below the protruding bone).
• Sharp pain during an activity, especially when the forearm is turned inward.
• Forearm can feel tight and look swollen.
• Pain, fatigue and stiffness in the arm, especially in the morning.
• Pain can refer to the upper arm, shoulder, forearm, wrist and hand.
• The symptoms are usually exacerbated when lifting objects or stretching the wrist.

In addition to assessing for the mentioned symptoms, the therapist will also perform strength and movement tests to determine if the complaint is golfer’s elbow.

The following questions are important here, does pain occur if:

• The elbow is bent and the hand is moved toward the back of the forearm.
• The therapist actively bends the wrist for the client.
• The fingers are bent while simultaneously flexing the wrist in the direction of the palm.
• The patient or yourself is picking up objects.